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Title

Satyrae ... etc. manuscript, ca. 15th century.

Authors

• Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
• Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.

Other related names

• Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner., former owner
• Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner., former owner
• Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner., former owner
• Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner., former owner

Call number

MS V.a.108
(Washington, DC, USA, Folger Shakespeare Library)

Alternate identifiers

• https://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=225438

Publisher

Folger Shakespeare Library

Language

Latin; Modern Greek (1453-)

Origin

Place

Italy

Summary

Contains satires on Roman life by Juvenal; a sermon on the expulsion of the Turks from Greece by Pope Pius the Second; a poem on the condemnation of poverty by Francisco de Fiano; the satires of Persius Flaccus; and excerpts from Ovid, with notes on scansion.

Notes

• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• Contains two bookmarks with manuscript notes removed from leaves 53 and 76 in envelope attached to inside cover.
   
• Modern flyleaf attached to first leaf in first signature
   
• Leaves 3r, 83v, and 84 are blank
   
• Edges cut slightly affecting text.
   
• The critical edition of Juvenal's Satires inverts the order of the manuscript's fifteenth and sixteenth satires.
   
• Uniform Title: [Works]
   

Watermark

Oxhead

Extent

Leaves ii + 102 + ii; 205 x 155 mm

Collation

1⁶ 2¹⁴ 3¹⁸ 4¹⁴ 5¹⁸ 6¹⁴ 7¹⁸(-1) 8²

Support

Paper

Binding

Bound in 19th-century white vellum binding with marble endpapers. Spine title: Juvenalis Satrae MS 1462.

Layout

Written in 26 long lines (dimensions of written space: 135 x 85 mm); blind board-ruling; copious interlinear and marginal scholia in Greek and Latin with manicules.

Decoration

Decorated initials throughout. Coat of arms (leaf 1r) with the letters "P" and "B", presumably in reference to Paulus Botini.

Script

Written in Italian Humanistic script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Paulus Botini (arms); Phillipps; W.T. Smedley (bookplate). Purchased as part of the Smedley collection in 1924 by Henry Clay Folger.
   

Related resources

• Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, SM.14
• Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 9566

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church. Pope (1458-1464 : Pius II)
• Italy
• Botini, Paul, active 15th century, scribe
• Fiano, Francesco da, -1421

Genres

• Manuscripts, Latin --Italy --15th century
• Satires (document genre) --Italy --15th century --Manuscripts
• Poems --Italy --15th century --Manuscripts
• Annotations (Provenance)
• Manicules (Provenance)
• Sermons

Keywords

• 15th century
• Collection of Sermons
• Literature -- Poetry
• Italy
• Philosophy

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• Inside front cover — Pasted-in Envelope recto
• fol. 1r — Title page
• fol. 1v — Ownership notes
• fol. 2r — Verba Pape Pii secundi quae habuit in pratis apud pontem Milui[u]m in occursu captis beati Andree apostoli in suggesto ad id: preparato die xii Aprilis 1462, astante senata cardinalium et magna populi coram; incipit: Advenisti tandem, o sacratissimum et odoratissimum sancti Apostoli caput. Turcorum tua te sede furor expulit. Ad fratrem tuum et apostulorum principem confugisti exulans... [fol. 2r]; explicit: ...multa sunt, transeat ad impios Turcos et ad nationes barbaras, quae Christum Dominum inhonorant. [fol. 2r]
• fol. 3v — [notes on the satires]
• fol. 5r — Materiam et causas Satyrarum hac inspice prima D. Iuni Iuvenulis aquinatis. Liber incipit foeliciter. [Satura I]; incipit: [S]emper ego auditor tantum? numquamne reponam vexatus toties rauci Theseide Cordi? [fol. 5r]; explicit: ...experiar quid concedatur in illis quorum Flaminia tegitur cinis atque Latina. [fol. 8v]
• fol. 8v — [Satura II]; incipit: Ultra Sauromatas fugere hinc libet et glacialem Oceanum, quoties aliquid de moribus audent... [fol. 8v]; explicit: ...mittentur brace, cultelli, frena, flagellum; sic pretextatos referunt Artaxata mores. [fol. 12r]
• fol. 12r — [Satura III]; incipit: Quamuis digressu ueteris confusus amici, laudo tamen uacuis quod sedem figere Cumis... [fol. 12r]; explicit: ...ni pudet illas, auditor gelidos ueniam caligatus in agros. [fol. 18v]
• fol. 18v — [Satura IV]; incipit: Ecce iterum Crispinus! adest mihi sepe uocandus ad partes... [fol. 18v]; explicit: ...postquam cerdonibus esse timendus coeperat: hoc nocuit Lamiarum caede madenti. [fol. 22r]
• fol. 22r — [Satura V]; incipit: Si te propositi nondum pudet atque eadem mens est, ut bona summa putes... [fol. 22r]; explicit: ...nec dura timebis flagra pati, his epulis et tali dignus amico. [fol. 25v]
• fol. 25v — [Satura VI]; incipit: Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris uisamque diu... [fol. 25v]; explicit: ...si pregustaret Atrides Pontica ter uicti cautus medicami[n]a regis. [fol. 39r]
• fol. 39r — [Satura VII]; incipit: Et spes et ratio studiorum in Cesare tantum; solus enim tristes hac tempestate... [fol. 39r]; explicit: ...et cum se uerterit annus, accipe uictori populus quod postulat aurum. [fol. 44r]
• fol. 44r — [Satura VIII]; incipit: Stem[m]ata quid faciunt? quid prodest, Pontice, longo sanguine censeri... [fol. 44r]; explicit: ...tuorum aut pastor fuit aut illud quod dicere nolo. [fol. 49r]
• fol. 49r — [Satura IX]; incipit: Scire uelim quare totiens mihi, Neuole, tristis occurras fronte obducta... [fol. 49r]; explicit: ...quae Siculos cantus effugit remige surdo. [fol. 52r]
• fol. 52r — [Satura X]; incipit: Omnibus in terris, quae sunt a Gadibus usque Auroram et Gangen... [fol. 52r]; explicit: ...sed te, nos facimus, fortuna, deam celoque locamus. [fol. 59r]
• fol. 59v — [Satura XI]; incipit: Atticus eximie si cenat, lautus habetur; si Rutilus demens quid enim maiore cachino... [fol. 59v]; explicit: ...talis quoque tedia uite magna; uoluptates commendat rarior usus. [fol. 63r]
• fol. 63v — [Satura XII]; incipit: Natali, Coruine, die mihi carior hec lux, qua festus promissa... [fol. 63v]; explicit: ...montibus aurum exaequet, nec amet quenquam nec ametur ab ullo. [fol. 66r]
• fol. 66r — [Satura XIII]; incipit: Exemplo quodcumque malo commititur, ipsi displicet auctori... [fol. 66r]; explicit: ...tandemque fatebere letus nec Surdum nec Tyresiam quemquam esse deorum. [fol. 71r]
• fol. 71r — [Satura XIV]; incipit: Plurima sunt, Fuscine, et fama digna sinistra et nitidis maculam... [fol. 71r]; explicit: ...indulsit Caesar cui Claudius omnia, cuius paruit imperiis uxorem occidere iussus. [fol. 77v]
• fol. 78r — [Satura XV]; incipit: Quis numerare queat foelicis premia, Galle, militie? [fol. 78r]; explicit: ...et leti phaleris omnes et torquibus omnes. [fol. 79r]
• fol. 79r — [Satura XVI]; incipit: Quis nescit, Volusi Bitinice, qualia demens Egyptos portenta colat... [fol. 79r]; explicit: ...cunctis animalibus abstinuit qui tamquam homine et uentri indulsit non omne legumen. [fol. 82v]
• fol. 83r — C. Francisci de Fyano Romani poete, De contennedis [sic] opibus & diligenda paupertate; incipit: Ascendat quicumque uelit fastigia felix... [fol. 83r]; explicit: ...Fictilibus quem mensa cibus suscepit egena. [fol. 83r]
• fol. 85r — Persii Flacci poeta satirici. Incipit prologus.; incipit: ...[N]ec fonte labra prolui caballino, nec in bicipiti somniasse Parnaso memini me, sic ut poeta repente prodirem [fol. 85r]; explicit: ...Cantare credas per pegaseum melos. [fol. 85r]
• fol. 85r — [Satura I]; incipit: O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane! Quis leget hec... [fol. 85r]; explicit: ...his mane edictum, post prandia Calliroen do. [fol. 88r]
• fol. 88r — [Satura II]; incipit: Hunc, Macrine, diem numera meliore lapillo... [fol. 88r]; explicit: ...pectus honesto. Haec cedo ut admoueam templis et farre litabo. [fol. 89v]
• fol. 89v — [Satura III]; incipit: Nempe hoc adsidue? Iam clarum mane fenestras intrat et augustas ostendit... [fol. 89v]; explicit: ...quod ipse non sani esse hominis non sanus iuret Horestes. [fol. 92r]
• fol. 92r — [Satura IV]; incipit: Rem populi tractas? Barbatum hoc crede magistrum... [fol. 92r]; explicit: ...tollat sua munera Cerdo, tecum habita, noris, quam sit tibi curta supellex. [fol. 93r]
• fol. 93r — [Satura V]; incipit: Vatibus hic mos est, centum sibi poscere uoces... [fol. 93r]; explicit: ...crassum ridet Sulfenius ingens et centum Grecos curto centusse licetur. [fol. 97r]
• fol. 97r — [Satura VI]; incipit: Admouit iam bruma foco te, Basse, sabino... [fol. 97r]; explicit: ...depinge, ubi sistam. Inuentus, Crisippe, tui finitor acerui. [fol. 98v]
• fol. 99r — [notes on the satires]

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Coat-of-Arms
• fol. 8v — Decorated initial U
• fol. 12r — Decorated initial Q
• fol. 18v — Decorated initial E
• fol. 22r — Decorated initial S
• fol. 25v — Decorated initial C
• fol. 39r — Decorated initial E
• fol. 44r — Decorated initial S
• fol. 49r — Decorated initial S
• fol. 52r — Decorated initial O
• fol. 59v — Decorated initial A
• fol. 63v — Decorated initial N
• fol. 66r — Decorated initial E
• fol. 71r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 78r — Decorated initial Q
• fol. 79r — Decorated initial Q
• fol. 88r — Decorated initial H
• fol. 89v — Decorated initial N
• fol. 92r — Decorated initial R
• fol. 93r — Decorated initial V
• fol. 97r — Decorated initial A