Collection ID: 0053 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Elegiae

Authors

• Tibullus
• Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D

Other related names

• Barresio, Mattheus de, former owner
• Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88225515)
• Smedley, William T. 1851-1934, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00034122)
• Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, correspondent (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50032243)
• Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2002007592)
• Folger, Emily C. J. 1858-1936, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2003016105)
• Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, recipient (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88225515)

Call number

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.82
()

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 224776

Language

In Latin

Origin

Date

compiled ca. 1500

Summary

Contains the elegies of Tibullus followed by an epitaph on Tibullus attributed to Ovid; an encomium on Tibullus' life. Also includes an autograph letter signed from Sydney Cockerell, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, to Charles Butler, February 4, 1909 concerning the manuscript (in envelope attached to inside back cover).

Notes

• Manuscript codex.
   
• Title from book spine.
   
• 1. leaves 3r-53r: "[rubr.] Epistolarum a Tibulli poete clare et equitis Romani: Liber primus incipit. Continet epistola prima. [text] Diuitias alius fuluo sibi congerat auro et teneat culti iugera multa soli ... profluat et pomis candidus ante sinus. [rubr.] Finit primus [liber] de opera danda amori; [leaf 23v: rubr.] Incipit secundus [liber] de lustratione agrorum feliciter. [text] Quisquis adest ualeat fruges lustramus et agros ... mouerit e uotis pars quotacumque deos. [rubr] Finit secundus [liber]; [leaf 35r: rubr.] Incipit tertius [liber]. Epistola prima continet obsecrationem ad Neheram blandissimam. [text] Martis Romani feste uenere kalende ... quid miserum torques, rumor acerbe tace. [rubr.] Finis Tibulli P[oete] Cl[are]." (Tibullus: Elegies / edited by Guy Lee. Leeds: Franscis Cairns, 1990, p. 2-104).
   
• 2. leaf 53r: "[rubr.] Epitaphium Ouidii in Tibullum. [text] Te quoque Vergilio comitem non equa Tibulle ... aut caneret forti regia bella pede." (Tibullus: Elegies / edited by Guy Lee. Leeds: Franscis Cairns, 1990, p. 106).
   
• 3. Leaf 53r-53v: "[rubr.] Argumentum de uita ex laude Tibulli. [text] Albius Tibullus eques Romanus insignis forma cultuque ... ut indicat epigramma suprascriptum." (Tibullus: Elegies / edited by Guy Lee. Leeds: Franscis Cairns, 1990, p. 106).
   
• Decorations: Gold, red, blue and green illuminated border, with a coat of arms (partially removed) on leaf 3r.
   

Extent

54 leaves : 140 x 100 mm

Collation

Leaves ii + 54 + iii; 1² 2-6¹⁰ 7²; horizontal catchwords throughout.

Support

Ill.

Binding

Bound in brown morocco, blind tooled in July 1908 for Charles Butler.

Layout

Written in 20 long lines (dimensions of written space: 105 x 70 mm); hardpoint ruling; each line drawn separately; notes on leaves 1v and 2r.

Decoration

Illuminated initials on leaves 3r, 23v, and 35r; alternating gold and blue initials throughout; initial on leaf 7v cut out.

Script

Written in an Italian Cursive hand.

Provenance

• Purchased as part of the Smedley Collection in 1924 by Henry Clay Folger.
   
• Formerly ownd by Don Matteus de Barresio, ca. 1500; Charles Butler (bookplate covered); and W.T. Smedley (bookplate).
   

Subjects topical

• Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle,--Sir,--1867-1962--Correspondence--Manuscripts
• Butler, Charles,--1821-1910--Correspondence--Manuscripts

Genres

• Manuscripts, Latin--Italy--15th century
• Poems--Italy--15th century--Manuscripts
• Epitaphs--Italy--15th century--Manuscripts
• Manuscripts (documents)--England--Cambridge--20th century
• Letters (correspondence)--England--Cambridge--20th century--Manuscripts

Licenses

• Text

  These images and the content of Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.82: Elegiae are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.

  URL

  http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

• Text

  To the extent possible under law, Folger Shakespeare Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.82: Elegiae. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.

  URL

  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode

Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Notes
• fol. 1v — Notes
• fol. 2r — Notes
• fol. 3r — Elegies of Tibullus
• fol. 3r — Incipit: [rubr.] Epistolarum a Tibulli poete clare et equitis Romani: Liber primus incipit. Continet epistola prima. [text] Diuitias alius fuluo sibi congerat auro et teneat culti iugera multa soli ...
• fol. 3r — Explicit: ... quid miserum torques, rumor acerbe tace. [rubr.] Finis Tibulli P[oete] Cl[are]. [f. 53r]
• fol. 53r — An epitaph on Tibullus attributed to Ovid
• fol. 53r — Incipit: [rubr.] Epitaphium Ouidii in Tibullum. [text] Te quoque Vergilio comitem non equa Tibulle ...
• fol. 53r — Explicit: ... aut caneret forti regia bella pede. [f. 53 r]
• fol. 53r — An encomium on Tibullus' life
• fol. 53r — Incipit: [rubr.] Argumentum de uita ex laude Tibulli. [text] Albius Tibullus eques Romanus insignis forma cultuque ...
• fol. 53r — Explicit: ... ut indicat epigramma suprascriptum. [f. 53v]

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, W.T. Smedley
• fol. 3r — Gold, red, blue and green illuminated border, with a coat of arms (partially removed)
• fol. 3r — Illuminated 2-line initial D
• fol. 23v — Illuminated 2-line initial Q
• fol. 35r — Illuminated 2-line initial M