Joannis Passeratii Coniecturarum et opinionum liber

Alternate Title:

Coniecturarum et opinionum liber

Name:

Passerat, Jean, 1534-1602

Date:

1572

Description:

Contains three drafts (two partial) of Coniecturarum et opinionum liber, a commentary on Propertius, Tibullus, and Plautus, later printed as Coniecturarum liber in Paris in 1612, as well as fragments of Lucilius and Naevius with interlinear commentaries.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Possibly sold in the collection of L.-J.-N. Monmerqué by L. Potier (Paris), 12 May 1851, lot 2818 (Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts).; Sold by Paul Jammes (Paris), 1962.; Monmerqué, L.-J.-N. 1780-1860, former owner.

Subject:

Propertius, Sextus Criticism and interpretation; Tibullus Criticism and interpretation; Plautus, Titus Maccius Criticism and interpretation; Plautus, Titus Maccius; Tibullus; Propertius, Sextus; Elegiac poetry, Latin; Satire, Latin; Criticism, Textual; Criticism and interpretation; Satire, Latin -- Criticism, Textual

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); commentaries; engravings (prints); satires (literary genre); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

182 leaves : paper; 328 x 225 mm bound to 333 x 235 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Professor of Latin at the Collège de France in Paris from 1572 until his death in 1602.; Title from caption heading of the predominant work.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-97v: Coniecturarum et opinionum liber / Jean Passerat.; Table of contents: 2. f.98r-105v: Coniecturarum liber I / Jean Passerat.; Table of contents: 3. f.106r-115v: Coniecturarum liber I / Jean Passerat.; Table of contents: 4. f.118r-181v: Veterum poematum qua divulsa ac lacera supersunt tomus alter / Gaius Lucilius, Gnaeus Naevius.; Foliation: Paper, i + 182 + i; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Each work except the second has separate contemporary pagination: work 1, p.1-41 is f.1-21, p.42-74 is f.25-41, p.74-79 is f.41v-44, p.80-118 is f.49-68, p.119-157 is f.71-90; work 3, p.1-20 is f.106-115v; work 4, p.1-130 is f.118-182v.; Layout: Work 2 has 45-65 lines per page, work 3 has 45-55 lines per page, work 4 has 23-27 lines per page, all with bounding lines in lead.; Script: Written in a semi-Gothic cursive (works 1-3) and humanistic cursive (work 4) script, possibly by Jean Passerat.; Decoration: Engraved print portrait of Jean Passerat, probably dating from 1598, pasted into this codex (f. i verso).; Watermark: Briquet Colonne 4433 (1564), Briquet Chien 3639 (1563), Briquet Lettre. B 8079 (1580).; Binding: 18th-century morocco (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Paris, France between 1572 and 1599 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin, with quotations in Greek.; Related Work: Lucilius, Gaius, approximately 180 B.C.-approximately 102 B.C. Saturae.; Related Work: Naevius, Gnaeus, approximately 270 B.C.-approximately 200 B.C. Bellum Poenicum

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1068