De vita xii C[a]esar[um] ... [etc.]

Name:

Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122; Ausonius, Decimus Magnus; Benvenutus, de Imola, -1387 or 1388

Timespan:

Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.; Flavians, 69-96

Date:

1450

Description:

A fairly lengthy set of excerpts from Suetonius, followed by parts of Ausonius' poem about the Caesars and excerpts from Benvenutus' Liber Augustalis, along with an Italian text summarizing Jewish history from the death of Simon Maccabeus in 135 BCE to the death of Herod Agrippa I in 44 CE, erroneously identified in its rubric as part of the second book of Maccabees.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Karl & Faber, 22 Nov. 1954, lot 22.; Sold by Emil Offenbacher (New York), 1955.

Subject:

Emperors -- Rome -- Biography; Latin poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

biographies (literary genre); codices (bound manuscripts); excerpts; poems; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

63 leaves : paper; 219 x 147 (157 x 80) mm bound to 224 x 149 mm

Geographic Subject:

Rome -- History -- Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.; Rome -- History -- Flavians, 69-96

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-42r: De vita xii Caesarum [excerpts] / Caii Suetonii Tranquilli. -- 2. f.42r-42v: Versus de xii Caesaribus / Ausonii. -- 3. f.42v-56v: Liber Augustalis [excerpts]. -- 4. f.56v-63v: Lo secundo libro delli Machabei.; Title and author for manuscript from caption heading, for predominant work (f. 1r).; Incipit (1st work): Liber primus Divus Iulius Caesar incipit: Corneliam Cinnae quater consulis duxit in uxorem ex qua illi mox Iulia nata.; Explicit (1st work): Est bene non potuit dicere: dixit erit. Caii Suetonii Tranquilli De vita xii Caesarum liber duodecimus Domitianus Imperator Augustus feliciter finis.; Incipit (2nd work): Primus regalem patefecit Iulius aulam / Caesar ...; Explicit (2nd work): Sera gravem perimunt: sed iusta pericula fratrem.; Incipit (3rd work): Nerva senex satis nobilis honestus et modestus ...; Explicit (3rd work): Finit feliciter libellus qui dicitur augustalis continens sub compendio brevem descriptionem omnium Augustorum a primo Caesare usque ad ultimum, ad illustrem Nicolaum Marchionem Estensem. Kalendis Ianuarii intrante nono anno MCCCLXXXV. Benvenutus de Ymola ad illustrem Nicolaum Marchionem.; Incipit (4th work): Qui se comensa lo secundo libro delli Machabei. Morto Simone quinto figliolo de Mathatia sacerdote ...; Explicit (4th work): ... allo lordano oltre dui tribi e meza.; Collation: ii (modern paper) + 63 + iii (modern paper); 1-5¹² 6⁴⁻¹; [1-63], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 31 long lines; ruled in drypoint.; Script: Written in humanist cursive or italic script, mostly by a single hand, with additions by another hand.; Decoration: Red used for intermittent paragraph symbols in the Suetonius.; Binding: Modern boards, half morocco. Spine title: "Suetonio, Ausonio, Cronica di Benvenuto da Imola."; Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin and Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 856