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PRISCIAN.
107
581. Priscianus. (Supposed to have heen jtrinted
hy Ulric Han.) TUithout Place or Date.
Audiffredi had at first some doubt about classing this impression
among the productions of Ulric Han’s press; but on a close comparison
with the Tortellius, and the * Decisiones Rotse/each confessedlyexecuted
by Han and Simon of Luca, his doubts, even respecting the conformity
of the Greek character, were removed. There seems indeed to be every
good reason for attributing this impression to at least an early Roman
press; and if so, to the press of Ulric Han—since I have no recollec-
tion of any work, by another printer, which exhibits a precisely similar
appearance. The edition under description may be called a magnifi-
cent book; and Audiffredi was unable to discover more than one copy
of it—‘ unum hactenus, illudque optimum, vidi exemplum.’ It seems
indeed to have been in few collections, and I suspect that it is the rarest
of all the ancient impressions of Priscian. Panzer has referred to the
Crevenna Catalogue for a copy of it, but erroneously; since the edition
referred to, (Bibl. Crevenn. vol. iii. n°. 3057,) is said to resemble the
types of Vindelin de Spira. We proceed to a brief, but it is presumed
satisfactory, description of the present volume.
The recto of the first leaf presents us with the following prefix:
IVLIANO CONSVLI AC PATRICIO PRISCIANVS
SALVTEM.
A full page has 41 lines. The last line of the recto of the second leaf
ends with * sed de’—that os Spira’s, * sed.’ There are neither catch-
words, numerals, nor signatures. On the reverse of fol. 170, we read
PRISCIANI VIRI DISSERTISSIMI MAIOR
ARTIS GRAMMATICALE LIBER EXPLICIT
Then a blank leaf. On the recto of the following:
Incipit liber Prisciani minoris
On the reverse of fol. 259, is a colophon—the same as that of Spira’s
in substance, but without date. The treatise from Hermogenes follows.
On the recto of fol. 287, and last leaf but two, is tlie word ‘ FINIS;’
beneath the verses from Dionysius, as before. The reverse is blank.
PRISCIAN.
107
581. Priscianus. (Supposed to have heen jtrinted
hy Ulric Han.) TUithout Place or Date.
Audiffredi had at first some doubt about classing this impression
among the productions of Ulric Han’s press; but on a close comparison
with the Tortellius, and the * Decisiones Rotse/each confessedlyexecuted
by Han and Simon of Luca, his doubts, even respecting the conformity
of the Greek character, were removed. There seems indeed to be every
good reason for attributing this impression to at least an early Roman
press; and if so, to the press of Ulric Han—since I have no recollec-
tion of any work, by another printer, which exhibits a precisely similar
appearance. The edition under description may be called a magnifi-
cent book; and Audiffredi was unable to discover more than one copy
of it—‘ unum hactenus, illudque optimum, vidi exemplum.’ It seems
indeed to have been in few collections, and I suspect that it is the rarest
of all the ancient impressions of Priscian. Panzer has referred to the
Crevenna Catalogue for a copy of it, but erroneously; since the edition
referred to, (Bibl. Crevenn. vol. iii. n°. 3057,) is said to resemble the
types of Vindelin de Spira. We proceed to a brief, but it is presumed
satisfactory, description of the present volume.
The recto of the first leaf presents us with the following prefix:
IVLIANO CONSVLI AC PATRICIO PRISCIANVS
SALVTEM.
A full page has 41 lines. The last line of the recto of the second leaf
ends with * sed de’—that os Spira’s, * sed.’ There are neither catch-
words, numerals, nor signatures. On the reverse of fol. 170, we read
PRISCIANI VIRI DISSERTISSIMI MAIOR
ARTIS GRAMMATICALE LIBER EXPLICIT
Then a blank leaf. On the recto of the following:
Incipit liber Prisciani minoris
On the reverse of fol. 259, is a colophon—the same as that of Spira’s
in substance, but without date. The treatise from Hermogenes follows.
On the recto of fol. 287, and last leaf but two, is tlie word ‘ FINIS;’
beneath the verses from Dionysius, as before. The reverse is blank.