Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Oth.]: Bibliotheca Spenceriana: or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Earl Spencer (Band 3) (London, 1814) [Cicognara, 4650-3]

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GRAMMARS AND LEXICONS. sMilan; 147 sJ.

The preface occupies 3 pages; concluding on the reverse of the last
leaf of signature a. On the recto of signature b, the text begins thus :

TERENTIANI MAVRI DE LITTERIS SYLLABIS
ET METRIS AD FILIVM ET GENERVM LIBER

Lementa rudes qu® pueros docent magistri:
e Vocalia quasdam memorant: consona quaedam.

Hcec reddere uocem quoniam ualent seorsa :

Nullumq; sine illis potis est coire uerbum.

At consona quae sunt: nisi uocalibus aptes :

Pars dimidium uocis opus proferet ex se.

8cc. 8cc. 8cc.

A fnll page comprehends 39 lines. The following is a brief specimen
of the manner of introducing Greek words (by way of illustration,) into
the rhythm of the poem.

Vnum sit ut ALPHA 8c duo BETA 8c tria GANMA*

tc6v ut penitus xxzrzrx sonat simul 8c
Ictam grauius uocis opus fingere linguam.

Si £wtx loquor x\(px ue w uel hispidum P«

Et o-Vy^x quod istis parili sede uibratur
Dentes sonitum fingere : thAm Onra tum t«u

Sign. b. iii. recto.

The Greek words are most irregularly introduced into the press-work.
Indeed, the entire impression bears little or no evidence of the typogra-
phical skill of Scinzenzeler. On the recto of g vj, the two last lines of
the text, and the colophon, are thus :

HORRIDA TEMPESTAS CAELVM CONTRAXIT ET

(IMBRES

NIVESQVE DEDVCVNT IOVEM NVNC MARE

(NVNC SYLVE

Impressum mediolani per magistrum Vldericum scin-
zenzeler Anno a partu Virginis salutisero. M.cccc. xcvii.
pridie Nonis Frebuarii.f

* Sic, t Sic,