Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Bearb.]: 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 4) (London, 1815) [Cicognara, 4650-4]

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SUPPLEMENT.

1002. Tibullus. Cum Commentaeiis Berardini
Veronensis. (Printedhy Laver. Po?ne). 1475.
Quarto.

In the present copy the text of the poet precedes that of the com-
mentator. The former begins thus : without prefix—

Iuicias alius fuluo sibi congerat auro
et teneat culti iugera magna soli.

Que labor assidu9 uicino terreat hoste
Martia cui somnos classica pulsa fugent.

Me mea paupertas uite traducat inerti
Dum meus assiduo luceat igne focus.

8cc. 8cc. 8cc.

There are no prefixes to the several elegies, and on the recto of folio
39, above the commencement of an abridgement of the poet’s life, we
read as follows:

Vmor ait crebro nostra peccare puella
Nunc ego me surdis auribus esse velij
Crimina non hec sunt nro siue facta dolore
Quid miseru^; torques rumor acerbe tace

On the conclusion of the biography (15 lines) the ensuing verses occur:

E quoq; virgilio comite no eq Tibulle
Mors iuuene campos misit ad elysios
Ne foret: aut eligis. moles q florj amores
Aut caueret forti regia bella pede

On the reverse of folio 41 is the following colophon:

Presens opus Tibulli albici inprimi fecit
G. Tibullus de amidanis de Cremona Ro^
me Anno Iubilei et a natiuitate domini