Beinecke MS 165                                                        Italy, s. XV^^3/4
Terence, Comoediae

          See R. Kauer and W. M. Lindsay, eds., OCT (1926) for arts. 1-6.

     1. ff. 1r-19r     Publij Tirentij Afri Andria incipit. Natus in
     excelsis tectis cartaginis...leget sic puto cautus erit [Walter,
	Initia 11627]. Prologus. Sororem falso...coniugem. Argumentum. Poeta cum
     primum animum ad scribendum appulit id sibi negotij...si quid est quod
     restat. Vos ualete et praudite [sic]. Ego caliopius recensui. Publij
     Terenthij Afri Andria explicit.

     2. ff. 19r-40r     Eunuchus feliciter incipit. Acta ludis
     Megelensibus...Meretrix adolescentem cuius...inluditur.
     Sororem falso
     dictam...audiente parmenone seruo suo. Prologus. Si quisquam est qui se
     studeat placere bonis...Ite hac, vos valete et plaudite ego caliopius
     recensui.

     3. ff. 40r-60r    [Heautontimorumenos] Acta ludis
     megalensibus...Argumentum. In militiam profisci gniatum...clitipho
     uxorem accipit. Prologus. Ne cui sit uestrum mirum cur partes seni
     poeta dederit...fiat. Vos valete et plaudite caliopus recenssui.

     4. ff. 60r-77r    Pvblij Terrentij Afri Incipit adelfos. Acta ludis
     funebribus...Duos cum haberet Demea adolescentulos...patre duro demea.
     Prologus. Posquam [sic] poeta sensit scripturam suam ab iniquis...Istuc recte
     est. Valete....

     5. ff. 77r-93r    [Hecyra] Acta Ludis Romanis...Argumentum. Uxorem
     duxit Pamphilus phylomenam...pamphylus cum filio. Prologus.
     Hechyra est
     huic nomen fabule hec cum hec data est...ante hunc diem umquam valete
     et praudite....

     6. ff. 93r-112r    Acta Ludis Romanis...Formio. Cremetis frater aberat
     peregre...a patruo agnitam. Prologus. Postquam poeta vetus poetam non
     potest retrahere a studio et tradere hominem socium...Iam faxo aderit.
     Vos valete...Finis. Finis. f. 112v blank

          Parchment, ff. i (paper) + i (parchment) + 112 + ii (parchment) +
     i (paper), 195 x 120 (130 x 73) mm. Written in 31 long lines; double
     vertical bounding lines; ruled in ink.
          I-X^^10, XI^^12. Catchwords along lower edge of verso near gutter;
     remains of leaf signatures, in red, on recto.
          Written by a single scribe in well-formed italic.
          On f. 1r an elaborate floral border, with large bulbous flowers
     and broad leaves in blue, red, yellow, and green sprouting
     symmetrically from tall stalks, with birds, dogs, putti, and harpies in
     pairs; in the lower corners two busts softly modelled of a man
     (profile) and woman (3/4 view) on blue grounds and lobed gold frames;
     in lower center a wreath for a coat of arms (effaced) supported by two
     putti, the entire border filled with gold dots and fine brown
     hairspray. Also on f. 1r, two 6-line initials in gold, with white vine
     ornament infilled with pink and green, on blue grounds decorated with white
     dots; and one 3-line initial in gold, filled with pink and green, on a
     blue ground. 4- to 2-line initials in blue.
          Lower part of f. 112 (with colophon?) cut off, and replaced with
     modern parchment.
          Binding: s. xix. Brown diced calf, blind- and gold-tooled.

          Written in Florence ca. 1465-75 by a scribe who also wrote Oxford,
     Bod. Lib. D'Orville 161 (we thank A. C. de la Mare for this
     information); effaced arms of early owner on f. 1r. Unidentified
     shelfmark inside front cover: "II: C: 164". No. 331 in a sale
     catalogue. Unknown Sotheby sale: partially erased note on front flyleaf
     has not been completely deciphered "15 May 19 [?]". Belonged to Charles
     Butler; his sale (London, 19 July 1921, no. 522) to Edwards. J. T.
     Adams sale (Sotheby's, 8 Dec. 1931, no. 270) to Davis and Orioli (cat.
     56, Feb. 1932, no. 236) from whom it was purchased by David Wagstaff.
     Gift of Mrs. David Wagstaff in 1943.

     secundo folio: iusta et clemens

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 2, pp. 1903-04, no. 12; Faye and Bond, p.
     36, no. 165.
          E. T. Silk, "The Wagstaff Collection of Classical and Mediaeval
     Manuscripts," Gazette 19 (1944) p. 1.

     Barbara A. Shailor