YALE UNIVERSITY
BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY
GENERAL COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS
PRE-1600 MANUSCRIPTS
Beinecke MS 186 Italy, s. XV^^2
Tibullus; Catullus
1. ff. 1r-40v [Life of Tibullus] Albius Tibullus eques regalis
insignis forma cultuque...Obijt adolescens ut indicat epigrama
inscriptum. Epitaphyum tibulli. Te quoque uirgilio comitem non equa
tibulle/...Aut caneret forti regia bella pede. Epystola prima dandam
operam amori obmissis ceteris officijs. Diuitias alius fuluo sibi
congerat auro/ Et teneat culti iugera magna soli/...Crimina non hec
sunt magno sine facta dolore/ Quid miserum torques rumor acerbe tace.
Finis. Amen. Albii tibulli equitis romani feliciter explicit Amen.
F. W. Lenz and G. C. Galinsky, eds., Albii Tibulli aliorumque
carminum libri tres (Leiden, 1971); life of Tibullus: pp. 171-72;
epitaph: p. 171; text: pp. 51-170.
2. ff. 41r-88r .Q. Catulli Veronensis liber incipit Ad
cornelium.
Qui dono lepidum nouum libellum/ Arido modo pumice expolitum/...Contra
nos tela ista tua euitamus amicta/ At fixus matres tu dabis suplicium.
[followed by verses of Guarino of Verona:] Ad patriam uenio longis a
finibus exul/...Cuius sub modio clausa papirus erat. Quinti Catulli
Veronensis poete celeberimi liber feliciter explicit. Amen. ff. 88v-90r
ruled, but blank
H. Bardon, ed., Teubner (1973) pp. 1-144; verses of Guarino of
Verona: Walther, Initia 413.
3. f. 90v Various notes, in Lat. and It., dated 1585 at top of
folio.
Paper (watermarks similar to Briquet Fleur 6690, Harlfinger Fleur
108 [lower example], Harlfinger Fer a cheval 5 [but with cross],
Briquet Tour 15865, Harlfinger Monts 78; unidentified watermarks:
mountain, ladder, full-bodied unicorn, letter R), ff. i (paper) + 90,
210 x 142 (142 x 80) mm. Written in 25 lines of verse; ruled in hard
point.
I-IX^^10.
Written by two scribes in humanistic script. Scribe 1: ff. 1r-20v
(single vertical bounding lines, catchwords perpendicular to text along
innermost bounding line); Scribe 2: ff. 21r-88r (double vertical
bounding lines, catchwords in center of lower margin, accompanied by
dots and flourishes, in red and black). Marginal notations in several
contemporary hands.
Two inelegant black initials (ff. 1r, 41r) with vine-work ornament
on red and blue ground. Simple red initials, some with penwork designs,
mark the beginning of each poem. Headings and initial strokes, in red,
throughout.
Many leaves stained and/or repaired.
Binding: s. xix. Brown calf spine and small corners with marbled
paper sides.
Written in Italy, probably in the second half of the 15th century,
as is suggested by the watermarks. The pattern of waterstains in the
codex indicates that ff. 21-90 were copied after damage occured to ff.
1-20. Belonged to Gustavo Cammillo Galletti of Florence (1805-68;
bookstamp on f. 1r). Collection of Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903;
bookplate inside front cover; see his Catalogue des livres manuscrits
et imprimes [Florence, 1890] v. 2, p. 102, no. 206); his sale (Geneva,
1948, no. 202). Acquired from C. A. Stonehill in 1948 by Thomas E. Marston
(bookplate) and presented to Yale in 1952.
secundo folio: At uos exiguo
Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 38, no. 186.
Barbara A. Shailor