farfel_n06_132_466

Fnc. 4r^0, gros car. rom: Ionnisbaptistae pii
elegidion amatorium // 32 distiques: Frondiferum -
- explicit au V^3: Vulnera cui - dedit.
Finc 5, signs a, r^0 letters de Sidoine Aollinaire

Sidonius was born at Lyons + died at Clermont.
He witnessed the fall of the Roman Empire in the
West + is our principal authority for many of the
events of its last years. Sidonis married the
daughter of Emperor Avitus in 452. He was dected
Bishop of Clermont in 469 (against his hishes), at
which time he abandoned poetry.
- The 2nd + last 15th C. printing (1st printed in
Utrecht not after 1474 + the only ed. to contain Pio's
extensive commentary. In his preface Giambattista
Piostates that the publisher intended to print 1000
copies of this work (folio 3V lines 19/20) Giambattista Pio
(c 1460-1540) was a major figure among the humanists
at Bologna. Serra Zanetti, "L'Arte, della Stampa in
in Bologna" )p. 30) describes Pio as, "tireless, enterprising
endowed with eclectic culture a passionate student of
post-classical Latin." Pio's extensive commentaries +
introduction were not included in his collected
Annotationes (Bologna, 1505)
HEHL #66819 no rub. my leaf - folio 4. (A4 (of 4)
volume begins a^1 (of 6) with Sidonius
Constantio suo salutem.
letters of Sidonis - 9 books, ends
on m^5 (of 8) with Sidonis firmino suo salutem.