Farfel Notebook 03: Leaves 135-222

197 Feb 85 Dr. Eichenberger Bein wil am See Gift Brit Museum S.T.C (French) Decretum Gratinai cum multis Noviter Additis (25.8. 1509) Gratianus, the amoniot. Decretum bifolium Cam. Bartholmaeus Brixiensis. Gothic L. 3 pt. I. Sacon: in Lugduni urbe 1509. fol 5016. h. I. ccccxxiiii [26] xlvi numb I. (42.5cm) Sacon' sassocia en 1509 et 1510 avec Nicolas Benedetti imprimeur a Lyon. "Margarita decreti" at end. Ref: Baudrier XII 323, Treves 1731. Bartholomau of Brescia was a 13th C. canon lawyer at the schools of Bologna + is said to have been murdered in 1258. He is well known for his gloss on the Decretum of Gratin. fo. XLIIII Distinctio XLIIII fiiii Prime Pars fo. XLV Distinctio XLV (fv) Prima pars Cop: Harvard Univ. - Law School Lib., B.M. 5016 h

1st known book from press of Jacobus Sacon (1472-1530) - S. Brent, Stultifera hevis, Lyon: 28 June 1488 (ie 1498) Goff B-1093.

#16 The 1st Latin Bible with the ordinary + interliner glosses. It was printed H.P. Kraus Cradle of Printing for A. Koberger by A. Rusch in Strass berg with Types lent to him by J. Amerbuch in Basle. The great merits of the Rusch Bible as a work of Gunst Z240 K9 of printing was already appreciated by contemporaries. Shortly after its publication it was hailed as an "immersum pus" by the canon Rudolf von Langen in Muenster, a key figure in the circle of the early West falian humanists in a poem he addresse to Rusch. -

198 N+N Pavlov $37.50 Dobbs Ferry N.Y. Feb. 85 S.F. Bookfair Biblia Latina. (cum glossa ordinaria Walafridi Strabonis aliorumque et interlineri Anselmi Laudunensis) not after 1480. f0 (shortly after Sept 23, 1481) Ref: Goff B607 HC 3173 BMC I 92 GW 4282. Cop: PML, HEHL. Nesmias CIIII, CV (470x330mm) Vol. 1 (254 leaves) 2. (186 leaves) 3. (252 leaves) 4. (228 leaves) 5. (291 leaves) Total. 1211 leaves The printed signature in this case being of no use for preserving the order of the quines, may perhaps represent the 7 or 8 presses at which the work proceeded. Printed in 2 col. of interlinerted text surrounded by a closseary 2a, b 41. of text type without interlineation, 338x200 mm; 4a, 731. of commentary, 337x200mm. 5a, text + commentary, 340 (or with headline 365)x200mm. Types: 180?, headlines + beginnings of chapters; 10b text, 92, commentary; 68 interlineated commentary. spaces left for capitals. Rusch appears to have printed this ed. with Amerbach's types 180 used at Basel by J. Amerbach in 1478. 106 used at Basal in 1481 92 " " " in 1478 68 used for glosses. The earliest Latin Bible printed with glosses.' in the margens - glosses of W. Strabe (849), from Rabanus Maurus Archbishop of Munz (d. 856) + Alcuin etc. (glossa ordinaria) that of Aurelm (1117) of Laon fl. with 1100 (the glossa interlinaris) + the commentary of N. de Lyra. -it is the only book which can be positively attributed to A. Rusch on the basis of documents published by Ch. Schmidt (zur Gesck, der alter Bibl. zur Strassburg p. 160) (Walsfridus) - Walahfrid Strabs (with 809-849) German poet, a monk who finally became Abbot of Reichenau - one of the great writers of the Carolingian Renaissance

199 Feb. 85 SF Bookfair $12 W + N Pavlov, Dobbs Ferry N.Y.

Valerius Maximus, Gaius Facta et dicta memorabilia. See #56 B 1481 4500L Venice: Vindelinus de Spina, 1471. folio. F4 Ref: Goff V 24, HCR 15775 BMC V 156 Cop: PML, Harv CL.

123 leaves, the lst blank. 4a: 41 lines, 227x136mm Types: 110 R1 + 110 R2. Capital spaces with admixtures from 110 R2 is used up to the 3rd leaf of quire (or) inclusive, the remainder of the book is in 110 R2. 110 R - (3 states) in use 1469-73.

Valerii maximi historiagraphi liber iii explicit Incipit iiii de animi moderatione

- a collection of anecdotes for the use of orators in 9 books. The anecdotes are arranged according to the subjects they illustrate. Books 3-6, virtous conduct (fortitude, moderation, humanity etc.) One of the 2 ed of V. Maximus issued in 1471; the other one was published by Schoeffer on June 14. the present ed. is generally ranked 3rd, though there is no real proof as to which appeared first. Printing had been established in Venice past a year or two before, by Wendelin's brother, Kohannes de Spira. -Valerius Maximus, Latin writer in the reign of Tiberius. A standard work for use in schools where students were taught to embellish speaches by refrence to history. - Though much of the material is drawn from Cicero + Livy, it includes some stories from the author's own time. 9 books of memorable acts + speeches fo the Romans' - a collection of anecdotes illustrating abstract concepts such as friendship, gratitude + happiness.

200 S.F. Bookfair N + N Pavlov Feb. 85 Bobbs Ferry, N.Y. $12 Macrobius, Aurelius Theodosius. (fl. with A.D. 400) In somnium Scipionis expositio. Saturnalia. Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1472 folio (314x211mm) Ref: Goff M8 HCR 10426 BMC V 172. Pr 4085 Cop: HEHL, PML. IGI 5923. p 104 Brunet III, 1285. 166 leaves, I, 165 + 166 Blank. 3a; 4 col. 227x137 mm Types: 115 R; 115 Gk*. Capital spaces with guide letters; also spaces left for diagrams + acc. for Greek gustalions. (314x211mm) large text type. Single Qu. The Type was used exclusively until 1473, + acc afterwards. *lower case only, with accents + breathings + sqare in appearance. 1st employed in 1472, 2 regularly used afterwards. editio princeps. Jenson first appears as a printer in 1470, in which year he produced 4 books. His press was very active in 1401, much less so in the next few years, but in 1475 resumed its steady output + continued until 19 July 1480, shortly before Jenson's death which appears to have been in the following Sept. The 1st work, a commentary on the "somnium ciceronis" narrated by Cicero in his "de Republica" is of interest in that the author deals with many points of physics in a series of essays showing thethe astronomical notions than current. this ed. is illust. with interesting diagrams + curious circular "mappa monde" which omits the names of the windes + reverses the positions of the East + West. The 2nd work, the Saturnalia, is the greater part of the Volume + contains a variety of curious historical + mythological perorations. It was written by the author for the benefit of his son + represents an account of the discussions held at the house of a Roman citizen during the holiday of Saturnalia.

The author borrows from Seneca, Gelliius, Seutonius + commentators on Virgil, + cites Plutarch, Athenaeus, Cicero, Catullus, Horace, Persius, Juvenal, + others in the course of this work. -It is a presentation of the views of the Neo-Platonists regarding the physical make-up of the universe. It is a series of discussions on history, mythology, criticism, + various points of antiquarian research supposed to have been delivered during the holidays of the Saturnalia. H.L. Buller leaf book - Jenson's fame rests upon the superiority of his Roman type design. His was the 4th attempt at making Roman type, Gunst Z239 N25 B93 fbut his design has never been surpassed. Before Jenson, no printer or other person is mentioned by contemporary historians as having derived fame from a type design. -No printed book made prior to 1470 is so easily read as the 1st book printed by Jenson. Established himself in Venice, 1479 - died 1480. During those 10 yrs. he issued nearly 200 books. -the most satisfactory + widely read Latin compendium on Neo platonism that existed during the Middle Ages. -Editio Princeps + a magnificent speciment Jenson's typography displaying both his elegant Greek + roman fonts. The Saturnalia are are notable for containing the 1st printed texts of Homer (c. 400 lines in Greek) + Lucretius (c 120 lines) in addition to passages from Aristotle, Plato, Euripides, Pindar + others, printed here in Greek for the 1st time. the Somnium a commentary of Cicero's "Dream of Scipio" offers much information on the neoplatonic views of geography + astronomy. including the so called "Oceanic Theory" + the "Doctrine of the 4 Worlds." -an exposition on Neo platonism