Farfel Research Notebooks

HEHL 86900 no rubrication my leaf p^8 (of 8) marked folio 117 in this copy - would be 118 if count 1st blank as 1. Dionysii Antiquitatum Liber Quintus begins P^1 folio 110 ends s^2 folio 135 Total - Liber Undecimus (11).

Bernardimus Celarius came from Lovere, a little town from which came several other Italian printers. As a printer, he was active for but a short time, from 1478 till 1486 only.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (c 4 B.C. - 65 A.D.) Epistolae. Opera philosophica - Suasorise. Controuersiae [By Seneca the Elder] Venice: Bernardinus de Choris de Cremona., 31 Oct. 1492 f^0 Ref: Goff S-371 HC 14594 Oates 2053 Pr 5221 BMC V 466. lxviii Liber Secundus Cop: HEHL, Stan UL, LC, Folg SL. Declamationum loud 210 leaves 2-210 numbered i-ccviii. 4^a: 62 lines + headlines, 246 (252) x152mm. Types: 120G (P6) Small heading type. In use 1489, 1492. 80 R (2nd state) (P7 13) small text tyep, recast in 1492 large face with single Qu, t with sharply pointed top. Capital spaces, with guide letters; also is spaces for Greek. Catchwords. The correspondance of S. Paul is printed on fol. 2, the Epistles of Seneca occupy quines a-h (ff 3-60) [*^2]; a-g8 h4; i-z&2^8 Rx aa^6. Earliest products of this press - 3 books from 1488. Last recorded edition - this one, i.e. Seneca (KA 1486 B) Stan UL rubricated in red my leaf i^8 (of 8) before - Annei Senecae de remediis fortuitorum ad Gallionem libellus. after - Annei Senecae de clementia ad Nerorem libri duo. L. Annei Senecae Declamationum libri decem. In quo quidem opre sunt quattuor & septuaginta declamationes book 1 - begins lxv. " decimus - ends lxxx. Venice: Bernardius de Choris, de Cremona + Simon de Luere. f^0. S-370 5 Oct. 1480 BMC. V 464 216 leaves, the last blank, 4-150 numbered i-cxlvii, 151-215 numbered I-LXV 621. + headline 246(253)x160mm Type 107 R, 80 R, 80 Gk. Copy: HEHL Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) - Roman philosopher, dramatist + statesman, the son of the rhetor Marcus Annaeus Seneca (d. A.D. 38) (Rhetorician)

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Seutonius Tranquillus, Gaius (b. c AD 70) Vitae XII Caesarum (with the commentary of M. Antonius Sabellicus) known in an issue with variant colophon, See #190 wherein "Gorgonzola" appears in place of "Mediolano." f^0. Ref: Goff S-824 HC 15124 Polain (B) 3629 Pr 5512 BMC V 543 Copy: HEHL, LC, Harv CL Venice: Damianus de Mediolano de Gorgonzola, 29 March 1493. a^8 b-u^6 x^8 130 leaves, 2-129 so numbered. 4^a: 60 lines (62) of commentary surrounding the text, + headline. 241(251)x 160mm. hiiii Octavius Augusstus. 48.

Type: 150 G title 104R (P1) heavy text type with separate Q. 81R (P2) bulk of book. Com. tyep with single long tailed Qu 111R (P4) text type with large seperate Q, wide M + dotted i In use 1493-5. 77R (P5) sheet t3, guire u, sheets x^1, 2 - large face comm. tyep with single Qu. In use 1493 + 4. text Gk - lower case only. comm Gk - lower case only. In use 1493 + 4. Captial spaces, a few with guide lines. Catchwords. The dates fo this printer's signedwork at Venice run from 29 March 1493 to 30 Aug. 1494. His name reappears at Perugia in 1500. Augustus 63 BC - 14 AD (Emperor 27 BC - 14 AD).

HEHL 104236 not rubricated. my leaf h4 (of 6) Octavius Augustus begins folio 24 d^3 ends folio 49 h^5 -note printed folio numbers on leaves.

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Augustinus, Aurelius - Plurima Opuschula sancti augustini. Opuscula. De academicis (with other tracts. Ed. by Thaddeus Ugoletus - with additions by Severinus Chalcus See #287 Venice: Peregrinus de Pasqualibus, Bononiensis, 10 Nov. 1491. 4^0 Dialectica. giii 5i Ref: Goff A-1222, HC 1953 Pell 1464 IGI 1020. Pr 4859 BMC V 392 GW 2869 Cop: BMawr CL, B Pub L, Basel OB, Prague UB, Freiburg i Br UB Folg SL. UKyL [*^2] a-q^8 r^4. 134 leaves, the last 2 blank, 3-132 numbered I (red_ - 131 [sic]. 2 col. 4a: 54 lines + headline 180(187)x128mm. Type: (P16) 170G. title + headlines in a-e. Tail of h curled below line. In use 1491 + 2 (P13) 79 G other headlines. Text tyep with curly tailed h. Double crossed as well as diamonded H. In use 1489-91. 67 G (P15) small text tyep. In use 1491 + 92. 80 (67) Gk lower case only. In use 1491-94. Capital spaces, some with guide letters.

Contents: De academicis, de ordine, soliloquis, grammatica, rhetorica, dialectica, de moribus ecclesiae catholicae, de animae quantitate, de libero arbitrio, de magista, de opere monachorum, de bono perseurantiae. c^7 b Grammatica. f^8 a Rhetorica. 3^3 a Categoriae X h^3 a De moribus eccelsiae Catholicae.

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Handscroll ink on paper.

Buddhist Manuscript - (sutria) fragment. (25.2x25.6cm) Written in black ink (sumi) on brownish - Seep #158 [inserted] hemp? [end inserted] yellow paper (dryed yellow with the juice of the barks of the tangerine tree because its acidity helped to prevent insect damage). The fomat consists of 13 2 cm columns of 17 characters, between thinly drawn lines with punctuation marks in red (cinnabae, which has the effect of additional decoration). The characters are written as is the regular mode, (J. Kaisha, C K'ai-shu) the highly disciplined form of writing intended to impart with official documents maximum legibility + a dignified aesthetic aura.

Japan - Nara Period - 8th Century. Dai Hannya Haramitta Kyo (Laige Sutra on Perfect Wisdom). Hsuan - Tsarig's monumnetal translation of the Mahaprajnaparamita - sutra in 600 fascicles (extends for 3 long volumes (V-VII) in the Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo. (T220) lower part of p. 49 to the upper part of p. 50 (Vol. 9) of Dai Hannya Haramitta Kyo - 5th volume of Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo. The authoritative version for the Mchayarra Buddhism of East Asia was the largest of all the sutras, the 600 volume Great Sutra of Perfect Wisdom. The text was brought from India to China by the famous Chinese pilgram monk + scholar, Xuan-Zang (Jap. Genjo), the distinguished teacher of the Tripitaka. HEre it was translated into Chinese in the space of only 4 years (659-663).

Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo (Taisho Era New Compilation of the Canon) 100 vols., record 3,053 works in 11,970 fascicles, published 1924-34 - the definitive collection of the Chinese Canon. Printed in Japan - has 3 columns per page, each column composed of 29 liens of 17 ideograms each. Thus, a single page of the Taisho Daizokyo is roughly equivalent to 3 sheets of the Tripitaka as it was originally printed in China.

- Reading marks in red, to make it easier for Japanese readers to understand the Chinese text were added by hand at a later time. (? 13th C.) - Calligraphy has been considered the ultimate art form by the Chinese educated elite since at least the Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Calligraphy is a dance in which the artist controls 3 partners: the brush, the paper (or silk) + the ink. The rythm of the dance is controlled through character size, contrast between light + dark ink + speed of line.

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Horatius Flaccus Quintus Opera, cum quibusdam annotatianibus Jacobi Locher. See #152 #473 Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Gruninger, 12 March 1498. f^8 Ref: Goff H-461 HC 8898 Polain (B) 1989 Schr. 4240 Pr 485 BMC I 112 Fairfax - Murray #205 Oates 197 Cop: HEHL, LC, NYPL PML, U Cal BL (Comm: Porphyrion, Mancinellus, Acron, and Landinus.) Carminum. / Liber Primus. (Poems) Ode XXVII. Ad sodales devini madestia Diiii - Natis in isum laetitiae (No brawling) [*]^6 A-V^6; x-z AA-II^6 KKLL^8; [**]^6 290 leaves, leaf 214 blank [inserted] 7-213 numbered I-CCVII [end inserted] The 1st 3 books appeared in 23 BC when Horace was 42. The 4th book was written, somewhat as the work of a poet lameate, 10 yrs later. Book I. 1-38 II. 1-20 III. 1-29 IV. 1-15

Kraus 29 Cat. #126 Roman type, headings in Gothic. One column of text surrounded by commentary. 6 leaves [crossed out] index [end crossed out], 207 ff, f. 208 blank, 6 leaves index. With a woodcut illustration to each poem, mostly made up of 2 to 5 cuts; together 101 cuts. This ed. of Horacis works was published by J. Lochner from newly discovered manuscripts + not from printed text versions. A dedicatory letter by Lochner to the Margrave of Baden defends German scholarship + manners against the aspersions of Francesco Filelfo. 31 of the cuts were made for this publication. The balance had appeared previously in the Terence of 1496; Nauenschiff of 1494, + their works.

2 col. 7,674 lines of commentary surrounding the text + headline 234(249)x158mm. A col. of 521 of text on 3^a measures 230mm Types 280 title. Very large Gothic tyep used from 1496 onwards [inserted] takes the place fo 150 about 1495, whence used continuously to the end of period. Both straignt + round footed r, b with small round loop. [end inserted] 145 title - title, heatline + c. (P17) Tail of h level with [crossed out] below [end crossed out] the line. 89 text - large Roman type, 1st used in Terance in 1496, in use at end of period. 64b notes - smaller Roman tyep, 1st used in Terence in 1496, in use at end of period 48 - point-letters - very small text type, used for index letters only. Space left for capitals at the beginning of each ode + of the notes there to. The headlines give the title + number of the books + c. Above the colophon is the Gruninger device. with numerous woodcuts, mostly in sections.

J. Locher was also known by the name of Philomusus, the name appearing in the prefatory matter of this volume. Locher was born in 1471 in Echingen + died in Ingoldstadton 4 Dec. 1528. In addition to writing commentaries, Locher also composed Latin poems. - Printer's device + 166 woodcuts, including 8 integral cuts (5 bloack, 3 repeats), an author portrait of 3 moveable segments used 10 times in various combinations + 148 other composite woodcut scenes made up of varying combinations of (usually 475) moveable pieces.

HEHL 103537 not rubricated. my leaf D^4 (of 6) Liber Primus - begins A^1. folio I ends E^6. folio xxx Argumentum odes XXXVII.

Woodcuts 1, 2, 3, 4 1) not seen elsewhere 2) used on folio IX, XXIX etc. 3) " " " LXXXVIII, CXCII 4) " " " CVI

Title page printed in Gothic type with large cut of poet beneath. Text printed in roman letter in 3 col. Sig + pagination + 600 woodcut illust. Gruninger had previously used the cuts to illustrate Brant's Ship of Fools + his Terence.

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Gregory I, Pope, St. (c 538 - 593 or 4). Homilarum or Ezechidem, in Latin on vellum. Italy 13th C. See #403 23 lines om .x. 10

II. Reg. XII 5 I. Reg XXV, 36, 37 Psal. LXIX, 4 * Prov. VI, 3 Genes IV, 7 sec LXX

Migne, Patrologis Latina. LXXVI, 910+911 Lib I. 12 homilier Lib II. 10 homilies *Discurre, festina, suscita amicum tuum, ne dederis somnum oculis tuis, nee dormitent palpebrae tuoe Homilier on Ezechiel - based on the first 4 + the 4th chapters of Ezechiel. - express Gregory's personal thoughts on religious experience.