MS. Lat. misc. c. 62

The first leaf, which is missing, probably contained the beginning of Francesco Maturanzio 's translation of Moscus' ‘Amor fugitivus’, preceded by a dedicatory letter to Alfano Alfani, since the last 13 lines are the first piece on fol.2. It is pr. G. Conestabili, Memorie di Alfano Alfani, Perugia, 1848, pp.97–9. This item and nos. 2–101 at least are also found in MS. Perugia Bibl. Comunale C.61, on which see Mazzatinti, Inv. delle Bibl. d'Italia, 5, pp. 96–7; A. Perosa in Studi in onore U. Paoli, Florence, 1954, pp. 549–51; Mostra del Poliziano, Florence, 1955, pp. 108–9. The main hand of our MS. is the same as that of the Perugia MS.

pr. V. Bini, Memorie storiche della Perugina Università, Perugia 1816, p.576.

See S. Bissolati, Vite di Due Illustri Cremonesi, Milan 1856, p.81

From the Cardinal's will, pr. in his Epist. et Commentarii, 1506, fol.336v.

In MS. Estense 681, autograph of Tebaldeo's poems, fol.6. See S.Pasquazi ‘Il Tebaldeo Latino’ in his Rinascimento Ferrarese, Rome, 1957, p.119

ed. P. Burmannus, Anthol. Vet. Lat. II, 1773, p.161

C.I.L., VI, 18324

Simone Bonadies was created bishop of Imola 1488, trans. to Rimini 1511, d.1518

pr. G. Fatini in Giorn. Stor. Lett. Ital. 74, 1919, p.234n. from MS.Perugia C.61, fol.11

WIC 15730a. Also in MSS. Milan Ambros. Trotti 373, fol.53v - see Sabbadini, Classici e Umanisti da Codd. Ambros., 1933, pp.13–14 and Vat. Urb. Lat.1166, fol.1. Probably on the Sultan Mahomet II, d.1481.

[Fabrizie da Varano, Bishop of Camerino 1482–1508]

[Raffaele Riario cr. 1477 d.1521]

These verses, preceded by a prose preface to the Cardinal, are in MS.B.M.Harl.4088, fol.13v–18: see R. Weiss in Italia Medioevale e Umanistica II, 1959, p.361.

Pr., with variants, G. B. Vermiglioli, Memorie di Jac. Antiquari, Perugia, 1813, pp.342–3

pr. Conestabili, op.cit., p.100

Listed under Falsae in C.I.L. V.194*, as from Este. The earliest date given for the discovery is 1498. The ampullae apparently came later into the possession of Francesco Maturanzio - see Scardeone, De Antiq. Urbis Patav., Basle, 1560, pp.55–6; Vermiglioli, Mem. di F.M., cit., p.52.

pr. J. Oeschger, Pontani Carmina, 1948, p.454 as a work of Pontano

WIC 4902

Ausonius , XX.35–41, in same corrupt version as in Florence, Bibl. Laur. Ashb. 1732, which has a similar heading (identified by M.D.Reeve)

WIC 3614

ll.1–163 of Baehrens, Poetae Lat. Min. IV, no.46, where other MSS. containing only 11.1–163 are cited. Walther, in Alphab. Verzeichnis no.14226, cites further MSS.

Also in MS. Vat. Lat. 8086, fol.4. See A. Campana in ‘Il Poliziano e il suo Tempo’, Atti IV Congr. Internaz. di Studi sul Rinascimento, 1957, p.216

Chaps.92–3 of Book II, pp.106v–7 in ed. of 1529.

The Cardinal of Siena was Francesco Piccolomini, cr.1460, later Pope Pius III.

in C.I.L. XI.6435, as from Ferrara

pr. Ceschger, Pontani Carmina cit. p.457

WIC 10203

A veriant of WIC 15828–30

C.I.L. I, 1007; VI, 15346.

On such ‘letters’ see Sabbadini, Le Scoperte dei Codici Latini, I, 1905, p.175. Several of the same letters, from MS. Cesena Malatestiana Plut. Sin. I, 11, pr. in J. M. Muccioli Cat. Codd. MSS. Malat. Cesenatis II, 1780, pp.236–7.

C.I.L. VI, 10098.

Four letters, from Cicero , Ep. Ad Att. IX 16; IX 70; IX 13A; IX 14.

See no.108b below (fols.149–51)

The author was probably M. Lucido Fazini , called Fosforo in Leto's Academy, cr. Bishop of Segni in 1482

In Omnia Opera Bapt. Mantuani Carmelitae, Bologna 1502; Ecloga IX, fol.xxi^v–xxiv^v.

C.I.L. II. 761

For Count Girolamo Riario, assassinated April 14 1488. Apparently another version of Tebaldeo's ‘De Morte comitis Hieronymi’; see Pasquazi, Rinascimento Ferrarese cit., pp.35, 110, 115.

On the death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza in 1476

On the group of poems by Fiera in our MS. see C. Dionisotti in Italia Medioevale e Umanistica I, 1958, pp.403–4; he says this was the dedicatory poem of Fiera's De Coenis

WIC 18621. The cardinal is probably Domenico della Rovere, cr. 1479, d.1501.

A variant of the poem ‘In Daphnem’ on fol.119; pr. del Lungo, op.cit. p.548.

C.I.L. X. 6087

pr. Conestabili Mem. di A. Alfanicit., p.101

C.I.L. XIV. 2852

A collection of Latin inscriptions mostly from Italy, but with a few from Dalmatia, Germany, France and Spain, in no special order, probably selected from a sylloge of Fra Giocondo's, or one deriving from him, for it includes two inscriptions from Nîmes: C.I.L. XII. 3236 and 4027 and two from Stimigliano, C.I.L. IX, 4792 and 4816 (fols.100–100v, 102v–3) which appear first in his collections. Many of the inscriptions, such as the Arch at Ancona, C.I.L. IX. 5894 (fol.94v), the aqueduct at Athens, C.I.L. III.549 (fol.99) and the false ‘Tabula aerea’ at Padua, C.I.L. V.202* (fol.106v) first appeared in the collections of Ciriaco d'Ancona. On fol.99 C.I.L. VI.20201 is entitled ‘Romae in domo D. Coronati’.

From Urania, Bk.IV; in his Opera, ed. Basle 1556, Vol.IV, pp.3036–40.

Pr. in Angeli Politiani Opera, Basle 1553, pp.52–3 but dated MCCCCLXXXIX.

WIC 1566, also in MS.Berlin Hamilton 458, fol.26v: see Mommsen in Jahrb. K. Preuss. Kunstsammlungen 4, 1883, p.81.

A collection of Latin inscriptions (and one in Greek, from Delphi, fol. 118) mostly from Italy, in no special order, probably largely deriving from Fra Giocondo. Including:

Copied in later by the same scribe.

Collection of Latin inscriptions, in two sections, apparently copied at different times.

Letter sending Malvezzi the poem which follows

This poem is also on fol.73–5, where it is correctly dedicated to the Bishop of Mantua Lodouico Gonzaga, or.1483, who was Andrelini's patron. The poem, and the letter preceding it, were first published in Rome on June 19 1484 – see C. Dionisotti ‘Miscellanea Umanistica Transalpina’ in Giorn. Stor. Lett. Ital. 110, 1937, pp.280–1

Pasquazi, op.cit., pp.172–3, in note, from MS.Ferrara 395 fol.23v–24

Pr. Pasquasi, op.cit., pp.172–8 from MS. cit. fol.24–26v

Pr. Pasquazi pp.177–8, in note, from MS.cit fol.27.

Pr. F. Longo in Arch. Stor. Ital. Ser.I, Vol.7, Pt.I (1843) pp.272–7, with address and date ‘Venetiis, Idibus Januarii, 1482’

Ends fol.160: In the autograph Estense MS. of Tebaldeo's poems, fol.142; see Pasquazi, op.cit., p.116.

On leaves originally left blank a number of contemporary additions were made:

By an unknown scribe, fols. 160v-173

By a second unknown scribe, fol.174–175v.

By B. da S. Casciano di Pisa, possibly in Pesaro. A Simone di Ser Bart. da S. Casciano di Pisa was in Pesaro in mid 15th cent., see documents listed in Mazzatinti, Inv. delle Bibl. d'Italia, 35, pp.135–6; 37, p.96.

By Io. Bonavolius, i.e. the poet Giovanni Buonavoglia or Benevoli of Mantua, secretary to Giovanni Sforza of Pesaro from c.1489, on whom see E. Rostagno in Bibliofilia I, 1899–1900, pp.145 ff. (reproduction of Buonavoglia's hand on p.165) and 186 ff; Luzio-Renier in Giorn. Stor. Lett. Ital. cit. 42, 1903, pp.109–11. He wrote a signed addition on fol.173, see above, and, on fol.173v:

He also wrote marginal additions on fols.34 and 35.

By a third unknown scribe

By a fourth unknown scribe, or by the same third

Version of an anonymous epitaph on Pope Alexander VI. See M. Sanuto, Diarii, V, Venice, 1881, col.95. A contemporary addition.

Further additions were made in the course of the 16th century:

Ends fol.185.

from churches in Pesarc, dated between 1514–1539.

Copies of two letters in Italian: from Francesco Sforza in Vimercato to Giovanni da Tolentino and the Citizens of Cremona, dated Feb.25 1450, with news of the rising in his favour in Milan on the previous day; from Sveva Sforza Countess of Pesaro, in Parma, to the citizens of Pesaro, sending the same news, dated ‘penultimo februarii 1450’