Svetonius Tranquillus de praeclare gestis romanorum..
Victor, Sextus Aurelius.
Suetonius,approximately 69-approximately 122.
Melleus, Petrus,of Milan,active approximately 1475,editor.
Pusterla, Pietro,of Milan,dedicatee.
Lavagna, Filippo da,printer.
Barba, A.,17th century,former owner.
[Milan : Philippus de Lavagnia,
approximately 1475]
Title from caption in capitals at incipit on leaf [a4] recto.
For the attribution to Milan, cf. BM 15th cent., IV, 63 (note).
Imprint from ISTC.
Authorship unknown. Here attributed to Suetonius, but generally to Aurelius Victor from the sixteenth century: see M.M. Sage, "The De Viris Illustribus: authorship and date", Hermes, 108 (1980), pp. 83-100.
Spaces left blank for initials.
Initials and paragraph marks supplied in red.
With marginal annotations.
Red ink inscription by early hand: Anno d[omi]ni MCCCCLXXII. AB (twice; red and black ink); inscription (by 17th century hand?) and drawings on the blank page before the last flyleaf: A. sigor Barba car[issi]mo siormio [?] car[issi]mo. nemo clien... y.
Cyrillic (?) inscription by early hand.
Signatures: [a-c¹⁰ d⁶].
Petrus Melleus. [Dedicatory letter addressed to] Petrus Posterula or Pusterla, [a1]r-v; Table of contents, [a2]r-[a3]v; [Pseudo-]Suetonius Tranquillus [i.e. Pseudo-Sextus Aurelius Victor]. De viris illustribus, [a4]r-[d5]r; [Verse addressed to the reader], incipit "Romanas acies regu[m] que illustria facta", [d5]r.
BN cat. des incun.,
Goff
GW
Hain
Oates
ISTC
Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
Half parchment with gilt stamped spine label.
Emperors
Italy Milan.