Prudentii Poetae opera. : Virtutum cum uitiis pugna heroico carmine. Hymni diurnarum rerum, Ad Gallica[n]tum. Ad Matutinu[m]. Ante cibum. Post cibum. Ad lucernae accesione[m]. Ante somnu[m]. De ieiuniis. Post ieiuniu[m]. Ad omnes horas. In exequiis defunctoru[m]. In natali die D[omi]ni nostri Iesu christi. In epiphania. Liber de diuinitate, in quo sunt hymnus de trinitate. In infideles, contra haereticos, qui patrem passum affirmant. Contra Sabellianos haereticos. Co[n]tra Iudaeos. Co[n]tra Homu[n]cionitas. De natura animae. Co[n]tra Phantasmaticos. De resurrectione. Liber de origine peccator[um], contra Marcionitas, uersu Heroico. Tragoedia de passione Romani martyris, uersu Iambico. Liber de coronis martyrum, in quo sunt, Odae in honore[m] Hemeterii, & Cheledonii. In honorem passionis sancti Laurentii. In laudem Eulaliae. In laudem Vndeuiginiti martyrum Caesar-augustae. ... latinam interpretatatinem..
Prudentius,348-
Manuzio, Aldo,1449 or 1450-1515.
John,of Damascus, Saint.
Cosmas,the Melodian, Saint,approximately 706-approximately 760.
Prosper,of Aquitaine, Saint,approximately 390-approximately 463.
Theophanes,the Confessor,-approximately 818.
Dominican Fathers (Edinburgh),former owner.StEdNL
Venetiis : Apud Aldum,
mense Ianuario. M. DI. [1501]
Caption title.
Imprint from colophon on leaf YY10 recto.
Signatures: pi⁸ (leaves 1-4 ...), ff-gg⁸, hh¹⁰, ii-xx⁸, YY¹⁰, ²hh-ii⁸, ²kk⁶ (²kk6 blank) a¹⁰ enclosing 1⁸, 2⁸ enclosing b⁸, c¹⁰ enclosing 3⁸, 4⁶ enclosing d⁶.
Sheets ²hh-kk contain a work not announced on the title page: "Prosperi Aquitanici Epigramata super diui aur. Augustini sententias quadam exarata"--Caption title on leaf ²hh1.
Of the intermised sheets at the end of the work, sheets a-d contain Latin and sheets 1-4 contain Greek; leaves a5, b4, c5 and d3, however contain Latin on the recto and Greek on the verso, so that Renouard is wrong in stating that these sheets could be separated.
Leaf 4 6 (final printed leaf) contains an errata list in Greek to quires 1-4 at end.
Capital spaces with guide letters.
This volume forms the first of a collection sometimes referred to as Poetae Christiani veteres.
Dedicatory preface signed: Aldus Manutius.
Contains works by Aurelius Prudentius, Prosperus Aquitanicus, Joannes Damascences, Cosmo Hagiopolites and Theophanes.
Renouard,
Inkstamp of the "Dominican Fathers Edinburgh" on the recto of the front free endpaper.
Christian poetry, Early
Latin poetry
Greek poetry
Italy Venice.