[Opera].

Accession number: 
PML 25129.1-2
Author: 
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Published: 
Mediolani impressit : Anto[n]ius Zarotus Parme[n]sis artifex eximius [for Marco Roma], Anno domini .M cccc L xxvii. iii. idus septe[m]bris [11 September 1477].
Description: 
[182], [176] leaves ; 31.5 cm. (folio)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1927.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC.
Imprints from colophons (part I, leaf s11v): Anno domini .M cccc L xxvii. iii. idus septe[m]bris. Regnantibus Bonamaria & Iohanne galeaziomaria piissimis ducib[us]. Mediolani impressit Anto[n]ius Zarotus Parme[n]sis artifex eximius; (part II, leaf (1-4)/7v): P. Ouidii Nasonis opera o[mn]ia dilligenter eme[n]data .Antonius. Zarotus Parme[n]sis ad utilitate[m] iuuenu[m] nec non et posterior[um] impressa.
Printed in Zarotus's type 5:111R.
Edited by Bonus Accursius (or Bonaccursius) Pisanus, i.e. Bonaccorso da Pisa: see Bod-inc O-041 for the tradition of the text of the Metamorphoses.
Two different settings for De Philomena on leaves II7r-v and (1-4)/7r-v.
In two parts, dated: I) 11 Sept. 1477; II) [undated].
Signatures: part I: ⁶ a-k¹⁰ l⁴ m-r¹⁰ s¹²: 182 leaves, leaf s12 blank, first leaf 1 signed on verso; part II: ²a-²d¹⁰ ²e⁴ ²f-²g¹⁰ ²h⁶ I⁸ ²k-²l¹⁰ ²m-²n⁸; A-G¹⁰ H⁸ II¹⁰ K⁶; L-Q¹⁰; (1-4)⁸: 176 leaves, leaf K6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 30.6 x 20.6 cm.

Binding: 
19th-century Englsih full black goatskin over paper boards (31.5 x 21.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports by Riviere & Son (after 1880). Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations in an Italian hand sporadically throughout. Pen trials (leaf 1r).

Provenance: 
Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., Dec. 1927.
Classification: 
Department: