Add MS 49368

HOLKHAM HALL MSS. Vol. XVIII (formerly Holkham MS. 322). OVID, FASTI, POEMS OF EXILE AND AMATORY POEMS, ETC.; early 13th and 14th cent. Textually a good representative of the recentiores. Usually cited in editions as Codex Holkhamicus (H). See 49368* below. Signature (f. 1), as owner, of Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester, who probably acquired it on the Continent, 1712-1718. Bookplate of Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham, on f. i. Listed, together with Add. MS. 49367 and other Ovid MSS. at Holkham, by

A. J. Valpy, P. Ovidii Nasonis Opera Omnia . . . in usum Delphini, vii, 1821,

p. 4312. See also S. de Ricci, A Handlist of Manuscripts in the Library of the Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall, 1932, pp. 26-27. At ff. iii-iv is a letter of Robinson Ellis to Alexander Napier, Lord Leicester's librarian, 12 Apr. 1880. At f. ii is a note by Charles Warburton James, librarian at Holkham, circa 1931.

Vellum; ff. v+175. 222 x 125mm., cropped. Written area 182 x 72mm. Early XIII and (art. 14-15) XIV cent. Sec. fol. 'Vt semel hec'. Pricked on the recto, each page ruled separately in ink. Written in Italy. Single column of 52-54 lines. Gatherings of 8 leaves (xxii, last, wants 8), except for vi10, x6, xiii6, xviii10. Art. 1-2 occupy gatherings i-vi; 3, vii-x; 4, xi-xiii; 5-6, xiv; 7-10, xv-xviii; 11-12, xix-xx; 13-15, xxi. Arabic numerals as signatures on the first and last pages of each gathering. Catchwords on ff. 74b, 88b only. Titles in red, or in black at the foot of the page, especially in art. 3. Initials flourished in red and blue. Original glosses and scholia, 13th cent.; supplemented by scholia added principally on ff. 51-68b passim and 145-166b, 14th cent., and by some sixty variant readings added almost entirely on ff. 2-35b, 15th cent., the most surprising of which is 'oriens' at 'Fasti', i, l. 589. Some rubbed words, e.g. on ff. 40, 51, over-written, 15th cent. Foliation, 15th cent., to f. 101 only, with numbers 12-21 written in reverse order, e.g. '71' for '17'. Brown calf binding, gilt-tooled and -stamped with the Coke crest, 19th cent.

Contents:–

1. ff. 1-46b. 'Fasti', in six books, without calendar. Resembles the text in Add. MS. 49367. Not recorded by F. Peeters, Les 'Fastes' d'Ovide, 1939, nor by H. Buttenwieser, 'Manuscripts of Ovid's Fasti: the Ovidian Tradition in the Middle Ages', Transactions of the American Philological Association, lxxi, 1940, pp. 45-51.

2. ff. 47-50b. 'Liber puellarum' al. 'De Sagaci Nuntio': a pseudo-Ovidian medieval poem in 386 leonine hexameters. Beg. 'Summi uictoris fierem cum uictor amoris'; ends, 'Illa ferit pugno Davus ferit inde secundo'. Printed by E. H. Alton, 'De Nuntio Sagaci', Hermathena, xlvi, 1931, pp. 61-79. See also M. Manitius, Geschichte der lateinischen Literatur des Mittelalters, iii, 1931, pp. 1031-2.

3. ff. 51-80b. 'Epistolae de Ponto', in four books. Used by S. G. Owen, Tristia, Ibis, Ex Ponto, Halieutica, O. C. T., 1915 (see p. vii). See also Harley MSS. 2007, 3234, Burney MS. 220, Add. MSS. 18459, f. 6, 22726, 23896.

4. ff. 81-102b. 'Ars Amatoria', in three books. E. J. Kenney, P. Ovidi Nasonis Amores, Medicamina Faciei Femineae, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris,

O. C. T., 1961, quotes twenty-one readings. See also Harley MS. 2537, Burney MSS. 217, 218, Add. MSS. 14086, 17300, 18459, f. 7, 21169, 22013, 22400, 22862, 34749, 39650, 39651.

5. ff. 103-110b. 'Remedia Amoris', in two books. Kenney, op. cit., quotes fourteen readings. Also used by F. W. Lenz, Remedia Amoris, Medicamina Faciei, Turin, 1965. See also Harley MSS. 2537, 2560, 2565, 2703, 6323, Burney MS. 218, Add. MSS. 11976, 17300, 18459, f. 8b, 21169, 22013, 22400, 39650.

6. f. 110b. Exposition of the Lord's Prayer, in prose. Beg. '[P]ater noster, Sciendum est quod hec oratio dominica dicitur quia dominus Iesus Christus suo proprio ore composuit'. A better text in MS.C.58/275 in the Zentralbibliothek, Zürich, is quoted as MS. Bern C.58/275 by J. Werner, Beiträge zur Kunde der lateinischen Literatur des Mittelalters, 1905, p. 119, no. 294.

7. ff. 111-143b. 'Tristia', in five books. Collated and 800 readings reported by S. G. Owen, P. Ovidi Nasonis Tristium Libri V, 1889 (see pp. xx, xl-l), who placed it in his second class, and reported its readings pretty generously in his Tristia, etc., 1915. Later editors, e.g. J. André, 1968, value it less highly, but G. Luck included 196 readings in his edition, 1967. Similar text to Vat. lat. 1606 and Vat. Pal. lat. 910. See also Harley MS. 2699, Burney MS. 277, Add. MSS. 18384, 18459, f. 5, 21169.

8. f. 143b. 'Accessus' (Introduction) presumably to Ovid's 'Tristia', in prose, giving a very brief account of the poet's life. Beg. 'Ad maiorem huius auctoris euidentiam in maiori opere suo de uita ipsius agendum est'. Closely resembles the 'Accessus' to the 'Metamorphoses' in the 'Versus Bursarii Ouidii', an extract from which was printed by E. H. Alton, Hermathena, xcv, 1961, p. 74.

9. f. 143b. Thirteen mnemonic hexameters on the 'Egyptian days'. Beg. 'Hisce sagittiferam discernas uersibus ora. Dat primam undecimam ianus pede vii sextam'. Includes a line for September not in the version published by R. R. Steele, 'Dies Aegyptiaci', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, xii, 1918-19, p. 118, who, however, omits the first line. Followed by two lines of mythological notes.

10. f. 144b. Two pseudo-Ovidian medieval poems, viz:- (a) 'De lonbardo [sic] et lomaca', in fifty lines. Beg. 'Venerat ad segetes lumbardus circuit illas'; ends, 'Non res est parua, causidici ueniant'. Edited by F. W. Lenz, 'Das pseudo-Ovidische Gedicht De Lombardo et lumaca', Maia, n.s., ix, 1957, pp. 204-22. See also Manitius, vol. cit., pp. 1037-8. f. 144;- (b) 'De iiii. elementis', in forty-eight lines. Beg. 'Auctor apud grecos medicine primus apollo'. Printed from MS. Laur. XXXVI, 27, in Florence by H. S. Sedlmayer, in Wiener Studien, vi, 1884, pp. 149-50, and C. Pascal, Poesia latina medievale, 1907, pp. 107-10, who also used a Naples MS. Earlier than either, agreeing with some but not all of the inferior readings of the Naples MS., which reads 'Ductor' whereas the published text beg. 'Doctor apud Graecos'. The text on the lower part of the leaf is badly rubbed.

11. ff. 145-167. 'Amores', in three books. Headed, 'Incipit ille liber cuius non nomen habet'; colophon, 'Laus tibi Christe quoniam liber explicit iste'. This text of the 'Amores' is more valued than that of the 'Ars Amatoria' or 'Remedia'. E. J. Kenney, op. cit., quotes about seventy readings. F. Munari, Amores, 1951, reports its readings generously. See also Harley MSS. 2529, 2537, 2565, Burney MS. 217, Add. MSS. 11975, 21169.

12. f. 167. 'Accessus' to Ovid's 'Amores', in about 210 words. Beg. 'Ut in uniuscuiusque libri initio haec solet haberi consideratio, quid materia, quid intentio, quae utilitas'; ends, 'Nos qui modo fueramus v libelli & c'. Differs from the two 'Accessus' to the 'Amores' printed by G. Przychocki, Accessus Ovidiani (Symbolae ad veterum auctorum historiam atque ad medii aeui studia philologica), Krakow, 1911, pp. 28-9. See also Add. MS. 49368*.

13. ff. 169-174b. 'Ibis'. First collated and its readings printed extensively by R. Ellis, P. Ovidii Nasonis Ibis, 1881 (see p. lv). Includes, after l. 130, a distich not accepted by Ellis and, after l. 340, ll. 637-638, 439-440, 461-462 in his edition. All the scholia were printed by A. La Penna, Scholia in P. Ovidi Nasonis Ibin, 1959, who also reported the readings of this MS. generously in his Ibis, 1957. See also Harley MS. 2538, Sloane MS. 777, Add. MSS. 11972, 18459, f. 8b.

14. f. 175. 'De remedio amoris'; the first thirty-six of the sixty-four lines of this pseudo-Ovidian poem. Beg. 'Qui fuerit cupiens ab amica soluere colla'; ends 'Ex multis uitiis calida peius amat'. Printed by W. Wattenbach, 'Pseudo-ovidische Gedichte des Mittelalters', Zeitschrift für deutsches Alterthum, xxxiv, 1890, pp. 277-9, from Munich CLM 11601, 14th cent., with which the present text agrees most closely, and two 15th cent. MSS. In the margin at the beginning are written in a 15th cent. hand the words, 'xpo' [i.e. Christo?] and '[A?]lannj della scol[la?]'.

15. f. 175b. Mythological notes, in prose. Beg. 'Almena fuit uxor Anphitrionis'.

Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet: Fasti, De Ponto, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris, Tristia, Amores, Ibis: 13th cent.

Bindings ENGLISH: Brown calf, gilt-tooled and -stamped, with crest of Earls of Leicester of Holkham: 19th cent.

Poetry LATIN: Ovid, Fasti, De Ponto, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris, Tristia, Amores, Ibis: 13th cent.

Holkham Hall, Norfolk: MSS formerly in Lord Leicester's library at: 19th cent.

includes:

• f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham: Bookplate of Lord Leicester of Holkham: 1837.
• f. ii Charles Warburton James, Librarian at Holkham Hall: Notes by: circa 1931.
• f. iii Robinson Ellis, classical scholar: Letter to A. Napier: 1880.
• f. 1 Thomas Coke, Baron Lovell; Earl of Leicester: Signature, as owner: bef. 1744.
• ff. 47-50b, 144, 175 Poetry LATIN: Ovid: suppositious works, Liber Puellarum, De lombardo et lomsca, De quattuor elementis, De remedio amoris: 13th-14th cent.
• ff. 47-50b, 144-175 Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet: Suppositious works; Liber Puellarum, De lombardo et lomaca, De quattuor elementis, De remedio amoris: 13th-14th cent.
• f. 110b Lord's Prayer: Exposition of: 13th cent: Lat.
• f. 143b Poetry LATIN: Mnemonic verses on `Egyptian days': 13th cent.
• f. 143b Calendars: Mnemonic verses on `Egyptian days': 13th cent: Lat.
• ff. 143b, 167 Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet: Accessus to his Tristia and Amores: 13th cent.
• f. 175 Alannus della Scolla: Name written in margin: 15th cent.