I. The principal manuscripts and m
1. T
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Parisinus lat. 8071.
France (between Paris and Auxerre?), about the third quarter of the 9th century. Carolingian minuscule; scribe unknown. Parchment. 61 folios, mutilated at end. Ca. 280-285 x 195-197 (235 x 165) mm. Two columns of 37 lines each to the page. Folio 1 taken from a copy of Ambrose, Expositio Evangelii secundum Lucam, in a different, roughly contemporary hand; fols. 2-61 bear a poetic anthology that contains Catullus 62 (on fol. 51r, col. ii – fol. 51v, col. ii).
2. O
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Canonicianus Class. Lat. 30.
Northern Italy (probably Verona), 14th century. Italian Gothic minuscule (rotunda); scribe unidentified. Parchment. i + 37 + i folios. 270 x 199 (194 x 90) mm. 31 or 32 lines to the page. 1r-37v: Catullus, Carmina. Incomplete: no titles, and only a handful of initials and marginal notes have been added. It is a matter of controversy whether the marginalia on fols. 1r-1v and 21r are by the first hand. The historiated initial on folio 1r is somewhat later than the text; it may have been added to the manuscript in Lombardy around 1430. O was copied from the lost archetype A.
3. G
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Parisinus lat. 14137.
Verona, 1375. Italian Gothic minuscule (rotunda); Giuseppe Billanovich has identified the scribe as Antonio del Gaio da Legnago. Parchment. i + 36 folios. 240 x 165 (158 x 110) mm. 33 lines to the page. 1r-35v: Catullus, Carmina. 36r: uersus domini Beneuenuti de Campexanis de Vicencia de resurectione Catulli Veronensis, followed by lengthy subscriptio. Antonio da Legnago left the manuscript incomplete; he only added a few titles and marginal notes. More were copied from m by the second hand (G2), who also corrected the text in a considerable number of places. G is a sibling of R; both were copied from a lost exemplar X, which was a copy of the lost archetype A.
4. R
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ottobonianus lat. 1829.
Florence, between 1375 and ca. 1395 – around 1392? Italian Gothic minuscule (rotunda); copied by an unknown professional scribe for Coluccio Salutati. Parchment. ii + 37 + i folios. 236 x 168 (155 x 95) mm. 33 lines to the page. 1r: [uersus domini Beneuenuti de Campexanis de Vicencia de resurectione Catulli Veronensis]. 1r-37r: Catullus, Carmina. The first hand only took over a small part of the titles and marginalia that he found in his exemplar; most were copied by Coluccio Salutati (R2), who also added conjectures of his own. There are occasional annotations by later hands. R is a sibling of G; both were copied from a lost exemplar X, which was a copy of the lost archetype A.
5. m
Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Marcianus lat. 12.80 (4167)
Florence, ca. 1400. A very early humanstic minuscule; copied by an unknown scribe from the circle of Niccolò Niccoli and Poggio Bracciolini. Paper. 42 folios. 28 lines to the page. m is a very early copy of R, and is the source of the corrections and the additions by G2, except where the latter made mistakes or fresh conjectures of his own. Given that m is a copy of R, which still survives, it can add nothing to our reconstruction of the text. Its readings are quoted extensively in the apparatus in order to cast light on the origins of G2.
6. S
Codex Sannazarii, hodie deperditus
The marginalia of Aulo Giano Parrasio (1470-1522) on poem 62 in his copy of the editio Reginensis of 1481 (now Aberdeen, University Library, Incun. 165) conserve readings taken from a lost manuscript that was similar to T. This was noted by Richardson (1976, 285-8), who thought that Parrasio had seen a lost part of the late 8th-century anthology a fragment of which survives as Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 277, part 3. The question was reexamined by Vecce (1988, 109-144, esp. 114-115), who concluded that Parrasio must have seen a lost manuscript that was either an uncle or a cousin of T and Vienna 277, part 3. The lost manuscript had been found by Iacopo Sannazaro (1457-1530) in France, apparently in the last months of 1502 in the area of Lyons, perhaps at Ile-Barbe, and it was probably a Carolingian manuscript not unlike Vienna 277, part 3 (Vecce 1988, 136).
II. The surviving manuscripts of the Catullan liber
1. Austin (Tx.), Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 32 – Italy, 1451
2. Bergamo, Biblioteca Civica S 2.33 (3) – Italy, ca. 1475
3. Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Diez. B Sant. 36 – Italy, ca. 1455
4. Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Diez. B Sant. 37 – Italy, 1463
5. Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Diez. B Sant. 40 – Italy, ca. 1465
6. Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Diez. B Sant. 46 – ca. 1600
7. Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Diez. B Sant. 56 – Ferrara, 1481
8. Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria 2621 – Venice, 1412
9. Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria 2744 – Italy, ca. 1465
10. Brescia, Biblioteca Queriniana A vii 7 – Ferrara?, ca. 1460
10a. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale IV.711 – Pavia, 1465
11. Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár Cod. lat. medii aevi 137 – Florence, 1465
12. Carpentras, Bibliothèque Inguimbertine 361 – Northeastern Italy, ca. 1445
13. Cesena, Biblioteca Malatestiana 29 sin. 19 – Romagna, 1474
14. Cologny-Geneva, Biblioteca Bodmeriana MS. Bodmer 47 – Italy, 1495
15. Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dc 133 – Lombardy, before 1479
16. Dublin, Trinity College Library 929 – Italy, 15th cent.
16a. Dublin, Trinity College Library 1759 – Italy, 1450-1500
17. Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland Adv. 18.5.2 – Italy, 1495
18. El Escorial, MS. Ç. IV. 22 (part a) – Northern Italy, ca. 1455?
19. El Escorial, MS. Ç. IV. 22 (part b) – Italy, ca. 1450
19a. Ferrara , Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea Cl. II. 156 – Italy (Ferrara?), ca. 1460-70?
20. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Plut. 33.11 – Florence, after 1472
21. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Plut. 33.12 – Florence, 1457
22. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Plut. 33.13 – Italy, 1400-1425
23. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Plut. 36.23 – Tuscany, ca. 1425
24. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Ashburnh. 260 – Verona?, ca. 1500
25. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Ashburnh. 973 – Florence?, after 1548
26. Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Magl. VII 948 – Italy, 1475
27. Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Magl. VII 1054 – Italy, ca. 1480-90
28. Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Magl. VII 1158 – Italy, 1460-70
29. Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Panciatichi 146 – Pistoia, 1475
30. see Bibliography, Pisanus, Bernardus (1522).
31. Florence, Biblioteca Riccardiana 606 – Italy, 1457
32. Florence, Biblioteca Riccardiana 2422 (part 25) – Italy, 17th c.
33. Florence, Biblioteca Riccardiana 2422 (part 25 bis) – Italy, 17th c.
34. Genoa, Biblioteca Civica Berio Cf. arm. 6 – Italy, 15th c.
35. Göttingen, Universitätsbibliothek Philol. 111b – Bologna, 1456
36. Göttingen, Universitätsbibliothek Philol. 112 – Italy?, 16th c.
37. Grenoble, Bibliothèque Municipale 549 – Pavia, 1472
38. Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibl. scrin. 139.4 – Ferrara, ca. 1465
39. Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek Voss. lat. in oct. 13 – Italy, after 1458
40. Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek Voss. lat. in oct. 59 – Italy, 1453
41. Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek Voss. lat. in oct. 76 – Verona?, 1451
42. Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek Voss. lat. in oct. 81 – Northeast Italy?, ca. 1460
43. St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia cl. lat. Q 6 – Italy, 1450-1500
44. London, British Library Add. 10386 – Verona, 1474
45. London, British Library Add. 11674 – Siena?, ca. 1465
46. London, British Library Add. 11915 – Italy, 1460
47. London, British Library Add. 12005 – Italy, ca. 1465
48. London, British Library Burney 133 – Naples?, ca. 1475
49. London, British Library Harley 2574 – Italy, ca. 1460
50. London, British Library Harley 2778 – Ferrara, ca. 1460
51. London, British Library Harley 4094 – Italy, 1440-1442
52. London, British Library Egerton 3027 – Perugia, 1467
53. Oslo area, Schøyen Collection 586 - Padua?, 1475-ca. 1480
54. Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana D 24 sup. – Italy, ca. 1500
55. Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 10 sup. – Italy, ca. 1450
56. Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 46 sup. – Italy, ca. 1465
57. Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana I 67 sup. – Lombardy, ca. 1475
58. Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana M 38 sup. – Italy, ca. 1430
59. Milan, Biblioteca Nazionale di Brera AD xii 37 – Italy, 1450?
60. Mons, Bibliothèque locale Ville de Mons – C.C.J. 218.109 – Padua or Trogir, 1450-1500
61. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek C.l.m. 473 – Florence, ca. 1460-70
62. Naples, Biblioteca Brancacciana IV A. 4 – Italy, 17th cent.
63. Naples, Biblioteca Statale Oratoriana C.F. III. 15 – Florence, 1484
64. Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale IV. F. 19 – Naples, after 1467
65. Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale IV. F. 21 – Italy, ca. 1455
66. Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale IV. F. 61 – Italy, 1505?
67. Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale IV. F. 63 – Italy, late 15th cent.
68. New Haven (Ct.), Beinecke Library 186 – Italy, ca. 1470
68a = 53.
69. Oxford, Bodleian Library Lat. class. e. 3 – Italy, ca. 1465
70. Oxford, Bodleian Library Lat. class. e. 15 – Italy, after 1459
71. Oxford, Bodleian Library Lat. class. e. 17 – Conegliano, 1453
72. = O, see above
73. Oxford, Bodleian Library Canon. Class. Lat. 33 – Italy, after 1450
74. Oxford, Bodleian Library Canon. Class. Lat. 34 – Italy, late 15th cent.
75. Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud. Lat. 78 – Padua, ca. 1465
76. Padua, Biblioteca Capitolare C 77 – Northeastern Italy, ca. 1468?
77. Palermo, Biblioteca Comunale 2. Q. q. E. 10 – Italy?, after 1459
78. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France lat. 7989 – Florence?, 1423
79. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France lat. 7990 – Florence, after 1475
80 = T, see above
81. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France lat. 8231 – Italy?, 17th cent.
82. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France lat. 8232 – Italy, ca. 1465
83. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France lat. 8233 – Florence, 1465
84. Paris, Biblothèque nationale de France lat. 8234 – Italy, ca. 1450?
85. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France lat. 8236 – Northeastern Italy?, ca. 1500
86. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France lat. 8458 – Rome, after 1474
87 = G, see above
88. Parma, Biblioteca Palatina HH 5.47 (716) – Pavia, 1471
89. Parma, Biblioteca Palatina HH 3.124 (1092) – Padova, 1736
90. Pesaro, Biblioteca Oliveriana 1167 – Siena, 1470
91. Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense 15 – Rome, 1470-71
92. Rome, Biblioteca Corsiniana 43. D. 20 – Italy, ca. 1500
93. San Daniele del Friuli, Biblioteca Guarneriana 56 – Northeastern Italy, ca. 1455
94 = 10a. (formerly Schlägl, Stiftsbibliothek 143 Cpl. 59)
95. Siena, Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati H. V. 41 – Italy, ca. 1425
96. Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek Mc 104 – Wiblingen, ca. 1492-1505
97. Turin, Biblioteca Reale, Varia 54 – Bologna?, before 1466
98. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barberini lat. 34 – Italy, ca. 1450
99. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ottobonianus lat. 1550 – Northeastern Italy (?), ca. 1450
100. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ottobonianus lat. 1799 – Italy, after 1460
101 = R, see above
102. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ottobonianus lat. 1982 – Rome?, 1450-1500
103. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal. lat. 910 – Northeastern Italy?, ca. 1475 (?)
104. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal. lat. 1652 – Rome?, ca. 1455
105. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Urb. lat. 641 – Florence, ca. 1465
106. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Urb. lat. 812 – Italy, ca. 1495?
107. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Chigi H. IV. 121 – Rome, ca. 1467
108. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. lat. 1608 – Rome, 1479
109. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. lat. 1630 – Italy, ca. 1430
110. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. lat. 3269 – Rome?, ca. 1470
111. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. lat. 3272 – Italy, ca. 1465
112. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. lat. 3291 – Italy, ca. 1475
113. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. lat. 7044 – Naples?, 1520
114. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. lat. 11425 – Italy, late 15th cent.
115. Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana lat. 12.80 (4167) – Florence, ca. 1400
116. Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana lat. 12.81 (4649) – Italy, ca. 1465?
117. Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana lat. 12.86 (4170) – Italy, ca. 1445?
118. Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana lat. 12.153 (4453) – Padua?, ca. 1465
119. see Bibliography, Pucci (1502v)
120. Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana lat. 12.128 (marginalia in a copy of the 1502 Aldine edition) – Italy, 16th c.
121. Venice, Museo Correr, MS. Cicogna 549 – Italy, 15th c.
122. Vicenza, Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana G 2.8.12 (216) – Padua, 1460
123. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek 224 – Italy, after 1463
124. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek 3198 – Italy, ca. 1460
125. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek 3243 – Germany, 1499
126. Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek 65.2 Aug. 8° – Italy, after 1486
127. Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek 283 Gud. lat. – Italy?, ca. 1500
128. Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek 332 Gud. lat. – Italy, ca. 1460
129. The former Phillipps MS. 6433, current location unknown – Italy, 15th c.?
129a. The “Codex Tomacellianus”, in private hands – Naples, between 1448 and 1458
