There are two issues of this edition, with different title pages and printers:
Michael Julianum (Crowned Star) William Iulianum (Friendship)
As far as I know they are identical in contents.
1580 : BARRAEUS : Paris, edited by Barraeus (Rene Laurens de la Barre). Adams T413. Size is folio. Issued by Michel Julianum at the sign of the crowned star. Contains the works of Tertullian and Arnobius. I've located copies of this near me, and obtained photocopies of some of the material. Checked
From a dealer catalogue (2001):
1. Tertullian & Arnobius. Opera Tertulliani et Arnobii... omnia studio et labore Renati Laurentii de la Barre. Parisiis, apud Michaelem Julianum 1580. Hardcover. Folio. (12),728,(84),240,(15)pp. Contemporary calf, dry & worn, most of spine missing, stitching weak, binding split in half. Light marginal staining.
Price: US$ 300.00
Other copies listed at: (Adams) Cambridge University Library (not known to me), Trinity College.
Contents are:
| Location | Content |
| Title page(GIF) | Text reads: Opera Tertvlliani et Arnobii qvotqvot ab interitv indvstria potverint, cvm vetervm exemplarivm tvm recentiorvm collatione restituta, locis scripturae aucta, & illustrata commentariis quae alias authoribus subobscuris & difficillimis non mediocrem lucem afferre poterunt.(Those works of Tertullian and Arnobius which have by diligence kept from destruction, restored with a collation of not only the old exemplars but also more recent ones, with scripture references added and illustrated with the commentaries which in other authors rather obscure and most difficult no mediocre light they will be produced) Omnia studio et labore Renati Laurentii de la Barre. (All by the study and labour of Rene Laurens de la Barre)(RP) Additis indicibus fidissimis & amplissimis. (With the addition of the largest and most accurate indices)(RP) Followed by printer's logo etc as above. |
| Title page verso | CATALOGVS OPERVM: List of works
contained. EXTRAICT DV PRIVILEGE DV ROY: at bottom of page. |
| pp 3-4 | D.D.DE LA BIGNE SACRAE | THEOLOGIAE DOCTORI,
PRAECEPTORI | PLVRIMVM SEMPER OBSERVANDO RENATVS |
LAVRENTIVS. S. (Note that pagination starts here) Dedication to De La Bigne. |
| pp 5-7 | REVERENDISSIMO IN CHRISTO PATRI PRIN-| CIPI, AC
DOMINO D. STANISLAO TVRCO EPISC. | Olomucensi, &c.
digissimo, Beatus Rhenanus Seletstadtensis S. D. Rhenanus dedication of 1521, which talks about the Paterniacensis and Hirsaugensis mss, plus a visit to Strasbourg (Argentoratum). |
| pp 8-11 | TERTVLLIANI VITA PER RENATVM | LAVRENTIVM : Life of Tertullian, by Barraeus. |
| pp 11-12 | AVTHORVM NOMINA QVORVM FIDE ET TESTIMONIO ANNO-|TATIONES CONSCRIPTAE SVNT. In Bury copy. List of authors referred to in the notes; reads: Authorum quorum fide et testimonio annotationes conscriptae sunt. |
| p. 1 | Q. SEPTIMII FLORENTIS | TERTVLLIANI PRESBYTERI, | DE
PATIENTIA LIBER. | ARGVMENTVM LIBRI SEQVENTIS | PER
BEATVM RHENANVM.| Scribit Tertullianus quasi Encomium
Patientiae, Deum ipsum ... Confiteor ad dominum deum satis temere me si non etiam | impudenter de patientia componere ausum, cui... ANNOTATIONES. | DIsputare super eo ... (Note numbering restarts) De Patientia. Heading, then Argument, then text, then a line, then Annotations. Notes refer to Paterniacensis, Gorziensis, and ex collatione Gorziensi. |
| p11 | DE CARNE CHRISTI, LIBER. Argument by B.R. Annotations at foot of page. Note that p.21 has header of DE PATIENTIA LIBER (sic). Codex references: |
| p 25 | DE RESVRRECTIONE CARNIS LIBER. p. 27. ... 3. Quo cuneo
decurrendum sit. Brit. codex restituit occurrendum. ... |
| p 67 | De praescriptione. pp. 67-74 missing from Bury St. Edmunds volume. Starts with 75-78 in place of 67-70, then pp71 ff. p. 75 headed DE RESVRRECTIONE
CARNIS LIBER. |
| p 97 | End of Prae. Start of Adv. Iud. |
| p. 105 | Chapter headings start in Adv. Iud. Printed note "* Cod. B. nouum" in the margin against the words in the text vetus testamentum. But not in the Bury copy - the asterisk is in the text, but the marginal note isn't there. |
| p. 127 | Adv. Marc. I |
| p. 147 | Adv. Marc. II |
| p. 165 | Adv. Marc. III |
| p. 185 | end of III, start of Adv. Marc. IIII |
| p. 236 | Adv. Marc. V |
| p. 241 | Chapter headings begin for Adv. Marc., indicating the books of the New Testament being discussed, and continue to the end. |
| p. 263 | Adv. Hermog. |
| p. 283 | Adv. Val. |
| pp. 311-3 | Explanatory material on Valentinianism, with diagram of the Aeons, etc, on p313. |
| p 314 | Adv. Prax. |
| p. 332 | De Corona |
| p. 363 | Ad Mart. |
| p. 372 | De poentit. |
| p. 385 | De virg. |
| p. 399 | De habitu mulieri |
| p. 406 | De cultu fem. |
| p. 421 | End of De cultu, Start of Ad Uxorem I |
| p 426 | End of Ad Ux I, start of Ad Ux. II |
| p 434 | De fuga |
| p. 446 | End of De Fuga, start of Ad Scap. |
| p. 452 | End of Ad Scap., start of Exort. Ad. Cast |
| p. 464 | End of Exhort, start of De Monog. I looked for references to the British MS but didn't find any. Only G was referred to. |
| p. 481 | End of De Monog, start of De Pallio |
| p. 492 | End of De Pallio, start of De Trinitate p. 517. Non est homo tantum. Alias legitur in codice Britanneo. At the end of the page: Q. SEPTIMII FLORENTIS TERTVLLIANI, | libri de Trinitate finis. (End of the book on the Trinity) |
| p. 518 | De Testimonio |
| p. 522 | End of De Test., start of De anima. |
| p. 527 | Start of chapter headings for De anima, continuing to the end of the work, and all numbered henceforth too |
| p. 580 | End of De Anima, Start of De Spectaculis. All
chapters have headings, which appear to be those listed
in CCL as from a ms - ch X is De Munere, for instance -
but the ms doesn't have them all, but this edition does.
Here are all the tituli in the text: p. 584. DE TITVLIS. CAP. II. Ms readings are few - the notes explain technical terms. p. 585: 10 Murtia enim. * Legebatur in vetustis cod. Sed mendose. .... |
| p. 597 | End of De Spect., start of De Baptismo. p. 603. 4. Quid enim. Variant non-|nihil Codices, Parisiensis vetus inepta repetitione hoc modo: Quid enim necesse & non ... This is the only ms reference. |
| p. 604 | End of De Bapt., start of Contra Gnosticos Scorpiacus. |
| p. 616 | De idol. |
| p. 628 | DE PVDICITIA LIBER. Interesting references to an old Paris ms and a German ms. Few notes though. p. 628. 2. Quae non apud
Deum. Alius in cod. Britannico: quae non apud deum
egisset. |
| p. 644 | ... Q. SEPTIMII
FLORENTIS TERTVLLIANI, | de pudicitia finis.| Q. SEPTIMII FLORENTIS | TERTVLLIANI CARTAGINENSIS DE| IEIVNIO ADVERSVS PSYCHICOS.| ... End of De Pudicitia, start of De ieiunio. Only one ms reference: p. 645. 8. Vt vnusquisque. Alias Codex Britannicus: vt vnusquisque pronior ... |
| p. 653 | End of Ieiun., start of De Cibis Jud. |
| p. 657 | De oratione. Some tituli. p. 661. Ends with words: Nam laetitia libentius, tristitia solicitius administrabit disciplinam. |
| p. 662 | APOLOGETICVS AD-|VERSVS GENTES. p. 665. Reference to collation of Gorziensis. p. 711, inter alia. Chapter titles. 45 chapters. |
| p. 722 | Admonitio ad lectorem de quibusdam Tertulliani Dogmatis (Warning to the reader about some of Tertullian's teachings). |
| p. 728 | End of Admonitio |
| Not paginated, 2 leaves | Scripturae sacrae loca quae sparsim in his Tertulliani libris explicantur (Scripture references) |
| Not paginated, 40 leaves | Rerum et verborum a toto operae Tertulliani memorabilium index locupletissimus cuius littera. t. Tertulliani esse quod legitur, admonet. (Subjects and vocabulary used) |
| pp1-234 | Arnobius (I've not detailed this). |
| 235-240 | ANIMAD. IAC. CVIACII, ALCIATI, ET HOTO-|MANI, IN
TERTVLL. Notes on Tertullian, mostly by Cuiacius, but with a paragraph each by Alciatus and Hotomanus on p.240. The Bury St. Edmunds copy ends on this page, which is followed only by a single endleaf. |
| 7 leaves | Arnobii Alphabeticus index |
| Next leaf, recto | Excudebat Petrus le Voirrier Regius in Mathematicis Typographus, Anno Salutis humanae M.D.LXXX mense Iunio. |
| verso | Blank |
| Next leaf, recto | Blank |
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