PL 7 · cols. 277–284

Incerti auctoris Phoenix, Lactantio tributus

Editors' preface

PL 7:277

INCERTI AUCTORIS PHOENIX LACTANTIO TRIBUTUS.

THE PHOENIX, BY AN UNKNOWN AUTHOR, ATTRIBUTED TO LACTANTIUS.

Est locus in primo felix oriente remotus,

There is a happy place, set apart in the farthest east,

Qua patet aeterni maxima porta poli;

where the greatest gate of the eternal sky stands open;

Nec tamen aestivos, hyemisque propinquus ad ortus;

not, however, near the summer or the winter risings [of the sun],

Sed qua Sol verno fundit ab axe diem.

but where the Sun pours forth the day from the vernal pole.

Illic planities tractus diffundit apertos:

There a plain spreads out open tracts:

Nec tumulus crescit, nec cava vallis hiat.

no mound rises, nor does a hollow valley gape.

Sed nostros montes, quorum juga celsa putantur,

But above our mountains, whose ridges are thought lofty,

Per bis sex ulnas eminet ille locus.

that place stands out by twice six ells.

Hic Solis nemus est: stat consitus arbore multa

Here is the grove of the Sun: there stands, planted with many a tree,

Lucus perpetuae frondis honore virens.

a wood green with the glory of everlasting foliage.

Cum Phaethontaeis flagrasset ab ignibus axis,

When the sky had blazed with Phaethon's fires,

Ille locus flammis inviolatus erat.

that place was unharmed by the flames.

Et cum diluvium mersisset fluctibus orbem,

And when the deluge had drowned the world in its waves,

Deucalionaeas exuperavit aquas.

it rose above the waters of Deucalion.

Non huc exangues morbi, non aegra senectus,

Hither come no bloodless diseases, no sickly old age,

Nec mors crudelis, nec metus asper adit;

nor cruel death, nor harsh fear;

Nec scelus infandum, nec opum vesana cupido,

nor unspeakable crime, nor mad desire for wealth,

Aut Mars, aut ardens caedis amore furor.

nor Mars, nor frenzy burning with the love of slaughter.

Luctus acerbus abest, et egestas obsita pannis,

Bitter grief is absent, and poverty clad in rags,

Et curae insomnes, et violenta fames.

and sleepless cares, and violent hunger.

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Footnotes

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(1) ‹lemma: Incerti auctoris› · note in col 277

Incerti auctoris. Carmina haec, quae in libris impressis Lactantio tribuuntur, in nullis antiquis codicibus inveni. Ea tamen legimus in ms. Sangermanensi, etsi non antiquo Phoenicis carmina Lactantii non creduntur, saltem christiani, quamvis sint ab elegantissimo aliquo poeta scripta, quem tamen certo credo non fuisse christianum. Nam Phoenicem nominat Solis sacerdotem; et sic de nemore illo loquitur, et de Phoebo, tamquam ille revera sit deus, et habeat nemus illud charissimum, ac sibi dicatum. Carmina autem illa de resurrectione, sive de pascha, quod ad elegantiam spectat, cum illis de Phoenice comparari non possunt; et ex ipsis apperet manifeste non eumdem fuisse eorum auctorem. Haec vero inter opuscula Venantii Fortunati, poetae christiani, quae sunt in bibliotheca Vaticana, ab optimo et litterato viro Antonio Girona admonitus, inveni; de quibus postmodum aliqua annotabo. Illius tertii poematis, de Passione Domini, nullum vestigium usquam invenire potui: in quo tamen non multi errores reperiuntur, ut diligentia emendationis in eo non valde fuerit necessaria. THOMAS. Erasmus non inconcinna esse carmina Phoenicis judicat, sed nemo potest affirmare esse Lactantii: de iis enim non loquitur Hieronymus, ubi agit de Auctoris nostri operibus, Nicolaus Heinsius Lactantii genuinum in eo foetum agnoscit et praedicat.

"Of an uncertain author." These poems, which in the printed books are attributed to Lactantius, I have found in no ancient manuscripts. We do, however, read them in the Saint-Germain manuscript, though it is not old. The poems on the Phoenix are not believed to be Lactantius's, nor even a Christian's, although they were written by some most elegant poet, who I am nevertheless certain was not a Christian. For he calls the Phoenix the priest of the Sun; and he speaks of that grove, and of Phoebus, as if Phoebus were truly a god and held that grove most dear and dedicated to himself. But the poems on the resurrection, or on Easter, cannot be compared with those on the Phoenix for elegance; and from the poems themselves it plainly appears that they did not have the same author. These, indeed, I found among the minor works of Venantius Fortunatus, the Christian poet, which are in the Vatican Library, on the advice of that excellent and learned man Antonio Girona; on them I shall note a few things later. Of the third poem, on the Passion of the Lord, I could find no trace anywhere; yet not many errors are found in it, so that a careful emendation of it was not much needed. THOMAS. Erasmus judges the poems on the Phoenix not to be inelegant, but no one can affirm that they are Lactantius's: for Jerome does not speak of them where he treats of our Author's works. Nicolaus Heinsius recognizes and proclaims it a genuine offspring of Lactantius.

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(2) ‹lemma: Phoenix› · note in col 277

Phoenix. Tota haec Phoenicis historia inter fabulas annumeranda est. Noluimus tamen omittere, ne aliquid desit huic nostrae Editioni; atque haec Carmina contulimus cum ms. Sangermanensi.

"Phoenix." This whole story of the Phoenix is to be counted among the fables. We did not wish to omit it, however, lest anything be lacking to this our Edition; and we have collated these poems with the Saint-Germain manuscript.

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(3) ‹lemma: Primo oriente› · note in col 277

Vers 1. Primo oriente. Id est, in Arabia, ubi fabulantur Phoenicem habitare. Multi tamen apud Indos sedem statuisse Phoenicem dicunt: qua de re Ausonius et Claudianus.

Verse 1. "In the farthest east." That is, in Arabia, where the fables say the Phoenix lives. Many, however, say that the Phoenix made its home among the Indians: on which see Ausonius and Claudian.

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(4) ‹lemma: Qua patet› · note in col 277

Vers. 2. Qua patet. Lege apud Ovidium initio II libri Metamorphos. Regiae solis descriptionem elegantissimam.

Verse 2. "Where lies open." Read in Ovid, at the beginning of Book II of the Metamorphoses, a most elegant description of the Palace of the Sun.

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(5) ‹lemma: Maxima porta poli› · note in col 277

Ibidem. Maxima porta poli. Ita ms. Sangermanensis. Editi habent Janua celsa poli: sed minus bene, ut videtur, propter Juga celsa, quae leguntur vers. 7.

The same verse. "The greatest gate of the sky." So the Saint-Germain manuscript. The printed editions have "the lofty door of the sky": but less well, it seems, because of "lofty ridges", which is read in verse 7.

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(6) ‹lemma: Sed qua› · note in col 277

Vers. 4. Sed qua. In ms. Sangerm. In quo.

Verse 4. "But where." In the Saint-Germain manuscript, "in which".

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(7) ‹lemma: Nec tumulus crescit› · note in col 278

Vers. 6. Nec tumulus crescit, etc. Ergo plana sunt omnia, nec fraudi datur locus. Nam juxta Virgilium Aeneid. II: Est curvo anfractu valles accommoda fraudi.

Verse 6. "No mound rises," etc. So all is level, and no room is given for ambush. For, according to Virgil, Aeneid II [as printed]: "There is a valley with a winding bend, suited to ambush."

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(8) ‹lemma: Stat› · note in col 278

Vers. 9. Stat. Sic legunt Nicol. Heinsius et Hemmannus. Alii editi legunt et.

Verse 9. "Stands." So read Nicolaus Heinsius and Hemmannus. Other printed editions read "and".

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(9) ‹lemma: Honore virens› · note in col 278

Vers. 10. Honore virens. Quia frondes sunt honor et pulchritudo arboris. Ms. Sangerman. et editi 1472, 1478, 1497, et alii legunt virens; editi vero vulgares legunt viret.

Verse 10. "Green with honour." Because leaves are the honour and beauty of a tree. The Saint-Germain manuscript and the editions of 1472, 1478, 1497 and others read "being green"; but the common editions read "is green".

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(10) ‹lemma: Phaethontaeis› · note in col 278

Vers. 11. Phaethontaeis. De hac fabula vide Ovidium, lib. II Metamorph.

Verse 11. "Phaethon's." On this fable see Ovid, Metamorphoses Book II.

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(11) ‹lemma: Exuperavit aquas› · note in col 278

Vers. 14. Exuperavit aquas. Quod falsum est, si intelligatur de diluvio universali, quod exuperavit etiam altissimos montes. Attamen de solo Deucalionis diluvio hic agitur, quod universale non fuit.

Verse 14. "Rose above the waters." Which is false if it is understood of the universal flood, which rose above even the highest mountains. But here only Deucalion's flood is meant, which was not universal.

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(12) ‹lemma: Huc› · note in col 278

Vers. 15. Huc. Ita editio Aldina: verum editi 1472, 1478, 1497, et 1513 legunt hunc.

Verse 15. "Hither." So the Aldine edition: but the editions of 1472, 1478, 1497 and 1513 read "this one".

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(13) ‹lemma: Exangues morbi› · note in col 278

Ibidem. Exangues morbi. Morborum vulgare epitheton. Sic Ovid. lib. XV Metamorp.: Pallidaque exangui squallebant corpora morbo.

The same verse. "Bloodless diseases." A common epithet of diseases. So Ovid, Metamorphoses Book XV: "And pale bodies grew squalid with bloodless disease."

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(14) ‹lemma: Aut Mars› · note in col 278

Vers 18. Aut Mars, etc. Ms. Sangerman. legit Aut metus, aut ardens cedit amore furor, idque minus bene; nam de metu jamjam locutus est.

Verse 18. "Or Mars," etc. The Saint-Germain manuscript reads "Or fear, or frenzy burning with love of slaughter, departs", and that less well; for he has already spoken of fear.

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(15) ‹lemma: Rore pruina tegit› · note in col 278

Vers. 22. Rore pruina tegit. De roris et pruinae differentia vide Aristotel. in Meteorologicis, lib. I, cap. 10.

Verse 22. "Frost covers with dew." On the difference between dew and frost see Aristotle, Meteorologica Book I, chapter 10.

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(16) ‹lemma: Sed fons› · note in col 278

Vers. 25. Sed fons, etc. Hic fons multis nominibus illustratur; vivus enim est, perspicuus, lenis, dulcis.

Verse 25. "But a spring," etc. This spring is distinguished by many titles; for it is living, clear, gentle, sweet.

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(17) ‹lemma: Mensum› · note in col 278

Vers. 27. Mensum. Pro mensium.

Verse 27. "Mensum." For "mensium" (of the months).

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(18) ‹lemma: Unica› · note in col 278

Vers. 31. Unica. Sic de Phoenice; unde proverbium, Phoenice rarior.

Verse 31. "Only one." So of the Phoenix; whence the proverb, "rarer than the Phoenix".

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(19) ‹lemma: Sed vivit› · note in col 278

Vers. 32. Sed vivit. De hoc vide infra Aenigma XXXI, ubi de Phoenice ait, vita mihi mors est, etc. De Phoenicis resurrectione vide Ovidium in Metamorph., et Tzetzem, in varia historia.

Verse 32. "But it lives." On this see below, Riddle XXXI, where of the Phoenix it says, "life is death to me," etc. On the Phoenix's resurrection see Ovid in the Metamorphoses, and Tzetzes in his Miscellaneous History.

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(20) ‹lemma: Obsequitur Phoebo› · note in col 278

Vers. 33. Obsequitur Phoebo. Credidit antiquitas aves, sicut et arbores, diis esse sacratas: sic Aquila Jovi; Columba Veneri; ita et Phoebo Phoenix.

Verse 33. "Obeys Phoebus." Antiquity believed that birds, like trees, were sacred to the gods: thus the eagle to Jupiter; the dove to Venus; and so the Phoenix to Phoebus.

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Page

running head: 277 PHŒNIX.
marginal letters: A Est locus in primo felix; B Nec mors crudelis; C Incerti auctoris. Carmina haec (in the Annotationes); D tionis in eo non valde fuerit (in the Annotationes)
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: full-width title lines "INCERTI AUCTORIS" and "LACTANTIO TI[...]" at the head of the page, cut off at the image edge, not set; full-width heading "ANNOTATIONES." below verse 20 not set; the Annotationes at the page foot (beginning "Incerti auctoris. Carmina haec") treated as the editors' commentary for the later pass and not set; verse numbers 5, 10, 15, 20 in the margin not set; verses 3 and 7 are printed with their ends ("[ortus;", "[tantur,") carried onto the next line, and are joined here; verse 9 first word looks like "llie" in the damaged print, set as Hic (UNSURE); verse 13 appears in the overlap between images 1 and 2 and is set once
other: ligature doubt raised by the check (text not changed): Phaethonteis | Phaethontaeis

PL 7:278

Non ibi tempestas, nec vis furit horrida venti;

There no storm, nor the bristling force of the wind, rages;

Nec gelido terram rore pruina tegit.

nor does hoar-frost cover the earth with chill dew.

Nulla super campos tendit sua vellera nubes;

No cloud stretches out its fleeces over the plains;

Nec cadit ex alto turbidus humor aquae.

nor does the turbid moisture of water fall from on high.

Sed fons in medio est, quem vivum nomine dicunt,

But there is a spring in the midst, which they call by the name "living",

Perspicuus, lenis, dulcibus uber aquis.

clear, gentle, rich in sweet waters.

Qui semel erumpens per singula tempora mensum,

Bursting forth once in the season of each of the months,

Duodecies undis irrigat omne nemus.

it waters the whole grove twelve times with its streams.

Hic genus arboreum procero stipite surgens,

Here a kind of tree, rising with a tall trunk,

Non lapsura solo mitia poma gerit.

bears ripe fruits that will not fall to the ground.

Hoc nemus, hos lucos avis incolit unica Phoenix:

This grove, these woods are inhabited by a bird, the one and only Phoenix:

Unica, sed vivit morte refecta sua.

the only one, yet she lives, restored by her own death.

Paret, et obsequitur Phoebo memoranda satelles:

She obeys and waits upon Phoebus, a memorable attendant:

Hoc natura parens munus habere dedit,

parent Nature has granted her to have this office,

Lutea cum primum surgens aurora rubescit,

when first the saffron dawn, rising, grows red,

Cum primum rosea sidera luce fugat:

when first it puts the stars to flight with rosy light:

Ter quater illa pias immergit corpus in undas;

three and four times she plunges her body into the holy waters;

Ter, quater e vivo gurgite libat aquam.

three, four times she sips water from the living flood.

Tollitur, ac summo consedit in arboris altae

She rises, and has settled on the top of the lofty tree's

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Page

running head: PHŒNIX. 278
marginal letters: A ‹Non ibi tempestas›; B ‹Lutea cum primum›; C ‹Vers. 6. Nec tumulus crescit› (Annotationes); D ‹ton. Sic Ovid. lib. xv› (Annotationes)
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: full-width title ‹...AUCTORIS PHOENIX ... LACTANTIO TRIBUTUS.› stands across both columns above the poem, cut off at the left edge, not set. Verse numbers 25, 30, 35 in the margin not set. Turnovers ‹[dicunt,› and ‹[Phoenix:› joined to their verses (25 and 31). ‹consedit› set as printed (usual reading considit). Poem set one verse per line. The editors' ANNOTATIONES at the page foot (heading full-width and cut off; notes on Vers. 6 to Vers. 33) not set, left for the later pass.

PL 7:279

Vertice, quae totum despicit una nemus:

crown, which alone looks down upon the whole grove:

Et conversa novos Phoebi nascentis ad ortus,

And turned towards the new risings of Phoebus as he is born,

Expectat radios, et jubar exoriens.

she awaits the rays and the radiance coming forth.

Atque ubi sol pepulit fulgentis limina portae,

And when the sun has thrust open the threshold of the shining gate,

Et primi emicuit luminis aura levis;

and the light breath of the first light has flashed forth,

Incipit illa sacri modulamina fundere cantus,

she begins to pour out the measures of sacred song,

Et mira lucem voce movere novam:

and with wondrous voice to stir the new light:

Quam nec Aedoniae voces, nec tibia possit

which neither Aedonian voices nor the musical pipe

Musica Cyrrhaeis assimilare modis.

could match in Cyrrhaean measures.

Sed neque olor moriens imitari posse putatur,

Nor indeed is the dying swan thought able to imitate it,

Nec Cyllenaeae fila canora lyrae.

nor the tuneful strings of the Cyllenian lyre.

Postquam Phoebus equos in aperta refudit olympi,

After Phoebus has poured out his horses into the open spaces of Olympus,

Atque orbem totum protulit usque means;

and, going ever onward, has brought forth his whole orb,

Illa ter alarum repetito verbere plaudit

she claps three times with the repeated beating of her wings

Non errabilibus nocte dieque sonis.

with sounds that do not err, by night and day.

Atque eadem celeres etiam discriminat horas;

And she likewise marks off the swift hours;

Igniferumque caput ter venerata, silet:

and, having thrice venerated the fire-bearing head, she falls silent:

Antistes nemorum, et luci veneranda sacerdos,

high priestess of the woods, and revered priestess of the grove,

Et sola arcanis conscia, Phoebe, tuis;

and alone privy to your secrets, Phoebus;

Quae postquam vitae jam mille peregerit annos,

she, when she has now completed a thousand years of life,

Ac se reddiderint tempora longa gravem;

and the long ages have made her heavy,

Ut reparet lapsum fatis urgentibus aevum,

in order to restore her lapsed lifetime as the fates press on,

Assueti nemoris dulce cubile fugit.

flees the sweet couch of the accustomed grove.

Cumque renascendi studio loca sancta reliquit;

And when, in eagerness to be reborn, she has left the holy places,

Tunc petit hunc orbem, mors ubi regna tenet.

then she seeks this world, where death holds sway.

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Footnotes

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(1) ‹lemma: Despicit› · note in col 279

Vers. 40. Despicit. Quia quodammodo aliae arbores huic sunt inferiores.

Verse 40. "Looks down on." Because in a way the other trees are lower than this one.

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(2) ‹lemma: Aura levis› · note in col 279

Vers. 44. Aura levis. Sic Ovidius: Et levis impulsos retro dabat aura capillos.

Verse 44. "A light breeze." So Ovid: "And a light breeze blew her tossed hair back."

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(3) ‹lemma: Movere› · note in col 279

Vers. 46. Movere. Sic ms. Sangerman. Editi habent ciere. Variant tamen libri. Heinsius opinatur legendum esse fovere.

Verse 46. "To move." So the Saint-Germain manuscript. The printed editions have "to stir". The books vary, however. Heinsius thinks "to cherish" should be read.

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(4) ‹lemma: Quam nec Aedoniae› · note in col 279

Vers. 47. Quam nec Aedoniae. Locus corruptus. Ms. Sangerman. habet Idoneae: editi legunt Julaeae. At juxta Gallaeum, Frideric., Gronovius et Heinsius emendaverunt Aedoniae.

Verse 47. "Which not even the nightingale's (Aedonian)…" A corrupt passage. The Saint-Germain manuscript has "Idoneae"; the printed editions read "Julaeae". But following Gallaeus, Fredericus Gronovius and Heinsius emended to "Aedoniae".

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(5) ‹lemma: Cyrrhaeis› · note in col 279

Vers. 48. Cyrrhaeis. Id est, Castaliis modis musicis, vel Musarum et Apollinis; Cyrrha siquidem oppidum est ad radicem montis Parnassi.

Verse 48. "Cirrhaean." That is, with Castalian musical measures, or those of the Muses and Apollo; for Cirrha is a town at the foot of Mount Parnassus.

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(6) ‹lemma: Cyllenaeae› · note in col 279

Vers. 50. Cyllenaeae. Quasi dicat Mercurialis, quia Mercurius Cyllenae natus est. Hinc Mercurius ipse Cyllenius vocatur a Claudiano I libro de Raptu Proserp.

Verse 50. "Cyllenian." As if to say "of Mercury", because Mercury was born on Cyllene. Hence Mercury himself is called "the Cyllenian" by Claudian in Book I of the Rape of Proserpina.

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(7) ‹lemma: Postquam Phoebus equos› · note in col 279

Vers. 51. Postquam Phoebus equos, etc. Hoc est, postquam sol supra horizontem ascendit. De fabula Phaetontis vide Ovidium in Metamorph.

Verse 51. "After Phoebus [has loosed] his horses," etc. That is, after the sun has risen above the horizon. On the fable of Phaethon see Ovid in the Metamorphoses.

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(8) ‹lemma: Illa ter alarum› · note in col 279

Vers. 53. Illa ter alarum., etc., usque ad Antistes nemorum. Ms. Sangerman. sic legit quatuor ista carmina: Illa ter alarum repetito verbere plaudit, Igniferumque caput ter venerata, silet. Atque eadem celeres etiam discriminat horas Non errabilibus nocte dieque sonis. Sed minus bene, ut puto. Celeres horas; horas enim solis comites facit Ovidius.

Verse 53. "She thrice with her wings," etc., as far as "priestess of the groves". The Saint-Germain manuscript reads these four lines thus: "She thrice claps with repeated beat of her wings, and, having thrice worshipped the fire-bearing head, falls silent. And she also marks off the swift hours with sounds unerring by night and day." But less well, I think. "Swift hours": for Ovid makes the Hours companions of the Sun.

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(9) ‹lemma: Jam mille peregerit annos› · note in col 279

Vers. 59. Jam mille peregerit annos. Sic etiam Claudianus ad mille annos vitam Phoenicis producit; Plinius vero tantum ad 660, quamvis id fabulosum putet: alii etiam breviorem statuunt terminum.

Verse 59. "Has now completed a thousand years." So Claudian too extends the Phoenix's life to a thousand years; but Pliny only to 660, though he thinks it a fable; others set an even shorter term.

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(10) ‹lemma: Lapsum fatis› · note in col 279

Vers. 61. Lapsum fatis. Sic emendavimus cum Gallaeo et ex ms. Sangermanensi: editi habebant lassum spatiis: sed sine sensu.

Verse 61. "Fallen by the fates." So we have emended with Gallaeus and from the Saint-Germain manuscript; the printed editions had "wearied by the spaces", but without sense.

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(11) ‹lemma: Venus› · note in col 279

Vers. 66. Venus. Sic Heumann. legit. Ea culta erat in Syrophoenice. In editis est vetus.

Verse 66. "Venus." So Heumann reads. She was worshipped in Syrophoenicia. In the printed editions it is "old".

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(12) ‹lemma: Sublimem Palmam› · note in cols 279–280

Vers. 69. Sublimem Palmam. Quam arborem inter eas quas fert Syria, Plinius numerat, scilicet lib. XIII, cap. 4.

Verse 69. "The lofty palm." A tree which Pliny counts among those that Syria bears, namely in Book XIII, chapter 4.

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(13) ‹lemma: Et qua nulla nocens animans› · note in col 280

Vers. 71. Et qua nulla nocens animans, etc. Sic habet ms. Sangerman. Editi vulgares legunt: Quam nec dente nocens animal perrumpere possit. Heuman. vero, In quam nulla nocens animans perrumpere possit, cum editis 1472, 1478, 1513 et 1515, quod concordat cum nostra lectione.

Verse 71. "And where no harmful creature," etc. So the Saint-Germain manuscript has it. The common editions read: "Which no creature harmful with its tooth could break through." But Heumann reads, "Into which no harmful creature could break through", with the editions of 1472, 1478, 1513 and 1515, which agrees with our reading.

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(14) ‹lemma: Flabris› · note in col 280

Vers. 74. Flabris. Id est, flatibus.

Verse 74. "Flabris." That is, by blasts of wind.

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(15) ‹lemma: Purpureum aera› · note in col 280

Ibidem. Purpureum aera. Forte intelligit matutinas horas, quas auroram vocamus.

The same verse. "The purple air." Perhaps he means the morning hours, which we call the dawn.

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(16) ‹lemma: Noto› · note in col 280

Vers. 75. Noto. Ventus iste nubes colligit. Verum a Plinio aestuosus appellatur.

Verse 75. "By the south wind." This wind gathers clouds. But Pliny calls it sultry.

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(17) ‹lemma: Per inania coeli› · note in col 280

Ibidem. Per inania coeli. Id est, mediam aeris regionem.

The same verse. "Through the void of heaven." That is, the middle region of the air.

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(18) ‹lemma: Sepulcrum› · note in col 280

Vers. 77. Sepulcrum. De sepulcro quod sibi Phoenix condit, vide Claudianum in Epigram. his verbis: Arentes tepidis de collibus eligit herbas, Et cumulum texens pretiosa fronde Sabaeum, Componit, bustumque sibi partumque futurum.

Verse 77. "A tomb." On the tomb that the Phoenix builds for itself, see Claudian in the Epigrams, in these words: "It chooses dry herbs from the warm hills, and weaving a Sabaean heap of precious leaves, builds what will be its pyre and its birth."

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(19) ‹lemma: Opulentus Arabs› · note in col 280

Vers. 80. Opulentus Arabs. Sic de Arabibus Horatius: Otia divitiis Arabum liberrima cantat. Id tamen intellige de Arabia felici.

Verse 80. "The wealthy Arab." So Horace of the Arabs: "He sings of leisure, freest of all, above the riches of the Arabs" [as printed]. Understand this, however, of Arabia Felix.

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(20) ‹lemma: Pygmeae gentes› · note in col 280

Vers. 81. Pygmeae gentes. Quas veteres quidam ponunt in India, alii ultra Arabiam: sed quae de hac gente narrantur fabulae sunt.

Verse 81. "The Pygmy peoples." Whom some of the ancients place in India, others beyond Arabia; but what is told of this people is fable.

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(21) ‹lemma: Terra Sabea sinu› · note in col 280

Vers. 82. Terra Sabea sinu. Sic Virgil. lib. I Georg. India mittit ebur, molles sua thura Sabaei.

Verse 82. "The Sabaean land in its bosom." So Virgil, Georgics Book I: "India sends ivory, the soft Sabaeans their incense."

(printed under page 139)

(22) ‹lemma: Cinnama› · note in col 280

Vers. 83. Cinnama. Versum istum sic legit ms. Sangerm.: Cinnamum hic avisque procul spirantis amomi.

Verse 83. "Cinnamon." The Saint-Germain manuscript reads this line thus: "Cinnamon here, and of the bird [as printed] the far-breathing amomum."

(printed under page 139)

(23) ‹lemma: Casiae mitis› · note in col 280

Vers 85. Casiae mitis. Casia veterum non eadem est ac recentiorum.

Verse 85. "Of mild cassia." The cassia of the ancients is not the same as that of the moderns.

(printed under page 139)

Page

running head: 279 PHOENIX.
marginal letters: A ‹Vertice, quae totum despicit›; B ‹Atque eadem celeres etiam›; C ‹Vers. 44. Aura levis (in the Annotationes; the letter stands just below that line, before "Et levis impulsos")›; D ‹nemorum. Ms. Sangerman. sic legit (in the Annotationes)›
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: column begins mid-sentence (line 40 of the poem, subject the palm tree); marginal verse numbers 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 not set; each printed verse line set as its own unit; the full-width heading ". ANNOTATIONES." stands across both columns below line 64 and is not set; the editors' Annotationes at the page foot (Vers. 40. Despicit ... Vers. 69. Sublimem Palmam) are left for the later apparatus pass; image overlap lines 60 and the "lenius vocatur a Claudiano" line set once / not duplicated

PL 7:280

Dirigit in Syriam celeres longaeva volatus;

The long-lived bird directs her swift flights into Syria,

Phoenicis nomen cui dedit ipsa Venus;

to which Venus herself gave the name of Phoenice;

Secretosque petit deserta per avia lucos,

and she seeks secret groves through deserted, pathless places,

Hic ubi per saltus silva remota latet.

here where a remote wood lies hidden among the glades.

Tum legit aerio sublimem vertice palmam,

Then she chooses a palm lofty with its airy crown,

Quae gratum Phoenix ex ave nomen habet;

which has from the bird the pleasing name Phoenix;

Et qua nulla nocens animans perrumpere possit,

and through which no harmful living creature could break,

Lubricus aut serpens, aut avis ulla rapax.

neither the slippery serpent nor any bird of prey.

Tum ventos claudit pendentibus Aeolus antris,

Then Aeolus shuts up the winds in overhanging caves,

Ne violent flabris aera purpureum;

lest they violate the purple air with their blasts;

Neu concreta Noto nubes per inania coeli

and lest a cloud massed by the south wind through the voids of heaven

Summoveat radios solis, et obsit avi.

should remove the rays of the sun and harm the bird.

Construit inde sibi seu nidum, sive sepulchrum;

Then she builds for herself either a nest or a tomb;

Nam perit, ut vivat: se tamen ipsa creat.

for she perishes that she may live: yet she creates herself.

Colligit hinc succos et odores, divite silva

Hence she gathers juices and odours, which from the rich wood

Quos legit Assyrius, quos opulentus Arabs;

the Assyrian gathers, which the wealthy Arab gathers;

Quos aut Pygmeae gentes, aut India carpit,

which either the Pygmy peoples or India plucks,

Aut molli generat terra Sabaea sinu.

or the Sabaean land brings forth in its soft bosom.

Cinnama dehinc, auramque procul spirantis amomi

Next she heaps up cinnamon, and the scent of amomum breathing from afar,

Congerit, et misto balsama cum folio.

and balsams with mingled leaf.

Non casiae mitis, nec olentis vimen acanthi,

Neither the twig of the mild cassia nor of the fragrant acanthus,

Nec thuris lachrymae, guttaque pinguis abest.

nor the tears of frankincense and its rich drop are missing.

His addit teneras nardi pubentis aristas,

To these she adds the tender ears of downy nard,

Editors' notes and page, col. 280

Page

running head: PHOENIX. (printed PHŒNIX.); column number 280, printed blurred
marginal letters: A Dirigit in Syriam celeres; B Colligit hinc succos; C bet ms. Sangerman. (in the annotations); D Et cumulum texens (in the annotations)
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: verse numbers 65, 70, 75, 80, 85 printed in the margin are not set; "sepul-[chrum;]" and "spirantis [amomi]" are printed as turnover lines and are set joined within their verses; the full-width heading ANNOTATIONES, cut off at the left edge, is not set; the editors' Annotationes at the page foot (Vers. 71 to Vers. 85) are not set, being left for the later pass

PL 7:281

Et sociat myrrhae pascua grata nimis.

and joins to the myrrh pastures exceedingly pleasing.

Protinus in strato corpus mutabile nido,

Straightway, in the nest she has strewn, her changeable body,

In talique thoro membra quieta locat.

and on such a couch it lays its limbs at rest.

Ore dehinc succos membris circumque supraque

Then with its mouth it casts juices over its limbs, around and above,

Injicit, exequiis immoritura suis.

being about to die amid its own funeral rites.

Tunc inter varios animam commendat odores;

Then amid various odours it commends its soul;

Depositi tanti nec timet illa fidem.

nor does it fear for the good faith kept with so great a deposit.

Interea corpus genitali morte peremptum

Meanwhile the body, slain by a generative death,

Aestuat, et flammam parturit ipse calor;

grows hot, and the heat itself brings forth flame;

Aethereoque procul de lumine concipit ignem:

and from the ethereal light far off it conceives fire:

Flagrat, et ambustum solvitur in cinerem.

it blazes, and, burnt up, is dissolved into ash.

Quos velut in massam cineres in morte coactos

These ashes, gathered as it were into a mass in death,

Conflat, et effectum seminis instar habet.

it fuses together, and has an effect like that of seed.

Hinc animal primum sine membris fertur oriri:

From this an animal is said to arise, at first without limbs:

Sed fertur vermi lacteus esse color.

but the worm is said to be of a milky colour.

Crevit in immensum subito cum tempore certo,

It has grown to an immense size suddenly at a fixed time,

Seque ovi teretis colligit in speciem:

and gathers itself into the shape of a rounded egg:

Inde reformatur, qualis fuit ante figura,

thence it is formed anew, such as its shape was before,

Et Phoenix ruptis pullulat exuviis.

and the Phoenix sprouts forth from its broken husks.

Ac velut agrestes, cum filo ad saxa tenentur,

And just as the rustic moths, when they are held by a thread to rocks,

Mutari tineae papilione solent.

are accustomed to be changed into a butterfly.

Non illi cibus est nostro concessus in orbe;

It has no food granted to it in our world;

Nec cuiquam implumem pascere cura subest.

nor does it fall to anyone's care to feed it while unfledged.

Ambrosios libat coelesti nectare rores,

It sips ambrosial dews in heavenly nectar,

Stellifero tenues qui cecidere polo.

fine dews which have fallen from the star-bearing pole.

Editors' notes and page, col. 281

Footnotes

(1) ‹lemma: Et sociat myrrhae› · note in col 281

Vers. 88. Et sociat myrrhae. Ms. Sangerm.: Et sociam myrrhae vim Banachea tuam. alii: Panathea thure.

Verse 88. "And joins to myrrh." The Saint-Germain manuscript: "And your strength, Banachea [as printed], joined to myrrh." Others: "Panathea, with incense."

(printed under page 140)

(2) ‹lemma: Mutabile› · note in col 281

Vers. 89. Mutabile. Ms. Sangerm., motabile.

Verse 89. "Changeable." The Saint-Germain manuscript, "movable".

(printed under page 140)

(3) ‹lemma: In talique thoro› · note in col 281

Vers. 90. In talique thoro. Sic ms. Sangerman. Editi habent: Vitalique thoro membra quieta locat.

Verse 90. "And on such a couch." So the Saint-Germain manuscript. The printed editions have: "And on a life-giving couch it lays its limbs to rest."

(printed under page 140)

(4) ‹lemma: Genitali morte› · note in col 281

Vers. 95. Genitali morte. Antithesis.

Verse 95. "By a birth-giving death." An antithesis.

(printed under page 140)

(5) ‹lemma: Aestuat› · note in col 281

Vers. 96. Aestuat. Verum non est corpus mortuum ita aestuare, ut flammam generet; melius itaque Claudianus, qui flammam ad solis radios refert. Fervet odoratus telis (id est radiis) coelestibus agger, Consumitque senem.

Verse 96. "Grows hot." It is not true that a dead body grows so hot as to produce a flame; Claudian therefore does better, who ascribes the flame to the rays of the sun: "The fragrant heap glows under the heavenly darts (that is, rays), and consumes the old bird."

(printed under page 140)

(6) ‹lemma: Aethereoque› · note in col 281

Vers. 97. Aethereoque. Sic ms. Sangerm.; editi vero habent Aerioque.

Verse 97. "And ethereal." So the Saint-Germain manuscript; but the printed editions have "and airy".

(printed under page 140)

(7) ‹lemma: Quos› · note in col 281

Vers. 99. Quos. Ita ms. Sangerman.; editi Hos.

Verse 99. "Which." So the Saint-Germain manuscript; the printed editions "these".

(printed under page 140)

(8) ‹lemma: Conflat› · note in col 281

Vers. 100. Conflat. In ms. Sangerman., constat.

Verse 100. "Fuses together." In the Saint-Germain manuscript, "consists".

(printed under page 140)

(9) ‹lemma: Vermi› · note in col 281

Vers. 102. Vermi. Sic ms. Sangerm.; editi Vermis. De Vermi loquitur Plinius, non vero Claudianus.

Verse 102. "To a worm." So the Saint-Germain manuscript; the printed editions "of a worm". Pliny speaks of the worm, but not Claudian.

(printed under page 140)

(10) ‹lemma: Crevit› · note in col 281

Vers. 103. Crevit. Forte crescit.

Verse 103. "Grew." Perhaps "grows".

(printed under page 140)

(11) ‹lemma: Ovi› · note in col 281

Vers. 104. Ovi. Nil de ovo Claudianus.

Verse 104. "Of an egg." Claudian says nothing of an egg.

(printed under page 140)

(12) ‹lemma: Ac velut agrestes› · note in cols 281–282

Vers. 107. Ac velut agrestes, cum filo ad saxa tenentur, Mutari tineae papilione solent. Admonuit Thomasium vir doctiss. Didacus Covarruvias, episcopus Segobiensis, ut in secundo versu loco pennae, scriberetur tineae, quod valde probandum est. Nam tineae sunt vermes illi ex quibus serici papiliones nascuntur. Hoc vero in loco videtur poeta imitari voluisse Ovidium, libro ultimo Metamorph., qui de hac eadem mutatione sic ait: Quaeque solent canis frondes intexere filis Agrestes tineae, res observata colonis, Ferali mutent cum papilione figuram. Ac sane non dubito quin pro illo nomine, pennae, legendum sit, tineae, sed in priori versu, illa: filo ad saxa tenentur, videntur mihi non satis cum re ipsa convenire, cum fila illa potius ad frondes, vel ad ramos ducantur, quam ad saxa; propterea puto potius legendum taxa, quam saxa. Haec ait THOMASIUS.

Verse 107. "And as country grubs, when they are held by a thread to the rocks, are wont to be changed into a butterfly." The most learned Diego Covarrubias, bishop of Segovia, advised Thomasius that in the second line "grubs" should be written in place of "feathers", which is greatly to be approved. For grubs are those worms from which the silk moths are born. In this place the poet seems to have wished to imitate Ovid, in the last book of the Metamorphoses, who speaks thus of this same change: "And the country grubs, which are wont to weave leaves with white threads (a thing farmers have observed), exchange their shape for the funereal moth." And indeed I do not doubt that "grubs" is to be read instead of the word "feathers"; but in the former line the words "are held by a thread to the rocks" do not seem to me to fit the matter itself well enough, since those threads are drawn to leaves or branches rather than to rocks; I therefore think "yews" should be read rather than "rocks". So says THOMASIUS.

(printed under page 140)

(13) ‹lemma: Non illi cibus› · note in col 282

Vers. 109. Non illi cibus. De cibo Phoenicis vide Claudianum in Epigram. de Phoenice, versu 13, etc.

Verse 109. "It has no food." On the Phoenix's food see Claudian in the Epigram on the Phoenix, line 13 and following.

(printed under page 140)

(14) ‹lemma: Ambrosios› · note in col 282

Vers 111. Ambrosios. Apud poetas Ambrosia cibus, nectar potus deorum est: sic Martialis: Jupiter Ambrosia satur est, et nectare vivit.

Verse 111. "Ambrosial." In the poets ambrosia is the food, nectar the drink of the gods: so Martial: "Jupiter is filled with ambrosia, and lives on nectar."

(printed under page 140)

(15) ‹lemma: Tenues› · note in col 282

Vers. 112. Tenues. Id est, rores tenues. Ita ms. a Gallaeo laudatus. Editi habent teneri, quod refertur ad rores, et sensum elegantem facit. Polo, id est, coelo.

Verse 112. "Fine." That is, the fine dews. So the manuscript cited by Gallaeus. The printed editions have "tender", which refers to the dews and makes an elegant sense. "Polo", that is, from the sky.

(printed under page 140)

(16) ‹lemma: Alitur mediis› · note in col 282

Vers 113. Alitur mediis. Sic ms. Sangerman. et editi 1472 et 1478. Vulgati legunt mediis alitur, sed male.

Verse 113. "It is nourished in the midst." So the Saint-Germain manuscript and the editions of 1472 and 1478. The common editions read "in the midst it is nourished", but badly.

(printed under page 140)

(17) ‹lemma: Perferat› · note in col 282

Vers. 114. Perferat. Ita codex Sangermanensis et alii. In editis vero proferat, sed minus bene.

Verse 114. "Carries through." So the Saint-Germain codex and others. But in the printed editions "brings forth", less well.

(printed under page 140)

(18) ‹lemma: Patrias domos› · note in col 282

Vers 116. Patrias domos. Sic ms. Sangerman., alii primas domos.

Verse 116. "Its ancestral home." So the Saint-Germain manuscript; others "its first home".

(printed under page 140)

(19) ‹lemma: Ante tamen› · note in col 282

Vers 117. Ante tamen, etc. Hac de re vide Claudianum in Epigram. de Phoenice, vers. 72, qui concordat cum iis quae hic dicuntur.

Verse 117. "But first," etc. On this matter see Claudian in the Epigram on the Phoenix, line 72, who agrees with what is said here.

(printed under page 140)

(20) ‹lemma: Sub cortice laevi› · note in col 282

Vers 125. Sub cortice laevi, Mitia quem croceum. Ita Heumannus ex emendatione Nicol. Heins. Editi vero habent qualis sub sydere coeli.

Verse 125. "Under smooth rind, which, saffron, [the] ripe…" So Heumann, from the emendation of Nicolaus Heinsius. But the printed editions have "such as under the star of heaven".

(printed under page 140)

(21) ‹lemma: Cum pandit vestes Flora rubente polo› · note in col 282

Vers. 128. Cum pandit vestes Flora rubente polo. Sic emendavimus partim ex ms. Sangerman., partim ex editis. Ms. habet: Cum pandit vestes flore rubente polo. at editi legunt: Cum pendens vestit sole rubente polus.

Verse 128. "When Flora spreads her robes under a reddening sky." So we have emended, partly from the Saint-Germain manuscript, partly from the printed editions. The manuscript has: "When it spreads its robes, the sky reddening with flower"; but the printed editions read: "When the hanging sky clothes [it], reddening with the sun."

(printed under page 140)

(22) ‹lemma: Fulgent› · note in col 282

Vers. 129. Fulgent. Ms., Fulget.

Verse 129. "They shine." The manuscript, "it shines".

(printed under page 140)

Page

running head: 281 PHOENIX.
marginal letters: A ‹Et sociat myrrhae pascua›; B ‹[oriri :]› (turnover of "Hinc animal primum"); C and D stand in the next column, not this one
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: poem set one verse line per paragraph, as the column prints no paragraph breaks; verse numbers 90, 95, 100, 105, 110 in the left margin not set; numbers 115-135 beside the text belong to the adjoining column; turnover words "coac-[tos]" and "[oriri :]" joined into their lines; "pascua" reads blurred, close to "pascna", taken as pascua; the ANNOTATIONES heading and the notes beneath it (Vers. 88 to Vers. 107, ending with the Ovid quotation "Quaeque solent canis frondes") are the editors' commentary at the page foot, left for the later pass; "Digit" watermark at foot not set

PL 7:282

Hos legit; his alitur mediis in odoribus ales, / Donec maturam perferat effigiem.

These it gathers; on these the winged creature is nourished in the midst of odours, until it brings forth a mature form.

Ast ubi primaeva coepit florere juventa, / Evolat ad patrias jam reditura domos.

But when it has begun to flourish in its first youth, it flies forth, now about to return to its ancestral home.

Ante tamen, proprio quicquid de corpore restat, / Ossaque, vel cineres, exuviasque suas;

Before that, however, whatever remains of its own body, both the bones, or ashes, and its own cast-off remains,

Unguine balsameo, myrrhaque, et thure soluto / Condit, et in formam conglobat ore pio.

it lays up with balsam ointment, and myrrh, and dissolved frankincense, and with dutiful beak rolls them into a round shape.

Quam pedibus gestans contendit solis ad ortus, / Inque ara residens, ponit in aede sacra.

Carrying this in its feet it hastens to the rising of the sun, and, settling upon the altar, places it in the sacred temple.

Mirandum sese praestat praebetque videnti; / Tantus ibi decor est, tantus abundat honor.

It shows itself and presents itself as a thing to be marvelled at by the one who sees it; so great is the beauty there, so great the splendour that abounds.

Principio color est, qualis sub cortice laevi, / Mitia quem croceum punica grana legunt.

To begin with, its colour is such as the mellow seeds of the pomegranate gather, of saffron hue, beneath the smooth rind;

Qualis inest foliis, quae fert agreste papaver, / Cum pandit vestes Flora rubente polo.

such as is in the petals which the wild poppy bears, when Flora spreads out her garments in the reddening sky.

Hoc humeri pectusque decens velamine fulgent; / Hoc caput, hoc cervix, summaque terga nitent.

With this comely covering the shoulders and the breast shine; with this the head, with this the neck, and the top of the back gleam.

Caudaque porrigitur fulvo distincta metallo, / In cujus maculis purpura mixta rubet.

And the tail stretches out, marked with tawny metal, in whose spots a mingled purple glows red.

Clarum inter pennas insigne est desuper, Iris / Pingere seu nubem desuper alta solet.

There is a bright mark among the feathers above, as Iris on high is wont to paint a cloud from above.

Albicat insignis mixto viridante smaragdo;

It shows white, conspicuous, with greening emerald mingled in;

Editors' notes and page, col. 282

Page

running head: PHOENIX. 282
marginal letters: A Hos legit; his alitur; B Mitia quem croceum; C Ac sane non dubito (annotations); D Vers. 114. Perferat (annotations)
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: verse numbers 115, 120, 125, 130, 135 in the margin not set; turnover lines res-[tat,], so-[luto], ful-[gent;], ni-[tent.] joined; verse set as couplets, the printed lines divided by " / "; the ANNOTATIONES at the page foot (Ac sane non dubito..., notes on vv. 109-129) are editors' commentary at the page foot, not set (later pass); word fragments at the left edge belong to the neighbouring column 281, not set; no full-width line seen

PL 7:283

Et puro cornu gemmea cuspis hiat.

and with pure horn its jewel-like point gapes open.

Ingentes oculos credas geminos hyacintos; / Quorum de medio lucida flamma micat.

You would think its huge eyes twin hyacinths, from whose midst a bright flame flashes.

Aequatur toto capiti radiata corona, / Phoebei referens verticis alta decus.

A rayed crown is matched to the whole head, recalling the lofty glory of the head of Phoebus.

Crura tegunt squamae flavo distincta metallo: / Ast ungues roseus pingit honore color.

Scales picked out with yellow metal cover its legs, but a rosy colour paints its talons with beauty.

Effigies inter Pavonis mixta figuram / Cernitur, et pictam Phasidis inter avem.

Its likeness is seen blended between the figure of the peacock and the painted bird of Phasis.

Magniciem, terris Arabum quae gignitur ales, / Vix aequare potest, seu fera, seu sit avis.

Its size the winged creature that is born in the lands of the Arabs can scarcely equal, whether it be beast or bird.

Non tamen est tarda, ut volucres, quae corpore magno / Incessus pigros, pergrave pondus habent:

Yet it is not slow, like the birds which, with their great body, have a sluggish gait and a very heavy weight,

Sed levis et velox, regali plena decore. / Talis in aspectu se exhibet usque hominum.

but light and swift, full of royal grace. Such does it show itself continually to the sight of men.

Huc venit Aegyptus tanti ad miracula visus; / Et raram volucrem turba salutat ovans.

Hither Egypt comes to the wonder of so great a sight, and the crowd salutes the rare bird with rejoicing.

Protinus exsculpunt sacrato in marmore formam;

Forthwith they carve its form in hallowed marble;

Et signant titulo remque diemque novo.

and they mark both the deed and the day with a new inscription.

Contrahit in coetum sese genus omne volantum; / Nec praedae memor est ulla, nec ulla metus.

The whole race of flying things draws itself together into an assembly; nor is any mindful of prey, nor any of fear.

Alituum stipata choro volat illa per altum; / Turbaque prosequitur munere laeta pio.

Thronged by a chorus of birds, she flies through the heights; and the crowd escorts her, glad in its dutiful office.

Sed postquam puri pervenit ad aetheris auras; / Mox redit ista; suis conditur ille locis.

But after she has reached the breezes of the pure aether, the crowd soon returns; the bird is hidden away in his own haunts.

At fortunatae sortis filique volucrem, / Cui de se nasci praestitit ipse Deus!

But O bird of fortunate lot and thread, to whom God Himself granted to be born of herself!

Foemina sit, vel mas, seu neutrum, seu sit utrumque, / Felix, quae Veneris foedera nulla colit.

Whether she be female, or male, or neither, or both, happy is she who keeps no compacts of Venus.

Mors illi Venus est; sola est in morte voluptas: / Ut possit nasci, haec appetit ante mori.

Death is her Venus; her only pleasure lies in death: that she may be born, she longs first to die.

Ipsa sibi proles, suus est pater, et suus haeres, / Nutrix ipsa sui, semper alumna sibi.

She is her own offspring, her own father and her own heir, herself her own nurse, ever her own nursling.

Ipsa quidem, sed non eadem, quae est ipsa, nec ipsa est, / Aeternam vitam mortis adepta bono.

She herself indeed, yet not the same, she who is herself and is not herself, having gained eternal life by the boon of death.

Editors' notes and page, col. 283

Footnotes

(printed under page 141)

(1) ‹lemma: Et puro cornu› · note in col 283

Vers. 136. Et puro cornu, etc. Rostrum cornu quidem esse dicit, sed ita lucidum, ut gemma esse videatur.

Verse 136. And with pure horn, etc. He says that the beak is indeed horn, but so bright that it seems to be a gem.

(printed under page 141)

(2) ‹lemma: Ingentes oculos credas› · note in col 283

Vers. 137. Ingentes oculos credas, etc. Sic lege ex ms. Vossiano.

Verse 137. "You would think them huge eyes," etc. So read, from the Vossius manuscript.

(printed under page 141)

(3) ‹lemma: Corona Phoebei verticis› · note in col 283

Vers 139. Corona Phoebei verticis. Id est, radii Solares.

Verse 139. "The crown of Phoebus's head." That is, the rays of the Sun.

(printed under page 141)

(4) ‹lemma: Roseus› · note in col 283

Vers. 142. Roseus. Ms. Sangerm., Rosco.

Verse 142. "Rosy." The Saint-Germain manuscript, "Rosco" [as printed].

(printed under page 141)

(5) ‹lemma: Phasidis avem› · note in col 283

Vers. 144. Phasidis avem. Id est, Phasianam, a Phaside fluvio Colchidis nominatam, ad nos per Argonautas advectam. Martialis Epigram. lib. XIII, 72.

Verse 144. "The bird of the Phasis." That is, the pheasant, named from the Phasis, a river of Colchis, and brought to us by the Argonauts. Martial, Epigrams Book XIII, 72.

(printed under page 141)

(6) ‹lemma: Magniciem› · note in col 283

Vers. 145. Magniciem. Quae sit haec avis ignoratur, vel forte pro magnitudinem.

Verse 145. "Magniciem". What bird this is is unknown; or perhaps it stands for "magnitudinem" (size).

(printed under page 141)

(7) ‹lemma: Huc venit› · note in col 283

Vers. 151. Huc venit. Ita Sangerm. ms.; editi vero, convenit.

Verse 151. "Comes hither." So the Saint-Germain manuscript; but the printed editions, "comes together".

(printed under page 141)

(8) ‹lemma: Exsculpunt› · note in col 283

Vers. 153. Exsculpunt. Sic ms. Sangerm. et alii; editi vero legunt, Insculpunt.

Verse 153. "Carve out." So the Saint-Germain manuscript and others; but the printed editions read "carve in".

(printed under page 141)

(9) ‹lemma: Genus omne volantum› · note in col 283

Vers. 155. Genus omne volantum. Qua de re vide Claudianum, vers. 76, etc.

Verse 155. "Every kind of flying thing." On this see Claudian, line 76 and following.

(printed under page 141)

(10) ‹lemma: Alituum› · note in col 283

Vers. 157. Alituum. Pro alitum; sic Virgil. Aeneid. 8: Alituum pecudumque genus sopor altus habebat.

Verse 157. "Alituum." For "alitum" (of birds); so Virgil, Aeneid 8: "Deep sleep held the race of birds and beasts."

(printed under page 141)

(11) ‹lemma: Munere laeta pio› · note in col 283

Vers. 158. Munere laeta pio. Id est, pietatis et reverentiae officio erga tantae dignitatis avem. Munere, Heinsius emendat male, murmure.

Verse 158. "Glad in the dutiful service." That is, in the office of piety and reverence towards a bird of such dignity. For "service" Heinsius wrongly emends "murmur".

(printed under page 141)

(12) ‹lemma: not visible (note begins above the rendered crop)› · note in col 284

[… not seen …] laeo memorato; in editis legitur, Mox redit illa; suis conditur inde locis, nec male.

[… not seen …] [Gal]laeus mentioned; in the printed editions one reads, "Soon she returns; thence she is laid up in her own places," and not badly.

(printed under page 141)

(13) ‹lemma: At fortunatae sortis filique volucrem› · note in col 284

Vers. 161. At fortunatae sortis filique volucrem. Haec est emendatio Heinsii, referentis filum ad Parcas, Quae dispensant mortalia fila sorores: verum ms. Sangerman. legit. At fortunatae sortis, felixque volucrum. Gallaeus putat legendum esse: O fortunatae sortis, fatique volucrem; editi habent Haec fortunatae sortis, fatique volucris.

Verse 161. "But a bird of fortunate lot and thread." This is Heinsius's emendation, who refers the thread to the Fates, "the sisters who dispense the threads of mortals"; but the Saint-Germain manuscript reads: "But of fortunate lot, and happy among birds." Gallaeus thinks it should read: "O bird of fortunate lot and fate"; the printed editions have "This bird of fortunate lot and fate."

(printed under page 141)

(14) ‹lemma: Foemina sit, vel mas› · note in col 284

Vers. 163. Foemina sit, vel mas, seu neutrum, seu sit utrumque. Ita emendavimus ex ms. Sangerman. et editione Heumanni. Vulgati habent: Foemina vel mas haec, vel neutrum sit mage felix.

Verse 163. "Whether it be female, or male, or neither, or both." So we have emended from the Saint-Germain manuscript and Heumann's edition. The common editions have: "Female or male this, or let it rather be neither, happy one."

(printed under page 141)

(15) ‹lemma: Quae est ipsa› · note in col 284

Vers. 169. Quae est ipsa. Ita ms. Sangerm. Editi habent, quia et ipsa.

Verse 169. "Which is itself." So the Saint-Germain manuscript. The printed editions have "because it too".

(printed under page 141)

Page

running head: 283 DE PASSIO (cut off at the image edge)
marginal letters: (none)
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: poem (Phoenix) lines 136-153 set one couplet per paragraph with " / " for line breaks; the column begins with pentameter 136 and ends on hexameter 153; line 147's overrun "[magno" joined to its line; marginal verse numbers 140, 145, 150 and run-in line numbers "5." and "10." of the De passione not set
other: full-width line "VARIORU[M NOTAE]" between the poem and the notes, cut off at the edge, not set; full-width title lines "INCERTI AUCT[ORIS]" and "DE PASSIO[NE ...]" after the rule, cut off, not set
other: editors' matter set: variorum notes on the Phoenix, beginning "Vers. 136. Et puro cornu"; they lie in the text block above the next work, not at the page foot
other: Vers. 142: the Saint-Germain reading looks like "Rosco" in the scan, read as Roseo, uncertain; Vers. 153: "Insculpunt" is blurred; Vers. 144: a stray "(" at the right edge is cut off
other: line 151 of the poem "Huc" is blurred, confirmed by the note on Vers. 151; "hyacintos" kept as printed
other: De passione line 4 ends with a full stop as printed; the column ends mid-sentence at "alvum"
other: a full-width band stands across cols 283/284 in mid-page: the 9 paragraph(s) above it in col 284 are set here, after the 22 above it in col 283 (reading order, moved on receipt); the band itself (its title lines) is not set by the volunteer page: set it here, at the move, with full_width
other: the column continues with Quisquis ades (another unit); not set here

PL 7:284

Editors' notes and page, col. 284

Page

running head: DE PASSIONE DOMINI. 284 (column number blurred, read as 284)
marginal letters: A ‹Et signant titulo remque›; B ‹Nutrix ipsa sui›; C ‹verum ms. Sangerman. legit.› (in the Variorum Notae); D ‹Ingressus, sum factus homo›
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: Verse lines are separated by " / " within each paragraph (couplets for the elegiacs, sentences for the hexameters). The printed verse numbers 155, 160, 165, 170 and 15., 20. are not set. Verses 163 and 169 run over onto a bracketed turn-line ([que., [ipsa est.), joined here. The ligature in "coetum" (155) is unsure, read as œ. "diemque" (154) has blurred type. The VARIORUM NOTAE on Vers. 160, 161, 163 and 169 are editors' commentary and are left for the later pass. The full-width title "...TI AUCTORIS CARMEN / ...ASSIONE DOMINI." (INCERTI AUCTORIS CARMEN DE PASSIONE DOMINI) stands across both columns below the notes and is cut off at the left edge, so it is not set. The second poem begins in this column mid-sentence at "Ingressus" and ends mid-sentence at "ipsam".
other: the 9 paragraph(s) of this column above the full-width band are set under col 283 (reading order, moved on receipt)
other: the text of this column below the full-width band belongs to the next unit; not set here (rail-only part)
other: QA Q2 (2026-11-08): the 9 paragraphs set under col 283 were checked against this column's images (kB=9 confirmed). UNSURE: in verse 157 the page may print "volat ille per altum" where the col 283 file has "illa" (and "she flies"); left unchanged there, to be checked at higher zoom.