PROBA, Faltonia Betitia (première moitié du IVe siècle) - photo 1
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PROBA, Faltonia Betitia (première moitié du IVe siècle)

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Auction dateClassic
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +02:00
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Lot 114 | PROBA, Faltonia Betitia (première moitié du IVe siècle)
PROBA, Faltonia Betitia (première moitié du IVe siècle)

Centones Probe Falconie de utriusque testamenti hystoriis ex carminibus virgilii selecti, cum annotatione locorum, ex quibus desumpti sunt. Oppenheim : [Jacob Köbel, 1517].

Précieuse édition post-incunable de cet ouvrage de la poétesse chrétienne antique Proba. Elle est représentée à deux reprises dans l'édition : un portrait en pied sur le titre, et en médaillon au feuillet a4v. Elle y est présentée comme l'épouse du préfet romain Adelfius, en fonction au milieu du IVe siècle.

Elle est l'autrice de ce centon recomposé d'après des vers de Virgile, pour former une histoire de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament.

D'après un exemplaire conservé à la Bayerische Staatsbibliothek de Munich (Res/4 Polem. 958#Beibd.3), il semble que cet opuscule soit la quatrième partie d'un ensemble plus vaste, publié sous la direction de Philippus de Barberis. Les parties ont toutefois fréquemment été vendues et reliées séparément.



Barnes, T. D. “An Urban Prefect and His Wife.” The Classical Quarterly 56, no. 1 (2006): 249–56.



In-4 (175 x 127 mm). Grand bois sur le titre (représentant l’autrice), et un bois à mi-page au feuillet e3v (Vierge et Christ), deux portraits en médaillons de l’autrice et de son époux au feuillet a4v, lettrines (restauration marginale au titre, restaurations dans le texte aux deux derniers cahiers, rousseurs). Reliure signée de V. Arias : veau gris, décor estampé à froid sur les plats, dos à nerfs, lettre dorée, gardes de papier marbré, étui.

Provenance : au verso du dernier feuillet de texte, dessin de croix latine à l’encre brune, surmontée de la mention manuscrite : « Proba Romana ».



A precious post-incunable edition of this work by the Roman-Christian poet Faltonia Betitia Proba. According to one copy kept in institutional holdings, it was apparently the fourth part of a larger edition, all published in Oppenheim by Jacob Köbel in 1517.

Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
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