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Not after 1475
Guilelmus Peraldus, 13th cent.
[Summa de virtutibus]. [Basel: Michael Wenssler, not after 1475]
[430] leaves; 31 cm. (fol.)
Summa seu opus de virtutibus. Tractatus morales de virtutibus.
Initials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlinings added in red.
Contemporary blind-stamped leather over wooden boards, rehinged and
repaired; brass clasp plates nailed to back cover, latches on front;
fragment of pigskin thong remains, clasps gone.
Pasted down inside front cover is a MS legal document in Latin dated
Basel, 28 January 1447; inserted as a lining-leaf at end is a vellum leaf
of 15th-century Latin MS (lives of saints?).
MS ownership notation in lower margin of [a]1r, "Bibliothecae
Roggenburgensi"; bookstamp "dem Kloster Roggenburg" on
[pi]2r; MS inscription on blank [pi]1r, "J. E. Carpenter Esqr with
the compliments of J. H. Luers Bishop of Fort Wayne 1842"; autograph
"C. C. Carpenter. April 12, 1876."
Safe folio Z243 Perault
1477
Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.
Aenee Siluij Piccolominei qui & Pius secundus fuit Epistole in
Cardinalatu edite Lege foeliciter.
[Rome: Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck, ca. 1477]
[88] leaves (leaf [1], [88] blank); 20 cm. (4to)
Initial spaces, one with guide-letter, not filled in; without rubrication.
Bound in 19th-century paste-paper boards; edges stained red.
Blank leaves not present.
Walsh S-1373; Niedner 1171.
Safe Z243
1481
Hugo, Argentinensis, ca. 1210-ca. 1270.
Compendium theologicae veritatis.
[Strassburg, Martin Schott, not before 1481]
12 p. l. cxxix (i.e., cxxviii) numb. l. 29 cm.
Begins [c]2r: Incipit prologus in compendium theoloyce veritatis.
Signatures: [a8,b6,c8,d-k8 6,l-t8 6,u8] ([a]1,[b]6,[c]1,[u]8 blank).
Capital spaces, some with guide-letters.
Number xxv omitted in foliation.
Wrongly attributed to Albertus Magnus.
Includes the tabula of Thomas Dorniberg.
Full modern calf, with remains of contemporary calf front cover preserved;
metal clasps of front cover preserved.
Blank leaves not present.
R.B.R. folio BT20.H9 1481
1488
Gerson, Jean, 1363-1429.
[Opera. Prima pars-tertia pars. Inventarium].
[Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Gruninger], 1488.
3 v.: ill., ports.; 33 cm. (fol.)
: Inuentarium eorum que in operibus Gersonis cotinentur. [V.1.1a]
Inue[n]tariu[m] eoru[m] que in ope=/ribus Gersonis cotinentur. [51a.
TITLE] Prima pars operu[m]/ Johannis Gerson. [227b. COLOPHON] Prima p[ar]s
ope[rum] m[a]g[ist]ri Joh[ann]is gerson sa/cro[rum]l[ite]ra[rum] doctores
resolutissimi [Christ]ianissi=/miq[ue] [com]plecte[n] tractat[us] ac
p[otes]tate[m] ecc[l]a/stica[m] [con]cerne[n]tes finit felicit[er] an[n]o
d[omi]nice na -/tiuitatis. Mcccclxxxviij. Mensis vero se=/ptembris ydus
quarto quarto. [V.2.1a. TITLE] Secunda pars operu[m] Johannis/ de Gerson
doctoris christianissimi. [285b. COLOPHON] Secu[n]da pars ope/rum domini
Johannis Gerson doctoris/ christianissimi.continens precipue o opu=/scula
ad mores acco[m]mdata. Explicit feli/citer. Anno nostre salutis.
Mcccclxxxviij.Nonas vero Julij mensis quinto. [V.3. 1a. TITLE] Tertia pars
ope[rum] Iohannis de/ Gerson doctoris christianissimi. [359b. COLOPHON]
Finiunt opera can/cellarij parisie[n]sis doctoris christianissimi magistri
Joha[n]nis de gerson. que vt fruge[m]/ lectori vberrima[m] ferant
emendatissima li=/ma castigata fuere. Anno domi[ni] M.CCCC./lxxxviij. Idus
vero mensis Septembris. octavo.
Edited by Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg and Peter Schott. Second edition
of Gerson's works; first illustrated edition.
Proctor assigned the printing of these volumes to Johann Pruss, but
Pollard (BM, 15th cent, I, p. 169) says that the edition "was
probably printed by Gruninger, but cannot be assigned to him with complete
certainty.".
Date from colophon.
Woodcuts attributed to Albrecht Durer. Woodcut of a pilgrim passing a
castle, holding a coat-of-arms (showing the sun, moon, stars, and a winged
heart with the letter t on it) in one hand and a staff in the other on the
verso of each title page.
Printed in double columns, 53 lines and head line per page; spaces with
guide letters left for capitals.
Foliation is irregular with multiple duplication. Signatures:v.1. A-F86 G8
a8 b-i86 k6 l-o86 p6 q-y aa86 bb8 cc-hh668 ii6 kk-ll8 (ll8 blank); v.2.
A10 B8 C-O86 P-S68 T-V6 X8 Y6 Z AA-PP68 AA-SS6; v.3. aa-mm86 nn8 oo-rr86
ss-tt vv-xx6 yy-zz Aa-ZZ ab-ad86 ae-af8 (af8 blank).
A mixed set with vols. 2-3 bound uniformly and vol. 1 differently. Vol. 1
has initials added in red and blue, paragraph marks in red; vols. 2-3 have
a few large initials added in red, blue, green, and brown, others in red
or blue, paragraph marks in red. Vol. 1, contemporary blind-stamped
pigskin over wooden boards; brass clasps attached to pigskin thongs,
latches on front cover; vols. 2-3 contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over
wooden boards; brass clasp plates on back cover, latches on front, clasps
gone; fragments of pigskin thongs. MS notation on aa2r in vol. 3,
"Convent[us] Ratisbon. Ord. Praedm."; engraved bookplate of the
Dominicans at Ratisbon in vols. 2-3.
Imperfect: title page (A1) wanting in vol. 2.
Safe folio Z243 Gerson
1483
Capreolus, Johannes, ca. 1380-1444.
Eximij veritatis schole professoris fratris Joannis caprioli tholosani
ordinis pdicato[rum] liber secundus defensionu theologie diui doctoris
Thome de aquino in secundo sententiaru felicit' incipit.
[Venice, Octavianus Scotus, 1483]
f0. [727] p. 31 cm.
Eximij veritatis schole professoris fratris Joannis caprioli tholosani
ordinis pdicato[rum] liber secundus defensionu theologie diui doctoris
Thome de auino in secundo sententiaru felicit' incipit.
Pt. 2 of Hain *4410; Proctor 4580; GW 6032; BMC V.278; Stillwell C116.
Colophon: Impressus Uenetijs per Octauianu scotu modoetiensem anno
salutifere incarnationis. M.cccc.lxxxiij.
Printer's mark in red (Husung 198) on recto of tt7.
GW transcribes "capreoli" & "secudus" in the
caption on a2.
Signatures: [-]4, a-z8, 12, 8, 8, aa-rr8, ss6, tt8 ([-]1 & al blank,
[-]1 wanting). For a description of vols. 1,3, & 4, not present here,
see GW.
Full contemporary blind-stamped pigskin; remains of metal clasps; large
illuminated initial at beginning of text on a2.
R.B.R. folio 604.7 C25.4qu 1483
1491
Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109.
Opera: tractatus beati Anselmi archiepiscopi cantuarien ordinis sancti
Benedicti.
Nuremberge: per Kaspar Hochfeder, 27 Mar. 1491.
[182] leaves (leaf [182] blank); 27 cm. (fol.)
Imprint from colophon. Includes an exchange of letters between Peter
Danhauser and Johannes Loffelholz.
A few initials and paragraph marks added in red, but most spaces, with
guide-letters, not filled in.
Bound in 17th-century blind-stamped pigskin; brass clasps with pigskin
thongs attach to pins on edge of front cover; initials "F. S. A.
L." (i.e., Frater Stephanus [Mosinger] Abbas Langheimensis) stamped
on front cover.
MS notation "Langheim a0 1641" on title page.
Imperfect: sheet [pi]2 wanting; blank leaf not present.
Walsh S-819A
Safe Z243 Anselm
William, of Ockham, ca. 1285-ca. 1349.
Quotlibeta septem: vna cum tractatu de sacramento altaris.
[Strasbourg: Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner),
after 6 January 1491]
[154] leaves (leaf [154] blank); 28 cm. (fol.)
Contents: Quodlibeta septem (a1r-r8v) -- De sacramento altaris (A1r-F5v).
Tractatus venerabilis inceptoris Guilhelmi Ockam De sacramento altaris. De
sacramento altaris.
Place of publication and date from colophon; printer from Goff.
Divisional title-page (leaf A1r): Tractat[us] venerabilis Inceptoris
Guilhelmi ocka[m] de sacramento altaris.
First colophon (leaf r8v): Imp[re]ssa Argentine Anno domi[ni] .M.cccc.xcj.
Finita post Ep[ip]h[an]ie d[omi]ni. Second colophon (leaf F5v): Impressus
Arge[n]tine anno d[omi]ni .M.ccccxcj. Finitus p[ost] festu[m] Epiphanie
d[omi]ni.
Signatures: pi6, a-f86 g-n6 o-r68, A-F6 (F6 blank).
Text in double columns, 51 lines per column.
Initial spaces, with guide-letters, not filled in; without rubrication.
19th-century vellum; leather label on spine.
Includes index to the Quodlibeta septem (pi4r-pi5v).
Safe folio Z243 Ockam
1493
[Biblia latina]: Prima[-quatra] pars postilla Fratris Nicolai de Lyra
de Ordine Minor ...cum addit[i]onibus Pauli Episcopi Burgen, replicisq[ue]
Mathie Dorinck cumq[ue] textu plano incluso.
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 April, 1493].
4 v. ([424], [338], [318], [352] leaves): ill. (woodcuts and illuminated
incipits); 34 cm. (fol.)
Imprint from colophon (v. 4); date expressed in Latin words and numbers.
Leaf 318 of v. 3 is blank; leaves 1 and 352 of v. 4 are blank.
Includes Lyra's Quaestiones Judaicam perfidiam in Catholica fide
improbantes (at end of v. 4).
Initials, paragraph marks, and capital strokes added in red.
17th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; brass clasps
fastening to pins on fore-edge of front covers; pigskin thongs; edges
stained blue; stamped on front "F.S.A.L." (i.e., Frater
Stephanus [Mosinger] Abbas Langheimensis, the founder of the
Langheimensis, the founder of the Langheim library; cf. Katalog der
Handschriften der Koniglichen Bibliothek zu Bamberg, bearbeitet von
Dr.Friedrich Leitschuh I [Bamberg, 1895] 1: 406). MS notations
"Langheim 1641" partially erased from title pages of vols. 1 and
4, but still faintly visible.
Imperfect: vol. 2 wanting and replaced with the corresponding volume of
the Basel, 1506-08 edition; in vol. 3, leaves B8, C1, F8, G1, and blank
RR8 wanting; blank leaves not present in vol. 4.
R.B.R. folio 307 Lat. 1493
Hemmerlin, Felix, ca. 1388 or 9-ca. 1458 or 9.
[De nobilitate et rusticitate dialogus et alia opuscula].
[Strassburg: Johann Pruss, ca. 1493-1500].
[4], CLI (i.e., CLII) leaves; 28 cm. (fol.)
Leaf CXXVI repeated; XXVIII, XL, XLVII, LXXXI, CXIIII, CXXX, and CXLII
misnumbered XXIX, LX, LVII, LXXXII, CXIII, XCCIX, and XLII. Edited by
Sebastian Brant.
Bound with same printer's edition of Hemmerlin's Opuscula et tractatus
(after 1497).
Large initials on A2r and a1r added in red and blue; initials elsewhere,
paragraph marks, and occasional capital strokes added in red.
Bound in 18th-century sheep (scuffed), edges stained red.
MS ownership notation on title page of the work bound with this one:
"Ignaz Graffinger Decanus ad Gradus B: Mariae Virginis 1729";
and another on pi2v: "Graffinger Decanus ad Gradus B.M.V: Coloniae
1732".
Safe folio Z243 Hemmerlin
1494
Holkot, Robertus, d. 1349.
Opus super Sapientiam Salomonis. Robertus holkot super libros
Sapietie.
[Hagenau, Heinrich Gran, 1494]
[483] p. 31 cm.
Signatures: A8, B6, a8, b6, c8, d-e6, f-x8.6.6.6, y6, z8, A-C6, D
-L8.6.6.6, M6.
Colophon: Hoc opus ... impssum in imperiali oppido Hagenowe. Anno
incarnationis dnice millesimoqdringentesimononagesimoquarto.
Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (repaired);
corner-bosses & clasps wanting.
R.B.R. folio 604.7 H73.4sup 1494
Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349.
Repertorium in postillam famosi et egregij doctoris fratris Nicolai de
lyra super ve. & no. testa. --
[Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1494]
[310] p.; 23 cm.
Full 16th century vellum, stamped with the arms & device of the
monatery of St. Michael the Archangel in Metten.
Signatures: A-T8, V4 (V4 blank).
Colophon: Reperto[m ] summa cum diligentia auscultatu[m ]: ac solertia
& impensis famosi necno[n ] industriosi viri Anthonij Koberger Ciuis
Nuermbergen[um] ... finit felicter, xviiij Aprilis. Anno d[omi]ni[a ]e
incarnat[ion]is Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimoquarto.
R.B.R. 604.7 L99.4por 1494
William, of Ockham, ca. 1285-ca. 1349.
[Fol. 1a tit.: - Dialogus magistri Guillermi de. ockam doctoris
famosissimi. - Fol. 1b Jo. Ba. Ascensius. Religiosissimo atque doctissimo
viro: Joani de trittenhem ab / bati spanhemensi ordinis sancti benedicti
de obseruantia bursfeldensi: psidio / suo atque decori dulcissimo. salutem
plurima dicit. Data est ep.:
Ex Lugduno pridie ydus septembrias: huius anni. MCCCCXCIIII. (1494). - In
fine Fol. 286a: - Et hec de tertia parte dialogo 4 pro / nunc tibi
sufficiant.
Lyon: Johannes Trechsel, not before 12 September 1494]
[10], CCLXXVI, [12] leaves; ill.; 28 cm. (fol.)
Dialogus magistri Guillermi de ockam doctoris famosissimi. Dialogorum
libri septem adversus haereticos. Compendium errorum Iohannis papae XXII.
Includes, with secondary signatures, his Compendium errorum Iohannis papae
XXII. Edited by Jodocus Badius Ascensius.
This copy has "errorum" on BB6r.
Initial spaces not filled in ; without rubrication.
Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, painted black, over wooden boards ;
marks of clasps, latches, and center and corner bosses, no longer present
; chain hole in back cover ; "Bib: Nor:" (i.e., Bibliotheca
Publica, Nuremberg) booklabel on title page.
Safe folio Z243 Occam
1495
William, of Ockham, ca. 1285-ca. 1349.
[Opus nonaginta dierum et dialogi, compendium errorum contra Iohannem
XXII. - Fol. 1a tit.: - Sumaria seu epitomata. CXXIIII Capituloru opis /
XC dierum M. Guilhelmi / de ocka diligeter collecta. - Fol. 2a: - Summaria
seu epitomata opis nonagita / dieru M. Guilhelmi de ockam. - In fine Fol.
152a, col. 2.: - Cui 'qde. dyalogo p magrm Iohem Trechsel artis impssorie
solertissim u / diligeter impsso: hmoi additioes: quata maxi / ma fieri
potuit accuratoe castigate: adiuncte].
[Lyon: Johannes Trechsel , 16 July 1495]
[152] leaves; 28 cm. (fol.)
Includes the Litterae of Michael de Cesena. Edited by Augustinus de
Ratisbona, with a poem by Jodocus Badius Ascensius.
Initial added in red and/or blue, paragraph marks in red or blue.
19th-century blind-stamped calf.
With this is bound another copy of the Compendium errorum Iohannis papae
XXII properly belonging to the Dialogorum libri septem (see Walsh 3791).
Safe folio Z243 Occam
William, of Ockham, ca. 1285-ca. 1349.
Tabule ad diuersas huius operis magistri Guilhelmi de Ockam sup[er]
quattuor libros s[e]n[tent]iaru[m] a[n]notat[i]o[n]es: et ad ce[n]tilogij
theologici eiusdem co[n]clusiones facile reperiendas apprime conducibiles.
[Lyon: Johannes Trechsel, 9-10 November 1495]
[454] leaves; 30 cm. (fol.)
Tabulae ad diversas huius operis magistri Guilhelmi de Ockam super
quattuor libros sententiarum annotationes. Edited by Augustinus de
Ratisbona.
Imprint from colophons. First colophon (leaf X10r): Impressum est autem
hoc opus Lugduni p[er] M Iohanne[m] trechsel alema[n]num: viru[m] huius
artis solertissimum. Anno domni [sic] nostri .M.CCCC.xcv. Die vero decima
me[n]sis noue[m]bris. Second colophon (leaf BB8r): ... diligenter impressi
per .M. Iohannem Trechsel alemanu[m]. Lugduni. Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.xcv.
die vero nono nouembris.
Signatures: 1-38, a-z8 aa-hh8, A-H8 I6, K-P8 Q6, R-V8 X10, AA-BB8.
Text in double columns, 55 lines per column.
Initial spaces, with guide -letters.
Woodcut printer's device (Meyer 67) red-printed on leaf X10r.
"Centilogiu[m] theologicu[m]": leaves AA1r-BB8r.
Includes a prefatory letter and poem by Jodocus Badius Ascensius.
Printed on sheets of "chancery"-size paper.
Original printed edition.
Initial spaces, with guide-letters, not filled in; without rubrication.
Bound in 16th-century blind-stamped pigskin over reverse-bevelled wooden
boards; brass clasp plates nailed to back cover, latches on front, one
clasp with pigskin thong remains; spine painted gray, with added MS title
and shelfmark, at a later date.
MS ownership notation of the Jesuits of Dilligen on title page:
"Collegij Socis IESV Dilingae."
Safe folio Z243 Occam
LIber uite. Biblia cum glosis ordinarijs: et interlinearibus:
excerptis ex omnib9 ferme Ecclesie sancte doctorib9: simulq[ue] cum
expositioe Nicolai de lyra: et cum concordantijs i margine. [fol. 1509
recto:] Incipit libellus editus per magistru Nicolaum de lyra .. in quo
sunt pulcherrime questiones iudaica perfidia in catholica fide
improbantes. [fol. 1512 recto:] Glosa ordiaria vna cu postill' p ...
Bernardinu gadolu ...
Venetijs: p Paganinu de paganinis: [April 18, 1495]
4 vol. ([1512] leaves): ill. (woodcuts); 35 cm.
The 'glossa ordinaria' by Walafridus Strabo, the interlinear gloss by
Anselmus Laudunensis.
Biblia cum glosis. Iber uite.
Printer's mark on t.-p. Publisher's imprint on folio 1398.
Includes at end Nicolaus de Lyra, Contra perfidiam Iudaeorum. With the
glossa ordinaria of Walafridus Strabo and others, the interlinear glosses
of Anselmus Laudunenis, and the expositions of Guillelmus Brito. Edited by
Bernardinus Gadolus, Eusebius Hispanus, and Secundus Contarenus.
Imperfect: Harvard has only about half the book, bound in two volumes:
leaves numbered 423-666 (with 436-38, 508, 538, 550, 607, 634, and 637
misnumbered 435-37, 408, 537, 555, 594, 642, and 638) and 1189-1398 (with
1216, 1230, 1232, 1283, 1285-86, 1307, 1386, and 1390 misnumbered 1219,
1229, 1240, 1278, 1385-86, 1308, 1387, and 1399).
Initial spaces, with guide-letters, not filled in; without rubrication.
Old vellum, badly worn and crudely rebacked; in two board cases.
R.B.R. folio BS 75 1495
[Biblia integra: summata: distincta: accuratius reemedata:
vtriusq[qu] testamenti cocordantijs illustrata.] [Basel: Johann
Froben, 27 Oct. 1495].
[1013] p.: ill.; 17 cm. (8vo)
Signatures: AA8, BB4, a-y8, A-Z8, Aa-Mm8, 2A-E8 (2A1 blank). Initial
signature sequence for "Historiarum" in reverse order (AA4, AA3,
AA2, AA1).
Colophon on Mm8: Finit p Johannem Froben de Hamelburgk ciue Basilien. Anno
dni. M.cccc.xcv. sexto kalendas nouembres.
Title transcribed from G.W. Includes a revised version of the tabula of
Gabriel Brunus.
Contains:Historiarum; Summarium; Sanctus Hieronymus interpres biblie;
Epistola sancti Hieronymi ad Paulinum; [Veterus Testamentum] including
Apocrypha; [Novum Testamentum]; Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum.
Imperfect: lacks title-page. Initial spaces with guide-letters, not filled
in; without rubrication.
Contemporary blind-stamped leather over wooden boards, rebacked and
extensively repaired; brass clasp plates on back cover, latches, clasps,
and thongs gone; in a cloth case.
MS notation at top of AA4r, "Ex dono patris nostri dni Joan.
Morot" and at bottom, "De Conuentu Minimoru Auallonensium";
mutilated bookplate of Lothrop Withington inside front cover.
R.B.R. 307 Lat 1495b
1496
Raymond, of Sabunde, d. 1436.
Theologia naturalis sive liber creaturarum specialiter: de homine et
de natura eius inquantum homo, et de his que sunt ei necessaria ad
cognoscendum se ipsum & deum, et omne debitum ad quod homo tenetur et
obligat[ur] tam deo [quam] p[ro]ximo.
Imp[re]ssus Argentine: per Martinum Flach ..., [21 Jan. 1496].
[162] leaves; 29 cm. (fol.)
Imprint from colophon; date expressed in Latin words.
"Tabula alphabetica": leaves 2-[6].
Signatures: 6, a8, b-y6, z8, &6, ?8.
Initials, paragraph marks, and capital strokes added in red; rubricator's
date "1498" beneath colophon.
Half vellum and wooden boards; brass clasp plate on back cover, latch on
front, clasp and thong gone; title in ink on front board; strips of
15th-century vellum German MS used to strengthen inner hinges.
"Langheim a0 1641" in MS on title page; occasional Latin MS
marginalia.
Safe folio Z243 Sebonde
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494.
Com[m]entationes Ioannis Pici Mirandulae in hoc uolumine co[n]tentae:
quibus anteponitur uita p[er] Ioanne[m] fra[n]ciscu[m] illustris principis
Galeotti Pici filiu[m] Co[n]scripta. Heptaplis de opere Sex dierum
geneseos. Apologia tredicum quaestionum. Tractatus de ente & uno cum
obiectionibus quibusdam & responsionibus. Oratio quedam elegantissima.
Epistolae plures. Deprecatoria ad deum elegiaco carmine. Testimonia eius
uitae & doctrinae. Exibunt prope dies disputationes aduersus
astrologos aliaq[ue] co[n]plura tum ad
sacra aeloquia tum ad philosophiam pertinentia.
Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 1496.
2 v. in 1; 31 cm.
Colophon at end of v.1: "Opuscula haec...impressit Benedictus
Hectoris...Bononiae Anno Salutis. Mcccclxxxxvi. die uero. xx.
martii."; at end of v.2: "Disputationes has...impressit
Benedictus Hectoris...Bononiae anno salutis. Mcccclxxxxv. [i.e. 1496] die
uero. xvi. iulii.".
Printer's mark at end of each vol.
"The concluding sentence of the title of part i, together with
several phrases in the editor's letter on 1b of part i, clearly shows that
part ii had not yet been published when part i appeared and that the date
in the colophon of part ii should therefore read 'Mcccclxxxxvi' instead of
'Mcccclxxxxv'."--BMC.
Vellum.
Vol. 2 has title: Disputationes Ioannis Pici Mirandulae litterarum
principis aduersus astrologia diuinatricem...
Imperfect: 2 unsigned leaves at end of v. 2, containing errata, wanting;
blank YY10 in v.1 & blank L4 in v. 2 wanting.
R.B.R. folio 17.355 P598.1 1496
1497
Hemmerlin, Felix, ca. 1388 or 9-ca. 1458 or 9.
Clarissimi viri Iuriumq[ue] doctoris Felicis Hemmerlin cantoris
quondam
Thuricen[sis] varie oblectationis opuscula [et] tractatus.
[Strasbourg: Johann Pruss, after 13 August 1497]
[2], CXXXII leaves: ill.; 30 cm. (fol.)
Edited by Sebastian Brant.
Imprint from ISTC.
In another ed. (GW 12187), the Elegiacs of Sebastian Brant here printed on
pi1v-pi2r are dated:Idibus Augusti [13 August] 1497.
Signatures: pi2 A-Y6. Errors in foliation: leaves XXVI, XLIIII, LVIII-LIX,
LXVI misnumbered XXV, XLIII, LIX-LX, LXV respectively.
Title-page woodcut depicting the author with 4 hornets.
Printed on sheets of "chancery"-size paper.
Bound with the same printer's edition of Hemmerlin's De nobilitate et
rusticitate dialogus (ca. 1493/1500).
Large initial on A1r added in red and blue; initials elsewhere, paragraph
marks, and occasional capital strokes added in red.
Bound in 18th-century sheep, badly scuffed; edges stained red.
MS ownership notation on title page, "Ignaz Graffinger Decanus ad
Gradus B: Mariae Virginis 1729," and another on [pi]2v,
"Graffinger Decanus ad Gradus B.V.M.: Coloniae 1732."
Walsh S-214A
Safe folio Z243 Hemmerlin
Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20.
Opera Diui Hieronymi in hoc volu[mine] co[n]tenta.
Venice: Giovanni and Gregorio de' Gregori, 1497-25 August 1498.
[845] leaves (leaves 637, 670, and 710 blank): ill.; 36 cm. (fol.)
Divi Hironymi Praesbyteri Praefatio in explanationem Esaiae prophetae
incipit ad Eustochium virginem. 1. Vita Hieronymi. Hebraicae questiones.
Explanationes super duodecim Prophetas minores. 1497 -- 2. Explanationes
super quatuor Prophetas majores. Matthew. Mark. Galatians. Ephesians.
Titus. Philemon. Proverbs. Ecclesiastes. Psalterium iuxta Hebraicam
veritatem. Expositio in Psalterium. 1498.
Imperfect: Begins with Prefatio in explanationes Esaie prophete and ends
after Prefatio beati Hieronimi in Danielem.
Signatures: A-HH8 DDD-EEE8 FFF-HHH6 DDDD-GGGG6 H4 II8 KK-LL6.
Occasional paragraph marks and underlinings added in red; first initial
green; leather over wooden boards; clasps and thongs gone; inscribed
inside cover: Monastery B.M.V. guod ex diocaesis Halberstadensis in
Huissburgk (?).
Substituted for v. 5 of Omnivm opervm Divi Evsebii Hieronymi Stridonensis.
Safe folio 604.5 H47 v. 5
1498
Tauler, Johannes, ca. 1300-1361.
Sermon des gross gelarten in gnade erlauchten doctoris Johannis
Thauleri predigerr ordens, weisende auff den nehesten waren wegk, yn
geiste czu wandern durch uberschwebenden syn, vnour acte von geistes
ynnigen vorwandelt i deutsch manchen menschen zu selikeit.
Leipzig: Conrad Kachelofen, 1498.
[8], cclxxxi (i.e., cclxxxij) leaves; 20 cm. (4to)
Page lx repeated; xxvij, liiij, lxiv, clvig, and ccxxvij misnumbered xxij,
liij, lxv, clviij, and ccxxvi.
The author of the Historia, wrongly attributed either to Tauler himself or
to Nicolaus de Basilea, is Rulman Merswin according to A. Chiquot, Jean
Tauler et le "Meisters-Buoch" (Strassburg, 1922): 27-28. Four of
the 84 sermons here assigned to Tauler are by Meister Eckhart.
Imprint from colophon.
Imperfect: leaves A1 and Y3-4 wanting, the latter supplied in 18th- or
19th-century MS; quires K and R exchanged in binding.
Initial spaces, with guide-letters, not filled in; without rubrication.
Bound in 19th-century marbled boards; in a board case.
Heavily annotated in the margins in German and Latin.
Safe Z243 Tauler
Lochmaier, Michael, 15th cent.
Presta[n]tissim sacre theologie.: Necno[n] iuris pontificii doctoris et
artium magistri..
[Hagenow]: Imp[re]ssus ac dilige[n]ter reuisus [per] sollerte[m]
Henricu[m] Gran.
I[n] im[per]iali oppido Hagenow: expe[n]sis [et] su[m]tib[us] [pro]uidi
viri Ioh[ann]is Rymman ..., 1498. xx. die me[n]sis Augusti.
[152] leaves; 19 cm. (4to)
Parochiale curatorum.
Title from recto of leaf [1].
Imprint from colophon (recto of leaf [152]).
Signatures: A-B6a-o8p6q8r6s8.
Printed in double columns.
Capital spaces, with guide letters.
Leaf a1 is blank.
R.B.R. 604.7 L81.4pa 1498
Mayronis, Franciscus de, ca. 1285-ca. 1328.
Sermones de sanctis Francisci Maronis: doctoris theologie
illuminatissimi (a deuio pristini exemplaris accuratissime purgati) cum
tractatibus subtilissimis: de Baptismo, Angelis, Humilitate, Suffragijs
mortuorum, Articulis fidei, Penitentia, Indulgentijs Jeiunio, Corpore
christi, Septem donis spiritussa[n]cti, Ultimo iudicio, sup. Pater noster,
Magnificat, [et] Missus est. Basel: Jacobus Wolff, de Pforzheim,
1498.
[8], 259 leaves; 21 cm.
Imprint from colophon; date expressed in Latin words.
Printed in double columns, 48 lines to a full column.
Leaves XVI, CXLI, and CCXXXIX skipped; leaf CXLVII misnumbered CXLVIII; 2
leaves numbered CXLIIII.
Francisca Cover inscribed with "F.S.A.L."; pages edged with
blue; thongs with decorative clasps; a brief handwritten biography of
Mayronis on verso of first leaf; under title is handwritten inscription
"Basileae 1498";
Library copy imperfect: lacking leaves 2, 4, 5, 32, 35-42, 85, 92-93,
100-101, 105-110, 154-159.
R.B.R. Z243