Historia Alexa[n]dri magni regis macedonie de prelijs

Accession number: 
PML 75569
Author: 
Leo, Archipresbyter, active 10th century.
Published: 
Impress Argentine : [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], Anno domini .M.cccc.xciiij. Finita altera die Urbani [26 May 1494].
Description: 
[38] leaves ; 29.5 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Gift of Hamilton Cottier, 1978.
Notes: 

Title from half-titel page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf f5v: Historia Alexandri magni finit feliciter. Impressa Argentine Anno domini .M.cccc.xciiij. Finita altera die Urbani.
Printed in the Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner) types 1:160G and 2**:91G.
Singatures: a⁸ b-f⁶: 38 leaves, leaf f6 blank. Leaf a1 unsigned, leaf a2 signed a, a3 signed a2, etc.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Adapted by Leo Archipresbyter.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.4 x 20.4 cm.

Binding: 
Cartonnage binding (29 x 21 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves.
Variant Title: 

Historia Alexandri Magni

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Watermark: leaf a3 (i.e. a4). Gothic letter "P", Variant 1) small cross at top.
Watermark: leaf b3. Gothic "P", Variant 2) small quatrefoil at top.
Watermark: leaf f3. Gothic "P", Variant 3) with forked stem and small quatrefoil at top.
Watermark: unknown leaf. Gothic "P", Variant 4) small quatrefoil at top.
Hand decoration: Rubrication not realized. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Unidentifed shelf marks: green paper label: NR (spine) and paper label: 608 11 (front cover); Bodleian Library, stamp and duplicate sale stamp (leaf a1v), shelf marks: 8--7, 7--7, and 7--6 (front endleaf 1 recto and leaf a1r), perhaps sold through Blackwell's Rare Books; Hamilton Cottier (1900-1979) and Anya (Ann) Seton (1904-1990), of 186 Woodstock Rd., Oxford, inscription: "Dec. 25, 1925. -- Christmas gift from Ann, to add an incunabulum to our growing library. I had long yearned for one, but expected to wait many years." (front endleaf 1 recto), purchased from Blackwell's for £2 ($9.25); Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of Hamilton Cottier, 1978.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Paper bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books