A reprint of Sorg's edition of 3 Sept. 1477.
A substantially altered recension of the Lumen Animae A (attributed to Berengarius de Landora), compiled by Gottfried of Vorau in 1332; edited by Matthias Farinator. On the authorship, see VL V:1050-54 and Mary A. Rouse and Richard H. Rouse, "The Texts called Lumen Animae," Archivum Fratrum Praedicatorum 41 (1971): 5-113.
Bearer type beneath colophon (leaf [35]/10r).
Collation: [1-4¹⁰ 5⁸; 6-17¹⁰ 18¹² 19-25¹⁰; 26-35¹⁰]: 350 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and [6]/1 blank.
Colophon (leaf [35]/10r): Liber lumen anime dictus feliciter explicit. Qui (post diutinam occultationem divina coopera[n]te gratia) no[n] sine magnis laborib[us] ad laude[m] omnipotentis dei: totiusq[ue] triumpha[n]tis ecclesie honorem [et] decorem: atq[ue] in maiorem fructu[m] ipsius militantis ecclesie piorum filiorum: simulq[ue] utilitatem: Stagneis caracteribus: primum in lucem est productus. Annoq[ue] a nati[v]itate d[omi]ni Millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimoseptimo. Ultima die decembris (summa cu[m] dilige[n]tia) co[m]pletus.
Copies also known without colophon, see Pell 4746, Günt(L) 166.
Misprinted line, last line of leaf [28]/8v reprinted as first line of [28]/9r: ...invitat malos ad penitentiam: sicut flagellum dei: ad patientiam dei... Line on [28]/8v crossed out in PML copy.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.1 x 20.8 cm
PML copy listed under Division A in Checklist, under editor's name.
Printed in Zainer's types 2:118dG (headings) and 4:95R (text).
The text is often treated anonymously or found under the editor's name.
Title from incipit (leaf [1]/2r): Liber moralitatum elegantissimus magnaru[m] rerum naturalium Lumen anime dictus...
Hand decoration: Rubricated, red lombards (when required), paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlining (consistent through quire [8] then sporadic through remainder of text). Annotations: No notations in text. Occasional lus signs in margins noting certain texts, in graphite.