Sermones egregii atq[ue] melliflui doctoris beati bernhardi Clarevallensis abbatis Sup[er] cantica canticoru[m].

Accession number:

PML 25122

Author:

Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153.

Published:

Rostock : Fratres Domus Horti Viridis Ad S. Michaelem, 28 July 1481.

Description:

[208] leaves ; 30 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1927.

Notes:

Ad laudem et gloriam omnipotentis dei. gloriose virginis marie. et omnium sancto[rum]. Finiunt feliciter elegantissimi at[que] pulcherrimi sermones beati. Bernardi clarevalle[n]sis abbatis doctoris melliflui super Cantica canticorum su[m]ma cu[m] diligencia correcti atq[ue] impressi in Rozstock per fratres Co[mmun]is vite. ad sanctu[m] Michaelem. Anno a nativitate domini. Millesimoquadringentesimooctuagesimop[ri]mo q[ui]nto kale[n]das Augusti. [printer's mark]
Bearer type visible beneath colophon.
Collation: [1⁴; 2-26⁸ 27-28⁶]: 208 leaves.
Incipits and colophon printed in red.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.3 x 19.4 cm
PML copy missing 4 leaves: [1]/1-4 (register).
Printed in types 2:119G and 5:76G.
Title from incipit (leaf [2]/1r): Incipiunt sermones egregii atq[ue] melliflui doctoris beati bernhardi Clarevallensis abbatis Sup[er] cantica canticoru[m].

Binding:

18th-century sprinkled calf over paper boards (30 x 20 cm), sewn on 5 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; sprinkled edges.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubricated, red lombards, paragraph marks, and capital strokes. Annotations: Contemporary manuscript alpha-numeric quire signatures.

Provenance:

Inscription, abraded, 17th century--probably also St. Michael, Olmütz (leaf [2]/1r); Olmütz (Czech Republic), St. Michael, Dominicans, stamp (several instances, all abraded): "Ex libris Conv. F.F. Praed. Olomuc.," 19th century; shelf mark(?): D213, blue crayon (front fly leaf recto); price code: SHU/-, modern pencil (rear pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Gottschalk, Dec. 1927.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Incunabula

Rubrics

Stamps (Provenance)

Sprinkled calf bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books