[Biblia Latina].

Accession number:

PML 79696

Uniform title:

Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1476.

Published:

In urbe Neapoli : impressit Mathias Morauus uir singulari arte ingenioq[ue] [and Biagio Romero], Anno [christ]i dei .M.cccc.lxxvi [1476].

Description:

[454] leaves ; 323-328 mm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Carl Selden in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1987.

Notes:

Imprint from the colophon on leaf ²z⁸, which reads in full: Editum opus [et] eme[n]datu[m] accuratissime ac dilige[n]ter. Impressit Mathias Morauus uir singulari arte ingenioq[ue]. In urbe Neapoli. Ferdinando rege inuicto. Anno [christ]i dei .M.cccc.lxxvi.
Paper format: Median folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 30.7 x 21.8 cm., trimmed.
Printed in Moravus's types 1*:84G (text) and 3:120G (headlines).
Printed running titles.
Signatures: a-e¹⁰ f⁸ g¹⁰ h-i⁸ K¹⁰ l-m¹⁰ ²m¹⁰ n-r¹⁰ s-t⁸ u¹⁰ x⁸ y-z¹⁰ [et]¹⁰ aa-ee¹⁰ ff-gg⁸ hh¹⁰ ii⁸ KK⁸ ll⁸ lm⁸ mm-qq¹⁰ rr-uu⁸ xx¹⁰ yy⁸ ²z⁸. First leaf a1 unsigned, leaves a2-a5 signed "a.i."-"a.iiii."
Spaces left blank for initials.
Text in two columns, Langton's Interpretationes on leaves uu1 recto - ²z8 recto in three, and prefatory letters on leaf a1 verso in long lines.
Title from ISTC.

Binding:

18th/19th-century (ca. 1800) English gilt-tooled red morocco over paper boards (32 x 23 cm.), sewn on 4 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves, with plain paper fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary Italian (Pisa?) rubrication, including alternating red and blue initials, some with northern Italian penwork decoration, and 3 gilt initials (that on leaf a"1"r incomplete), some initials unrealized. Annotations: Marginal manuscript notations throughout, citing a commentary by Ambrose, 18th century or soon after rebinding, perhaps by Coombe or Ward.

Provenance:

Pisa, Dominicans, Corpus Christi, loaned to Sister Thomasa (formerly Mariola de Flisco) of the Dominican convent of St. Sylvester, inscription: "Ista Biblia in papiro sta[m]pata: e[st] mo[n]asterii ^corp[or]is xpi^ s[an]cti monialiu[m] de pisis vulgariter Ianne nu[n]cupatar[um], ordinis vite regularis b[ea]ti d[o]mi[ni]ci patriarche, et fundatoris eximi predicator[um] ordinis, concessa ad usum, q[ue]d[e]m placuerit superior[um] volu[n]tati sorore Thomase: euisde[m] ordinis: mariole de flisco in s[e]c[u]lo appellate: que deo i[n]spira[n]te et vocante: Intravit ordine [??] desideratu[m] in p[rae]fato s[an]cti silv[est]ri mo[n]ast[er]io. Anno gr[ati]e d[omi]ni millesi[m]oquadringe[n]tesimo septuagesimo septimo: sabb[at]i die festo S. Luce," 18 Oct. 1477; [unidentified second copy: "Complete, but made up at the time of binding from the best quires, sheets and occassionally leaves of two copies, one rubricated, the other unrubricated..." (Doheny cat.), but marginal notes, which could be after rebinding, are same throughout;] Thomas Coombe, through inheritance to his son: Thomas Coombe, who gave the book to: Richard Ward, inscription: "Liber olim Thome Coombe viri venerabilis, amici Ricardi Ward. Cuius filio Ricardo Ward dono dedit pauloport(?) obitum Patronis Thomas Coombe, filius, 1822" (front fly leaf); Estelle Doheny (1875-1958), booklabel (front pastedown), from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, CA; Doheny sale, Christie's (New York), part I, 22 Oct. 1987, lot 115; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased as the gift of Mrs. Carl Selden in memory of Carl L. Selden, Oct. 1987.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Morocco bindings (Binding)

Century:

18th century

Department:

Printed Books