Cy commence la Table du nouueau testament.

Accession number:

PML 75086

Uniform title:

Bible. New Testament. French. 1476.

Published:

Lyon : [Guillaume Le Roy] par Bartholomieu Buyer, [approximately 1476]

Description:

[304] leaves ; 23 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper Fund, 1976.

Notes:

Title from caption, leaf [1]/1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [30]/12r: Cy finist lapocalipse et samblablement le nouueau testament veu et corrige p[er] venerables perso[n]nes freres iullien macho et pierre farget docteurs en theologie de lordre des augustins de lyo[n] sus le rosne Imprime en la dicte ville de lyon par Bartholomieu buyer citoien dudit lion.
Printed on Le Roy's type 1*:119G.
Dated about 1478 by Hillard.
Signatures: [1-15¹⁰ 16¹² 17-29¹⁰ 30¹²]: 304 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Edited by Julien Macho and Pierre Farget.
Based upon "La bible historiée" (GW 4310), a French adaptation of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor by Guiard des Moulins, amplified and modified during the 14th and 15th centuries (Darlow & Moule).
PML copy leaf dimensions: approximately 22 x 18 cm, heavily trimmed.
PML copy is 9 bifolia and 2 leaves only.

Binding:

Not bound, leaves in individual sleeves.

Variant Title:

Nouveau testament

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Binder's waste from an unidentified book; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Andre Jammes on the Lathrop C. Harper Fund, 1976.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Department:

Printed Books