Breviarium Praemonstratense.

Accession number:

PML 15318

Published:

[Strassburg] : [Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger], Mccccxc [1490].

Description:

[10], [1] II-LXIII [1], [20] CI - CCLXXV [1], [16] LXXI-CCXLIII [1], CCCX-CCCXXVII [2] leaves (with mistakes) ; 17 cm (8vo)

Credit Line:

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.

Notes:

Title and imprint from ISTC.
Imprint date from colophon, part III, leaf [et]7v: Explicit pars hyemalis de te[m]pore ac sanctis. Anno christi Mccccxc.
Printed in Grüninger's type 15:64G.
Signatures: part I (Calendarium) [1¹⁰]: 10 leaves; part II (Psalterium): a-h⁸: 64 leaves (leaf a1 blank?); part III (Proprium de tempore (pars hiemalis) and Proprium de sanctis (pars hiemalis)): a⁸ b¹² c-z [et]⁸: 200 leaves, leaf [et]8 blank; part IV (Proprium de tempore (pars aestivalis) and Proprium de sanctis (pars aestivalis)): A-X⁸ AA-BB⁸ CC⁶: 190 leaves, leaf CC6 blank; part V (Commune sanctorum): aa⁸ bb¹²: 20 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
Edited by Albrecht Dürr, abbot of Adelberg.
Initials, rubrics, and foliation printed in red.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 16 x 10.5 cm.
PML copy printed on vellum.
PML copy is part IV, Proprium de tempore (pars aestivalis) and Proprium de sanctis (pars aestivalis) only, missing 16 leaves: A-B⁸.

Binding:

20th century full black goatskin over paper boards (17 x 12 cm), sewn on 3 supports by Duprez-Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; plain endbands.

Variant Title:

Checklist title: Breviarium Praemonstratense. Pars aestivali

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary (Nuremberg?) illumination, foliate borders (leaves C1r and L4r). Annotations: A few contemporary marginal notations (textual corrections) throughout text. Additional manuscript (8 leaves) at end, including texts for Feast of Saint Fiacre (30 August) and unidentified "Sancto Meyno confessore" (plague saint?).

Provenance:

Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from Giuseppe Martini.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books