Breviarium Bambergense (Bamberg).

Accession number: 
PML 77085-86
Published: 
Bamberg : Johann Pfeyl, [1498-1499].
Description: 
[16], I-CCCXCIX, [13], [16], I-CCCLXX, [4] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 17 cm (8vo)
Credit Line: 
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Edwin H. Herzog, 1981.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophons. Part I, leaf Ff7v: Pars breuiarij hyemalis iuxta more[m] alme Babe[n]bergen[sis] Ecclesie. fideli eme[n]data cura. Industria acimpensis Ioha[n]nis pfeyl. Anno incarnationis dominice .1498. Non v[er]o k[a]l[end]as Decembris Babenberge impressa. Finit feliciter. Part II, leaf
In two parts, dated: I) 23 Nov. 1498; II) 24 Jan. 1499.
Printed in Pfeyl's types 15:86G, 16:73G, and 17:73G.
Signatures, part I: [1-2⁸]; a-o⁸ p⁶ q¹⁰ r-t⁸; aa-xx⁸ yy⁴ zz [et][et] [con][con] [tur][tur] Aa-Dd⁸ Ee⁴ Ff⁸; [3⁸ 4⁴]: 428 leaves, leaf Ff8 blank, leaves [2]/1-4 signed 1-4; part II: [1-2⁸]; a-o⁸ p⁶ q¹⁰ r-t⁸; AA-ZZ [et][et] [con][con] [tur][tur]⁸ [rum][rum]¹⁰; [3⁴]: 390 leaves [2]/1-4 signed 1-4.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
Printed in black and red.
Woodcuts.
For variants see CIBN, B-811.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 16.2 x 10.7 cm.

Binding: 
15th/16th-century German blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (17 x 11.5 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands. 2 clasps, missing.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Additional prayers added in manuscript (vol. I, front pastedown and rear endleaf, vol. II, front and rear pastedowns) and circular tables for finding the date of Easter (part I, leaf [1]/8v and part II, leaf [1]/1r).

Provenance: 
Andreas Rochomerus, signature: Andreas Rochomerus Nori[m]berga, crossed out and "Bernardus Pfost" written underneath (part II, leaf [1]/1v); Bernard Pfosch (Pfost?), signature (part I, leaf [1]/1v) and inscriptions: Bernardus Pfosch possessor huius Brevia[rum] (vol. I, rear pastedown) and Bernardus Pffosth posessor huius libri (vol. II, front pastedown); unidentified library shelfmarks: Incunabeln 148/Incunabeln 255, in red crayon (vol. I, front pastedown/vol. II, front pastedown), and J, III, 37/J, VII, 56, in blue crayon (vol. I, leaf [1]/1r/vol. II, front pastedown and leaf [1]/1r); Eric Hyde Lord Sexton (1902-1980), Incun. XX, booklabels (rear pastedowns of both vols.), his sale, Christie's NY, 8 April 1981, lot 17, to: Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased as the gift of Mr. Edwin H. Herzog, April 1981.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Calf bindings (Binding)
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books