Rep[er]torium vocabulorum equisitorum oratorie poes[is] et historiarum cum fideli narrac[i]o[n]e earum rerum que ambiguitatem ex huiusmodi vocabulis accipiu[n]t per quod fere omnes oculte et difficultates et subtilitates in studijs humanitatis facile iuxta alphabeti ordinem inuenie[n]tur / Editum a doctissimo l[ite]rarum amatore Magistro conrado turicens[is] ecclesie cantore Et [com]pletus anno domini m[illesim]o cclxxiij. In vigilia assumpc[i]onis beate marie virginis indictione prima.

Accession number: 
PML 24803
Author: 
Konrad, von Mure, 1210-1281.
Published: 
Hu[n]c impresserat in basilea : Bertoldus, [about 1475]
Description: 
[148] leaves ; 30 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1927.
Notes: 

Title from incipit, leaf [1]/1v.
Name of printer and place of printing from verse colophon on leaf [1]/1v. Date of printing from ISTC.
Printed in Ruppel's type 2:112G.
Signatures: [1-4]¹⁰ [5]¹² [6-13]¹⁰ [14-15]⁸: 148 leaves, leaf [15]/8 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
1 column, 36 lines. Capital spaces, without guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm., trimmed.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [15]/8 (blank).

Binding: 
17th/18th-century vellum with fore-edge ("Yapp") extensions, over paper boards (27.5 x 20.5 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; red edges.
Variant Title: 

Repertorium vocabulorum exquisitorum oratorie poesis et historiarum cum fideli narracione earum rerum que ambiguitatem ex huiusmodi vocabulis accipiunt per quod fere omnes oculte et difficultates et subtilitates in studiis humanitatis facile iuxta alphabe

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Contemporary Swiss/German red lombards and capital strokes, dated "1509 laus [Christ]o" at explicit (leaf [15]/7r). Annotations: Contemporary marginal notation (leaf [1]/2r).

Provenance: 
Unidentified (modern?) pen-and-ink armorial: bend, barry in lower part (leaves [1]/1r and [15]/7v); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Heinrich Rosenthal, Aug. 1927.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books