Dye new Ee.

Accession number:

PML 164

Uniform title:

Ehe.

Published:

Augsburg : Anton Sorg, 11 July 1491.

Description:

[2], ii-cxxxvi leaves : illus. (woodcuts) ; 25 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.

Notes:

Title from incipit (leaf a3r): Hie hebt sich an dye new Ee und d[em] passional von Ihesu and Marie leben gancz und gar gerecht als uns die lerer habendt geschriben, dye hernache genennet werden.
Colophon (leaf r10v): Diβ büchlin. vo[n] der kindtheit unnd dem leÿden unsers herren Ihesu cristi. auch von dem leben Marie seiner lieben můter. mitt sampt der legend von den heÿligen dreÿ künigen. hat getruckt Anthoninus Sorg Burger czů Augspurg. und hatt das geendet an montag vor sant margarethen tag. des jars do ma[n] zalt von Cristi geburt tausent vierhundert und einβundneünczig jare.
Printed in Sorg's types 3:140G and 4:109G.
Collation: a-q⁸ r¹⁰: 138 leaves. Leaves a1-2 unsigned, leaf a3 signed a2.
Paper format: Chancery folio
74 woodcuts and initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 24.6 x 18 cm.
PML copy missing 12 leaves: a1-2 and r1-10. Several leaves repaired at bottom fore edge corner, leaf a7 with losses to text.

Binding:

18th-/19th-century blind-stamped full calf over paper boards (25.5 x 19 cm), sewn on 5 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Variant Title:

Die Neue Ehe und das Passional von Jesu.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: No rubrication required, woodcut initials not colored. Woodcuts with pale washes. Annotations: No notations in text.

Provenance:

Theodore Irwin (1827-1902); Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Genres:

Incunabula