Der Sachsenspiegel.

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Accession number: 
PML 25648
Author: 
Eike, von Repgow, approximately 1180-approximately 1233.
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In der keÿserlichen stat Augspurg : Gedruckt und volendt von Anna Rügerin, am aftermontag nächst vor Johannis. do man zalt nach Cristi gepurt .M.CCCC.lxxxiii. jar [22 June 1484].
Description: 
[8], erst-lxxviij, [8], erst-lxv [corr: lxxv], [9], i-C.lij, [44] leaves ; 31 cm (fol.)
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Purchased in 1928.
Notes: 

Title and imprint from colophon (leaf [39]/8r): Hÿe endet sÿch der Sachsenspiegel mitt ordnung des rechten den der erwirdig in got vater und herr Theodoricus von bockβdorf bischof zů nuënburg säliger gecorrigiert hat. Gedruckt un[d] volendt von Anna Rügerin in der keÿserlichen stat Augspurg am aftermontag nächst vor Johannis. do man zalt nach Cristi gepurt .M.CCCC.lxxxiii. jar.
Printed in Rügerin's type 1:120G.
Collation: [1⁸ 2-8¹⁰ 9⁸; 10⁸; 11-17¹⁰ 18⁶; 19⁸; 20-37¹⁰ 38-39⁸]: 374 leaves, leaves [1]/1 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Woodcut initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 30.2 x 21.2 cm, témoin leaf [4]/6: 32.3 x 22.5 cm
PML copy with duplicate leaf bound in: leaf [6]/4.8.

Binding: 
Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (31.5 x 22), sewn on 3 supports by the Augsburg Blüte frei workshop (EBDB w000899/Kyriss 77, a.k.a. Augsburg Bogenfries workshop), active ca. 1477-1497; repaired by Duprez Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns, front pastedown and rear fly leaf from Breviarium Augustanum (Augsburg) printed by Albrecht Kunne (ISTC ib01146800). 2 clasps, straps wanting.
Variant Title: 

Landrecht

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Hand decoration: No rubrication required. Annotations: No notations in text. Scrap leaf with 15th/16th-century German handwriting (leaf [23]/7v-8r).

Provenance: 
Unidentified former shelfmarks: I. VI 50 and Inc. n. [??]n 327, 19th century(?) (front pastedown); unidentifed ink stamp, illegible, 18th/19th century (?) (front pastedown); Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Vienna), Cat. 200 (library of Hieronymus Holzschuher (1469-1529) and books removed from an Austrian castle), 1928, no. 27; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, June 1928.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
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Incunabula
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Department: 
Printed Books