Passionael: Winter- ende Somerstuc.

Accession number: 
PML 77090
Author: 
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
Published: 
Geprendt te Delf in Hollant : [Christiaen Snellaert], [October 1489].
Description: 
[2], I-CCl, [2], I-CClx (with errors) leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 28.5 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased as the gift of Mr. H. P. Kraus, 1981.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC.
Printed in two parts, dated I) 27 October 1489, II) 7 October 1489. Imprint from colophons, part I, leaf dd4r: Voleyndt te delf in hollant. Int iaer o[n]s heere[n]: M.CCCC. en[de] lxxxix op sinte symon en[de] iudas auont [27 October 1489]. (leaf dd4v) delf in Hollandt [Printer's mark]; part II, leaf F6r: Hier voleyndt dat eerwaerdige en[de] notabel boec: geheten dat passionael of gulde[n] lege[n]de. zeer naerstelic uten latine in duytsche getra[n]slateret Geprendt te Delf in holla[n]t Int iaer ons here[n] M.CCCC: en[de] lxxxix opten: vii. dach van Octobri [7 October 1489]. Delf in Hollandt [Printer's mark].
Printed in Snellaert's types 3:220G and 1:104G.
Signatures: I) a-r [curled-r] [long-s] s-t v u x-z [et] [con] aa-cc⁸ dd⁴: 252 leaves; II) a-r [curled-r] [long-s] s-t v u x-z [et] A-E⁸ F⁶: 262 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Woodcuts, previously used in Van der Meer's edition of 1487 (ISTC ij00147200).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.3 x 21 cm.
PML copy is part II, Somerstuc only. Missing 2 leaves: a1 and [long-s]/7, both replaced in facsimile.

Binding: 
Contemporary Netherlandish (or Lower Rhine) blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (28.5 x 21 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Plain vellum pastedowns and plain paper endleaves. 1 clasp. Painted spine panel with shelfmark: M.
Variant Title: 

Title to part II: Passionael Somer stuck

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red initials, paragraph marks, capital strokes and underlining. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Rengering (North Rhine-Westphalia), BVM, Cistercian nuns, inscriptions, 16th-18th century: "Martyrologium Monasterij Rengerensis" (rear pastedown) and "Liber Libri B. Mariae Virginis vulgo Rengering," with later inscription by censor Engelbert Levetman, 1753, "Nunc titulo permutationis Engelberto Levetman 1753 Patri Confes[??] ibidem" (leaf F6v); Karl W. Hiersemann, cat. 595, no. 748; Teodoro Becu, booklabel (front pastedown); Parke-Bernet Galleries (Property of a Deceased Collector), 22 January 1952, lot 114 for $90; Eric Hyde Lord Sexton (1902-1980), Incun. 27, booklabels (front pastedown), his sale, Christie's NY, 8 April 1981, lot 52; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased as the gift of Mr. H. P. Kraus, April 1981.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Calf bindings (Binding)
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books