Leben der Heiligen: Winterteil und Sommerteil.

Accession number: 
PML 19745
Author: 
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
Published: 
Inn der keyserlichen stat Nureinberg : durch Anthonium Koberger, freytag den nechesten vor sant Nicklas tag ... Tausent vierhundert unnd im achvndachtzigsten ... [5 December 1488].
Description: 
[2], CCCLXXXV, [1] leaves (with mistakes) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 38.5 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1913.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC.
Imprint, leaf [50]/9v: Der hochen vnteylbern heylige[n] Triualtigkeyt zu lob. Marie d[er] wirdigsten iunckfrawen vnd muter Iesu cristi zu eren. allen tugentlichen cristen menschen zu einer heylsame[n] anweysung Ist gedruckt diss Passional. das ist der heyligen leben. durch Anthoniu[m] Koberger. un[nd] geendet auff freytag den nechsten vor sant Nicklas tag. In[n] der keyserlichen state Nureinberg. Im iar vnser erlösung. da man zalt Tausent vierhundert un[nd] im achtvndachtzigsten. nach cristi vnsers lieben herre[n] geburt.
Printed in Koberger's types 10:120G and 11:162G.
Collation: [1²; 2-20⁸ 21⁶ 22⁸ 23⁶; 24-47⁸ 48⁶ 49-50⁸]: 390 leaves, leaf [50]/8 blank. Variant collations in GW: [a¹⁰ b-z A-Z⁸ aa¹⁰ bb⁶]: 386 leaves and BSB-Ink: [*² a-t⁸ v⁶ x⁸ y⁶ A-T⁸ V⁸(-1) X¹⁰ Y⁶ Z¹⁰ aa⁶ bb⁸ cc⁶ dd¹⁰]: 389 leaves.
Paper format: Royal folio.
Woodcuts.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 36.6 x 25 cm.
PML copy with loss at top of leaf [1]/1, repaired.

Binding: 
19th-century blind- and gilt-tooled full brown goatskin over paper boards (38.5 x 27 cm), sewn on 6 supports by Francis Bedford. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Variant Title: 

Passional oder Leben der Heiligen

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Primary woodcut hand-colored, probably modern (leaf [2]/1r). Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
James S. Burra (1838-1911), bookplate (front pastedown), his sale, Sotheby's, 12 May 1897; J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Rahir, Aug. 1913.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Goatskin bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books