Accession number:
PML 271
Uniform title:
Mirabilia Romae. German.
Published:
Getrucket zu Rom : durch Johanne[m] besicken und Martinu[m] amsterdam, in dem iar als man zalt .M.ccccc. zu der zyt des pabst Alexanders des .vi. In sinen achten iar [not after 11 August, 1500].
Description:
[60] leaves : illustratsions (woodcuts) ; 14 cm. (8vo)
Credit Line:
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes:
Title from incipit, leaf [a]1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf h4r: Getrucket zu Rom durch Johanne[m] besicken und Martinu[m] amsterdam: in dem iar als man zalt .M.ccccc. zu der zyt des pabst Alexanders des .vi. In sinen achten iar.
Printed in Besicken's type 7:87G.
Signatures: [a]-g⁸ h⁴: 60 leaves. Quire [a] unsigned.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
1 column, 24 lines. Woodcuts and printed initials.
Indulgentiae ecclesiarum principalium urbis Romae, leaves c2r-c7r, begins: "Her nach stet gescriben die gnade und ablas. Auch das heiltum by de[n] .vii. haubt kirchen: un[d] allen kirchen zu Rom: ...."
Binding:
Modern reuse of 16th-century Italian manuscript on vellum over paper boards (14 x 11 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves.
Variant Title:
In dem puchlin stet geschreiben wie Rome gepauet wart
Inscriptions/Markings:
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance:
Ludwig Rosenthal, cat. XC (1897); Richard Bennett (1849-1930), purchased from Rosenthal, armorial bookplate (front fly leaf) and bibliographical notes: No. 276, 19/11/97 and price code: ws/-/- (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
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