Constitutiones im[m]munitatu[m] edite p[er] Illustre[m] Iacobum dei gr[ati]a rege[m] Sicilie ducatus Apulie et principatus capue, in festo sacre coronatio[n]is sue [et] publicate in generali colloq[ui]o panhormi novit[er] celebrate.

Accession number:

PML 59956.1

Uniform title:

Statuta Siciliae.

Published:

Imp[re]ssu[m] est Presens Opus in Nobili Civitate Messanæ : per Mag[ist]ru[m] Andrea[m] de Bruges i[m]pressore[m] ... sub expensis D. Ioa[n]nis d[e] Iuenio, Anno ab i[n]carnatione d[omi]ni M°CCCC°LXXXXVii° Die x° octobris [10 October 1497].

Description:

[164] leaves : illustrated (woodcuts) ; 29.5 x 22 cm. (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased from the Trust Fund of Lathrop Colgate Harper, 1969.

Notes:

Title from incipit, leaf a3r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [us]6r: Imp[re]ssu[m] est Presens Opus in Nobili Civitate Messanæ per Mag[ist]ru[m] Andrea[m] de Bruges i[m]pressore[m]. Sub bie[n]nali cura laboriosaq[ue] dilige[n]tia Io. Petri Apuli correctoris ad hoc statuti. Sub expensis D. Ioa[n]nis d[e] Iuenio. Et absolutu[m] est vole[n]te deo Anno ab i[n]carnatione d[omi]ni M°CCCC°LXXXXVii° Die x° octobris p[ri]me Ind[ictione].
Printed in Andreas de Bruges's type 1:95G.
Signatures: a-f⁸ g-i⁶ k¹⁰ l⁶ m-o⁴ p-q⁸ r⁶ s-v⁸ x z [et] [us]⁶: 164 leaves. Leaf [us]3 signed [et]3.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Edited by Johannes Petrus Apulus.
Woodcut of arms of Sicily (leaf a1r) with caption: "Io. Petrus Apulus Messanensis. Flecte genu ad terram: Regis mox inspice signa Inspice signa tui Siciliana cohors."
1 column, up to 44 lines. Printed initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.2 x 20.2 cm.
PML copy with 4 paper leaves cut away at end of volume, perhaps blank or unidentified text.

Binding:

18th/19th-century full vellum over paper boards (29.5 x 21 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; plain endbands.

Variant Title:

PML Checklist title: Constitutiones regni Siciliae

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: No rubrication necessary. Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations in first-half of text only.

Provenance:

[Perhaps: Venice, Biblioteca della Congregazione dell'Oratorio, binding is quite similar to ones from that collection;] unidentified shelf marks: IX. E 2 (spine), VII. E. 18.1-3 (front pastedown) and Inv. 2715 (front fly leaf); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Marlborough Rare Books on the Trust Fund of Lathrop Colgate Harper, Litt.D., 1969.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books