Das Bůch der Schatzbehalter, oder, Schrein der waren reichtümer des heils und ewyger seligkeit genant.̈

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Accession number: 
PML 126002
Author: 
Fridolin, Stephan, approximately 1430-1498.
Published: 
Yn der keyserlichen Reichsstatt Nurmberg : durch ... Anthonien Koberger, vierzehenhundert vnd yn den eynvnndneůntzigisten iar. Am Eritag dem achtenden tag dess Monats Nouembris [8 November 1491]
Description: 
[354] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 33.5 cm. (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes: 

Written by Stephan Fridolin; cf. Neue deut. Biog. (v. 5, p. 440), BM 15th cent., and GW. PML Checklist author name form: Stephan, Pater.
Title and imprint from colophon, leaf Hh9r: Also endet sych hye das Bůch. der Schatzbehalter oder schrein der waren reichtůmer des heils vnnd ewyger seilgkeit genant ... Vnd durch den Erbern vnnd Achtpern Anthonien Koberger. yn der keyserlichen Reichsstatt Nurmberg. Nach der geburt Christi vierzehenhundert vnd yn den eynvnndneůntzigisten iar. Am Eritag dem achtenden tag dess Monats Nouembris au[ss]gedrucket ...
Printed in Koberger's types 10:120G and 11:162G (mixed with 9:165G).
Signatures: a-z⁶ ab-ad⁶ ae⁸ A-Z⁶ Aa-Gg⁶ Hh¹⁰: 354 leaves, leaves a1 and Hh10 blank.
Paper format: Median folio.
ISTC and BM 15th cent. attribute woodcuts to Michael Wolgemut (master of Albrecht Dürer); GW and BSB-Ink attribute to both Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31.2 x 22 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: Hh10 (blank).

Binding: 
15th-century German (Augsburg) blind-rolled dark-brown calf (or sheepskin?) over wooden boards (33.5 x 23.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports, bound by the Jagd-Rolle IV workshop (EBDB w001516/Kyriss 88, active 1478-1514, also known as Blattwerk-Ornament). Plain pa
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Bůch der Schatzbehalter

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Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Woodcuts hand colored, perhaps in Koberger workshop. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Unidentified Capuchin ownership, inscription: "Loci Capucinorum Burgkensii 1666" (leaf a1r); unidentified octagonal label: blue paper with a crown?, torn away (front pastedown); E. Clark Stillman (1907-1995), shelfmark: SP46 (rear pastedown), bequeathed to: Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
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Genres: 
Calf bindings (Binding)
Wooden boards (Binding)
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books