Leben der Heiligen: Winterteil und Sommerteil.

Accession number:

PML 126005

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) ; 42.5 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.

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: 40.8 x 28.3 cm.
PML copy missing 4 leaves: [50]/5-8.

Binding:

15th-century German blind-toold dark-brown calf over wooden boards (42.5 x 30 cm), sewn on 5 supports, bound by the Trier Benediktinerkloster Sankt Matthias (EBDB w002187, active about 1480-1520); partially rebacked. 12th-century parchment music manuscrip

Variant Title:

Passional oder Leben der Heiligen

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red initials, paragraph marks, and capital strokes. Annotations: Sporadic marginal notations throughout text, 16th-19th centuries, including Roman numeral foliation in tabula and modern pencil notations citing modern devotional practices. Contemporary alpha-numeric quire signatures. Drawing of an octagonal church choir, with "turris" and "chorus" labeled, and inscription: "Ex Novelle aquens. 1815" (leaf [49]/1r).

Provenance:

Unidentified inscription, abraded (leaf [1]/1r); Michael Franz Joseph Müller, of Trier, inscription: "Ex bibliotheca[m] Michaëlis Francisci Josephi Müller, Trevieri, curiae appellationis consiliarii, 1817" (leaf [1]/1r); E. Clark Stillman (1907-1995), shelfmark: SP40 (rear endleaf 1 recto), bequeathed to: Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Genres:

Blind tooled bindings (Binding)

Calf bindings (Binding)

Wooden boards (Binding)

Manuscript waste (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books