Lactantii Firmiani de diuinis institutionibus aduersus gentes : Rubric[a]e primi libri incipiunt.

Accession number: 
PML 197748
Author: 
Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320.
Published: 
Impressum est hoc opus Venetijs : Impendio p[ro]uidoru[m] uiroru[m] Ioh[ann]is de Colonia, Ioh[ann]is[que] Ma[n]then de Gheretzem sociorum, Anno salutis dominic[a]e MCCCCLXXVIII xxvij Augusti [27 August 1478].
Description: 
[228] leaves ; 31 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Harper C-1 Fund, 2018.
Notes: 

Title from caption (leaf a2r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf z7v).
Printed in type 8*:109R.
Signatures: a¹²; b-m¹⁰ n⁸ o-r¹⁰ s-x⁸ y¹⁰ z⁸; [1]⁸: 228 leaves, leaf a1 blank. Leaves [1]/3-4 signed 3 and 4.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Capital spaces, some with guide letters.
"Nephythomon Lactantij Firmiani incipit": leaves [1]/1-[1]/8 verso.
Register: leaf z8.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 30.7 x 20.8 cm.

Binding: 
15th-century blind-tooled calf over wooden boards (32 x 21.5 cm.), sewn on 4 supports by the Bohemian “Doppeladler Raute I a” workshop (EBDB w002813, active 1478-87). Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves. Corner pieces and central bosses with imperial eagle or unicorn; 2 clasps.
Variant Title: 

Caption, leaf b1: L. Coelij Lacta[n]cij firmiani diuina[rum] institutionu[m] aduersus ge[n]tes liber prim[us] de falsa religione ad Co[n]sta[n]tinu[m] Imp[er]atore[m]

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Bohemian painted foliate border (leaf b1r) and initials; rubricated, alternating red and blue lombards with yellow capital infill, with red paragraph marks, headlines, and marginal guides. Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations throughout.

Provenance: 
Wenceslaus Jaronnezonus, priest, presented to an unidentified institution, 1573; Georgius Aloysius Marziczek Benatsky (dean of Rakovnik, Czech Republic), inscription dated 1675; David Puscinus of Rakovnik, 17th-century inscription; M. König, Vienna, 1853; R.H., modern monogram stamp (front pastedown); Christie's London (sale 14301), 13 December 2017, lot 66; Morgan Library & Museum, purchased on the Harper C-1 Fund, 2018.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Department: 
Printed Books