Prima p[ar]s huius op[er]is videlic[et] disputata sancti Bonave[n]ture in primu[m] libru[m] Sententia[rum].

Accession number:

PML 198487-88

Author:

Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160.

Published:

Nurnberge impressus : per Anthonium Koberger, Millesimo quingentesimo [1500]

Description:

[144, 192, 166, 192, 84] leaves ; 31 cm (folio)

Credit Line:

Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper C-1 Fund, 2020.

Notes:

Title from half-title page (of part I), leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [et][et]4r: Quartus liber sententiaru[m] cum disputatis Celebratissimi patris domini Bonaventure ordinis minoru[m]. per Anthoniu[m] Koberger Nurnberge impressus Anno domini Millesimo q[ui]ngentesimo. finit feliciter.
Printed in Koberger's types 14:130G, 19:71G (mixed with 21:74G), and 20:63G (mixed with 12:64G).
In 4 parts and Tabula
Signatures: I) a-s⁸: 144 leaves, leaf s8 blank; II) A-Z⁸ Q⁸: 192 leaves; III) Aa-Vv⁸ XX⁶: 166 leaves; IV) aa-zz [et][et]⁸: 192 leaves; Tabula) A-C D⁶ E-K⁸ L⁶: 84 leaves, leaf L6 blank. Alternative Tabula collaction in BSB-Ink: D⁸ E⁶.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Commentary by Bonaventure. Tabula and dedicatory letters by Johannes Beckenhaub. Prefatory letters also by Nicolaus Tinctoris and Jacob Wimpfeling.
On the contents, see Bod-inc.
Capital spaces, with printed guide letters.

Binding:

Both volumes: Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards (31.5 x 22 cm), sewn on 4 supports by the "IHS rund I" bindery in Eichstätt (EBDB w000005, Kyriss 151, also known as "Abtwappen/Bischöfliches Wappen" bindery), active 1485-1521. Plain paper pastedowns and vellum manuscript (small format devotional or liturgical work) spine reinforcements. 2 clasps; 4 corner bosses and center boss on each board removed. 16th/17th-century paper label on top board of vol. 1, partially torn away; manuscript title on vol. 2; both volumes with whitewashed spine with manuscript title.

Variant Title:

Primar pars huius operis videlicet disputata sancti Bonaventure in primum librum Sententiarum

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary German rubrication, alternating red and blue initials, red paragraph marks and L-brackets. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Johann Plümel (ca. 1455-ca. 1508), rector of Ingolstadt University, painted armorial pasted in to each volume (leaves A2r and Aa2r); Herzogenberg (Lower Austria), Augustinians, inscription: "Ex bibliotheca canonis Ducumbergensis," 17th century (leaves A2r and Aa2r); Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from Maggs Bros. on the Lathrop C. Harper C-1 Fund, Feb. 2020.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Department:

Printed Books