Pauli Orosii uiri doctissimi historiarum initium ad Aurelium Augustinum.

Accession number:

PML 24295.1

Author:

Orosius, Paulus.

Published:

Impressi Venetiis: opera & expensis Octaviani scoti Modoetiensis, Anno ab incarnatione domini .M.cccc.lxxxiii. Tertio Kalends sextilis [30 July 1483].

Description:

[78] leaves ; 29 x 22 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1927.

Notes:

Title from caption (leaf a2r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf n4r): Pauli Orosii viri clarissimi Ad Aurelium Augustinum episcopum & doctorem eximiu[m] libri septimi ac ultimi Finis. Impressi Venetiis: opera & expensis Octaviani scoti Modoetiensis. Anno ab incarnatione domini .M.cccc.lxxxiii. Tertio Kalends sextilis. Ioanne Mocenico inclito Venetiarum duce.
Printed in type 6:106R.
Collation: a⁸ b-m⁶ n⁴: 78 leaves, leaf a1 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Edited by Aeneas Vulpes.
Incipit (leaf a2r): Pauli Orosii viri doctissimi historiarum initium ad Aurelium Augustinum.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27 x 20.3 cm

Binding:

16th-century German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards (29 x 22 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns; decorative endbands. 2 clasps.

Variant Title:

Title from ISTC: Historiae adversus paganos

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Painted initial with foliate decoration and filigree penwork (leaf a2r), incipit initials at each book are red with marginal filigree penwork, red lombards, and bright yellow capital infill. Annotations: Sporadic contemporary marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Unidentified monogram: M.G.A.I.S., 1571 (binding stamp); unidentified monogram: A.A.Z.S., 1676 (binding stamp); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Wilfred Voynich, March 1927.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Genres:

Incunabula

Illumination

Pigskin binding (Bindings)

Department:

Printed Books