Title from incipit, leaf [pi]/1r: Introductoriu[m] in Epistolare b[ea]ti hieronimi impressionis magu[n]tine facte p[er] viru[m] famatum in hac arte Petrum schoiffer de gernβheym.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [49]/10v: Am decet ut nostris [con]corde[n]t vltima primis. ... Est aut[em] p[rese]ns opus arte imp[re]ssoria feliciter [con]su[m]matu[m] p[er] Petru[m] schoiffer de gernβhem i[n] ciuitate nobili Mogu[n]tina. ... Huic laudatori. reddit moguntina vicem. Toto sua scripta para[n]s vsibus ecclesie. Anno domini .M.cccc.lxx. Die septima mensis septe[m]bris que fuit vigilia natiuitatis Marie. Da gloriam deo. [printer's mark]
Printed in Schoeffer's type 5:118G.
Paper format: Imperial folio.
Edited by Adrianus de Brielis.
There is substantial resetting in the second issue (see BMC): in issue (a) the introduction begins: "[O]Mnibus ecclesiastici ordinis deuotis zelatoribus veritatis;" in issue (b): "[O]Mnes christiane religionis homines."
Rubrics, colophon, and printer's mark printed in red.
PML copy printed on vellum, issue b.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 47 x 33.5 cm.
Introductorium in epistolare beati hieronimi
Hand decoration: Contemporary Leipzig (Magdeburg?) illuminated initials, including large historiated initial with portrait of Jerome and lion (leaf [1]/1r), rubricated with alternating red and blue initials and paragraph marks. Annotations: No marginal notations in text, minimal interlinear textual corrections. Contemporary manuscript alpha-numeric quire signatures and arabic quire numbers on first leaves, mainly trimmed.