Das hochwurtig lebe[n] der auszerwölten freünde gotes der heiligen altuäter was wunderzaichen die gewirckt habendt in d[er] wüste vnd einöde auch ire sprüch vnd beyspil so sy unsz me[n]schen gegeben zu einer vnderweisung vnd lere.

Accession number: 
PML 79120
Author: 
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
Published: 
Gedruckt und volenndet in der keyserlichen statt Augspurg : von Hansen Schönsperger, am fritage vor sant Veitz tag ... .M.cccc. und im lxxxxvij. jar [9 June 1497].
Description: 
[142, 142] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 23 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes: 

Title from half-title page, part I, leaf A1r.
Imprint from colophon, part II, leaf S5v: Hie endet sich das büch der heyligen altuäter mit seinen beyspilen das zů latein genan[n]t ist Vitaspatrum. Gedruckt vnd volenndet in der keyserliche[n] statt Augspurg vo[n] Hansen Schönsperger am fritage vor sant Veitz tag des jars do man zalt nach Cristi gepurt .M.cccc. vnd im lxxxxvij. jar.
Printed in Schönsperger's types 4:150G and 6:105G.
Signatures: part I) A⁶, a-r⁸: 142 leaves, leaf r8 blank; part II) A-R⁸ S⁶: 142 leaves, leaf S6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 22.2 x 16.9 cm.
Morgan copy missing 33 leaves: A1-6, a1-8, b1, r6-8, Q8, R1-8, and S1-6. Many leaves torn, some with substantial sections missing, and patched/repaired.

Binding: 
Late 16/17th-century German/Central European blind-stamped and -rolled pigskin over wooden boards (23 x 18 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns; stained edges. 2 pin clasps, missing.
Variant Title: 

Hochwirdig leben der ausserwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altväter

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoratino: Rubrication not required. Woodcuts hand-colored. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Pressed fern leaf at leaf o2r.

Provenance: 
Unidentified inscription: "Frater Victorin Stahvman(?) [???] Anno 1766" (rear pastedown); Peter Bücher, signature, 18th/19th century (rear pastedown); Curt F. Bühler (1905-1985), Inc. 57, purchased from Sotheby's London, 1 Feb. 1932, bequeathed to: Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Pigskin bindings (Binding)
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books