Incipit liber primus etymologiaru[m] sancti Isidori hispalensis episcopi.

Accession number:

PML 22114

Author:

Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636.

Published:

Impressus Venetijs : Per Petru[m] loslein de Langencen[sis], Mcccclxxxiij [1483]

Description:

[5], 101, [2], 28 leaves : illustrations, map, genealogical table (woodcuts) ; 30 cm. (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1923.

Notes:

Title from Incipit, leaf "a" recto (i.e. leaf a2r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf C8r): Finit liber tertius [et] ultim[us] de su[m]mo bono fancti Isidori hyspalensis ep[iscop]i: Impressus Venetiis per Petru[m] loslein de Langencen[sis]. .M.cccc.lxxxiii.
Printed in Loslein's types 1:79G and 2:130G.
Collation: [1]⁴; a-h¹⁰ i¹² k¹⁰; [2]²; A-B¹⁰ C⁸: 136 leaves, leaf a1 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Full page woodcut on leaf e9 verso: "Hec est arbor consanguinitatis", and other diagrams.
Includes De summo bono, which has separate index, signatures, and leaf numbering.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31.1 x 20.7 cm.

Binding:

Contemporary blind-filleted calf over wooden boards (32 x 21 cm.), sewn on 4 supports, probably at Eberhardsklausen. Parchement pastedowns and quire guards from an unidentified Hebrew manuscript, with plain paper fly leaves. 2 clasps and 4 bosses on bottom board, missing.

Variant Title:

Caption, leaf pi1 verso: Registru[m] iu libros etymolotiaru[m] sancti Isadori hispalensis episcopi

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubricated, red and blue puzzle initials with filigree decoration, with red lombards, paragraph marks, and capital strokes. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Fore-edge red leather tabs.

Provenance:

Eberhardsklausen (Rheinland-Pfalz), Augustinians, BVM, inscription, 15th century: "Codex mo[na]sterii b[ea]te marie v[ir]ginis In Evertzcluse[n] ordinis Cano[n]ico[rum] r[e]gulariu[m] Trevere[nsis] dyoce[sis]" (front fly leaf recto); unidentified shelf marks, 18th/19th century: L. No. 962, N. No. 614, and N. 255 (front fly leaf and [1]/1r); J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Joseph Baer, 1923.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

See more information »

Genres:

Calf bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books