Passionael: Winter- ende Somerstuc.

Accession number: 
PML 77034
Author: 
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
Published: 
Gheprent in die stadt van Utrecht : bi mi meyster Jan Veldener, .M.CCCC. ende .lxxx opten xii dach in septembri [12 September 1480].
Description: 
In two parts: [8], CCCiil; CCC.l leaves ; 29 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Acquired in 1987.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophon, part II, leaf QQ6r: Hier eyndet ende gaet wt dat anderde stuck van den passionael ofte gulden legende mit dat martirologium ende is gheprent in die stadt van utrecht bi mi meyster jan veldener. Int jaer ons heren .M.CCCC. ende .lxxx opten xii dach in septembri. [Printer's mark] with typographic text: Dit boeck is gheprent in die goede stadt van utrecht bi mi jan veldener.
Printed in Veldener's types 5A:114/115G.
Signatures: I) A⁸; a-r [curled-r] [long-s] s-t v u x-z [et] [con] A-N⁸ O-P⁶: 348 leaves; II) A⁸; aa-rr [curled-r][curled-r] [long-s][long-s] ss-tt vv uu xx-zz [et][et] [con][con] AA-PP⁸ QQ⁶: 358 leaves.
Both parts intended to have calendar (quire A), see GW.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Printed woodcut border, leaves a1r and aa1r.
PML copy is part II (Somerstuc) only.
PML copy with leaf tt2.7 is cancelled correction with pasted-on sheet.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.7 x 20.7 cm.
PML copy missing 10 leaves: A1-8 (caldendar), hh1 and KK3; leaf [curled-r][curled-r]3.6 bound in reverse.

Binding: 
19th-century Netherlandish quarter green calf, with marbled paper sides, over paper boards (29 x 21.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; plain endbands; green edges.
Variant Title: 

Incipit: Hier beghint d[er] and[er]de stuc van den passionael welck in den latijn gheheten is aurea legenda d[at] o[n]s in duytsche beduyt die gulden legende of dat passionael

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red initials and paragraph marks. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, stamps (leaves aa1r, aa2r, and QQ6r) and shelf labels: "3004" on octagonal label, "168" on oval label, "E 46" on two oval labels (spine); Pierpont Morgan Library, acquired through trade with Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Feb. 1987.
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