Opera divi Hieronymi in hoc volumine continenta... [etc.] (v.1-2)

Description

Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁸ chi-2chi⁶ a-c⁸ d¹⁰ e⁸ f⁶ g-h¹⁰ i⁸ k⁶ l-u⁸ x-y⁶, A-R⁸ S¹⁰ T-Z⁸ 2A-2B⁸ 2C⁶ 2D-2H⁸ 3D-3E⁸ 3F-3H⁶ 4D-4G⁶ 4H⁴ 2I⁸ 2K-2L⁶ 2a-2s⁸ 2t¹⁰ 2u-2z⁸ 2&¹²(-2&9) ²2a⁸ ²b-²c⁶ AAa-NNn⁸ OOo⁶ PPp⁸ QQq⁶ ²2A-B⁶ (chi2-3 signed 2, 3 and 2chi1-3 signed 4, 5, 6 respectively).


In two parts dated: I) 1497; II) 25 August 1498.


Imprint from first colophon.


First colophon on y6r reads: Finiunt explanationes Beati Hieronymi in duodecim Prophetas... Impresse Venetiis per ioanne[m] [et] Gregoriu[m] de Gregoriis fratres Anno domini .1497.


Second colophon on PPp7r reads: Finiu[n]t i[n]signia haec atq[ue] p[re]clarissima Diui Hieronymi op[er]a:... Habes itaq[ue] studiossime lector Ioan[n]is & Grægorii de Gregoriis fretus officio ea nouiter i[m]praessa co[m]mentaria ... Venetiis p[er] præfatos fratres Ioanne[m] & Gregoriu[m] de Gregoriis. Anno d[omi]ni .1498.die.25. Augusti.


Edited by Bernardinus Gadolus.


Printed with 60 long lines to a full page.


Printed headlines and catchwords.


Printed paragraph markers.


Woodcut initials throughout, with larger initials at the beginning of each section.


Historiated border to the Prologus of the Expositio in Psalmos.


Leaves 2t1, 2y8 and AAa1 are blank.


Indexed in: ISTC no. ih00160000.


Indexed in: Goff H160; H 8581*; CR 2952 (first 524 ff); Girard 243; Parguez 540; Péligry 426; Polain(B) 1946; IDL 2288; IBE 3157; IGI 4729; IBP 2780; Sajó-Soltész 1677; Mendes 683; Voull(B) 3895, 3893; Ohly-Sack 1455, 1456, 1457; Hubay(Augsburg) 1041; Coll(U) 705; Coll(S) 1262; Madsen 1963; Sander 3386; Essling 1170; Walsh 2032, 2033; Sheppard 3910; Pr 4558; BMC V 350; BSB-Ink H-259.

Features

A colophon has been added in black ink manuscript at the base of the first leaf.


The historiated border and larger initials have been coloured in watercolours.


Parts for volumes 1 and 2 bound together in an order that does not correspond with Hain.


Some parts from both volumes are wanting, including the colophon to volume 1.


Bindings


Late-fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century binding of dark brown calf over wooden boards, rebacked. The upper and lower covers are blind-toooled with an identical design comprising a border and frame of double fillets outside which is a repeating design resembling a twisted strand. Blind-tooled in a central panel inside triple fillets are circles containing roses, the Lamb of God and the IHS monogram surrounded by stylised foliage. The new spine has six raised bands. Gold-tooled in the second panel are the words: Opera diui Hieronvmin. Gold-tooled at the base of the spine is the date: 1498. There is evidence of metal furniture having once been attached to both the upper and lower boards at the corners of the blind-tooled panel and at the centre. On the board edges are the remains of two decorated metal clasps with the catch on the upper board. Protective edge guards are nailed to the head and tail corners of the upper and lower covers and the spine shoulders, bent around the board
edges. Along the fore-edge are tabs, some with knots, indicating the start of each new section of the book. Size: 363 x 241mm. Leaf size: 343 x 231mm.

Provenance

Coloured armorial bookplate of Sir Edward Allen Brotherton on the front pastedown. The book was most likely acquired before 17 June 1929 when Brotherton was created Baron Brotherton of Wakefield.

Access and usage

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