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[Aurea Biblia, sive, Repertorium aurem Bibliorum]

Rampegolo, Antonio; Zainer, Johannes; Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni M.cccc.lxxvi. [1476]

Signatures: [a⁸ b⁶ c-d¹⁰ e⁸ f-q¹⁰ r⁸]. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on [r7r] reads: Vigore infiniti entis explicit ilber bonus & perutilis Aurea biblia appellatus.veteris ac noui ...

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Iōannou Chrysostomou peri tou, oti pollos meu axiomatos, duskolom de episkoi peim dialogoi ex = Divi Joannis Chrysostomi, quod multae quidem dignitatis, sed difficile sit episcopum agere, dialogi sex

John Chrysostom, Saint (407); Erasmus, Desiderius (1536)

1525

Greek title Romanized. Preface in Latin, text in Greek. Printer's device on title page and last leaf.

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Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)
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Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man sitting on a pillow and holding a wooden club, and a grotesque in the form of a half-lion and a bird.

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St. Gregory the Great (fol. 49v)
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St. Gregory the Great (fol. 49v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Gregory the Great, clad in a chasuble and the papal triple tiara, and holding a crosier and a book, on which sits a dove.

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St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)
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St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'I' historiated with St. John the Evangelist, writing on a scroll on Patmos. The eagle, his symbol, sits beside him.

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Corpus Christi (fol. 190r)
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Corpus Christi (fol. 190r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Christ is seated at the table with four apostles. A chalice with wine and the eucharist sits on the table, along with three loaves of bread. One of the apostles holds a knife for cutting the bread.

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The prophet Ezekiel's vision (fol. 337r)
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The prophet Ezekiel's vision (fol. 337r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'E' encloses the vision of the prophet Ezekiel: the tetramorph of the four evangelists. His vision was of God sitting on his throne, being carried by the symbols of the four evangelists: a man...

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Calendar: March (fol. 3v)
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Calendar: March (fol. 3v)

[ca.1480-1500]

The miniature at the foot of the page show two man digging and a woman sitting in front of a house. There is a castle in the distance, over the river. The border is decorated with pea flowers, strawbe...

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Job (fol. 130r)
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Job (fol. 130r)

[1450-1500]

Job sits on a dunghill and prays, while three musicians make music, trying to soothe the pain of his sores. The border is decorated with a grotesque with two heads and a lizard-like lower body, and fl...

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