tia00392000

Text-inc Id:

tia00392000

Bod-inc Id:

A-166

Headings:

Alexander Carpentarius Destructorium vitiorum.

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title-page.]
2. a2r ‘Tabula alphabetica.’
3. c3r ‘Capitulatio huius libri.’ Incipit: ‘[I]ste liber qui destructorium vitiorum nuncupatur octo partes continet principales . . .’
4. d1r [Alexander Carpentarius]: Destructorium vitiorum. Incipit: ‘[O]mne peccatum ut dicit beatus Augustinus contra faustum est dictum vel factum vel concupitum contra legem dei . . .’ See Bloomfield 3612, and Gerald Robert Owst, The Destructorium viciorum (London, 1952).

Imprint:

Cologne: [Ludwig von Renchen], 16 Aug. 1485. Folio.

Collation:

a⁸ b¹⁰ c–n⁸ o⁶ p–x⁸ y⁶ z A–O⁸.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ia00392000 GW 866; HC *650; Goff A‑392; BMC I 266; Pr 1276; BSB‑Ink A‑238; CIBN A‑207; Oates 732; Rhodes 53; Sheppard 950; Voulliéme, Köln, 368. LCN: 13888075

Copies:

1. A-166(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaf O8. Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, with clasps and catches; rebacked. On the upper cover fillets form a border, within which a large lozenge-shaped stamp of double-tailed lion rampant (facing left), and a floral stamp at each corner. Triple intersecting frames; within the outer the floral stamp and a foliate stamp at each corner; within the second the foliate stamp with a circular floral stamp at each corner. In the inner rectangle the lozenge-shaped stamp of the lion rampant and the foliate stamp. On the lower cover fillets form a border within which the floral stamp and the circular floral stamp at each corner. The inner rectangle is divided by fillets into lozenge-shaped compartments containing the large lozenge-shaped stamp of the lion rampant or into triangular compartments containing the foliate stamp; the lion stamp may suggest a Bohemian origin. Size: 396 × 290 × 60 mm. Size of leaf: 380 × 275 mm. Underlining in black ink. Some marginal notes in approximately contemporary hands. On b7r a pointing hand drawn in black ink. On a2r a red 6-line A with a reserved white quadrifoil is supplied in Cologne-style; d1r, 19-line blue ‘O' with red pen-work. Thereafter, 4- to 14-line initials are supplied in red or blue. In the ‘Tabula', 4-, 5- and 6-line initials are supplied in red or blue. In ‘Capitulatio', 4- to 8-line initials are supplied in red or blue. Paragraph marks are supplied in red throughout. Some initial strokes in red. Provenance: Acquired in 1935; Maggs Brothers Ltd: ‘Bt. from Maggs', ‘£14.14', inside the upper cover; dated stamp on a1v, see BQR 8 (1935), 155. SHELFMARK: Inc. b. G3.1485.1.