tia01252000

Text-inc Id:

tia01252000

Bod-inc Id:

A-537

Headings:

Augustinus Hipponensis Confessiones.

Analysis of content:

1. a1v [Preface.] Incipit: ‘Sciendum est quod beatus Augustinus in tribus vltimis libris confessionum nimis obscurus est . . .’
2. a2r Augustinus: [Retractatio II,6.] ed. A. Mutzenbecher, CCSL 57 (1984), 94. See CPL 250.
3. a2v Augustinus: Confessiones. ed. L. Verheijen, CCSL 27 (1981). See CPL 251.

Imprint:

[Cologne: Bartholomaeus de Unkel], 9 Aug. 1482. 4°.

Collation:

a–x⁸ y¹⁰.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ia01252000 GW 2895; HC *2032; Goff A‑1252; BMC I 241; Pr 1141; BSB‑Ink A‑851; CIBN A‑694; Sheppard 866; Voulliéme, Köln, 185. LCN: 13884464

Copies:

1. A-537(1) Copy Bound with:
   2. Augustinus, De disciplina christiana. [Cologne: Bartholomaeus de Unkel, c.1482] (A‑542);
   3. Augustinus, De vita christiana. De dogmatibus ecclesiasticis. [Cologne: Bartholomaeus de Unkel, c.1482] (A‑610(2));
   4. Augustinus, De moribus ecclesiae catholicae. [Cologne: Bartholomaeus de Unkel, c.1482] (A‑552(2)). Binding: Contemporary German (unattributed, Kyriß workshop no. 169) blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards. Remains of metal clasp and catch. On both covers double fillets form a frame decorated on the upper cover with a round eagle stamp, and on the lower with a rosette stamp (Kyriß pl. 339, no. 2) and a lozenge-shaped floral stamp (Kyriß pl. 339, no. 1). The inner panel on both covers is divided by double fillets into triangular compartments, decorated, on the upper cover with the lozenge-shaped floral stamp and a small floral stamp (Kyriß pl. 339, no. 3), and on the lower with a large circular eagle stamp, the lozenge-shaped floral stamp, and the small floral stamp. Manuscript label and number ‘B7' on spine. Index tabs. Size: 220 × 160 × 70 mm. Size of leaf: 208 × 141 mm. Incunable leaves used as pastedowns. Name of printer and place of printing written on front flyleaf, also ‘Augustinus in quatuor tractatibus', and shelfmark ‘Sub Litt. A.’ Four- to six-line initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue. Some capital strokes in red. Provenance: Adelberg, Württemberg, Premonstratensian convent, SS. Maria et Udalricus; cancelled inscription on a1r. Roth, Swabia, Premonstratensian convent, S. Maria and S. Verena, 1732; inscription and stamp on a1r. Hermann Vogler, Abbot of Roth 1711-44; armorial book-plate: see Warnecke no. 1795, and Leiningen-Westerburg 305-6, with reproduction on 306. Purchased from David Nutt, Catalogue (1837), no. 635 for £0. 15. 0; see Books Purchased (1837), 4, and Library Bills (1837-8), no. 12. SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q 4.50(1).