tib00337000

Text-inc Id:

tib00337000

Bod-inc Id:

B-156

Headings:

Berchorius, Petrus Liber Bibliae moralis.

Analysis of content:

1. [a2r] ‘Tabula specialis in librum sequentem moralis reductorii byblie secundum ordinem alphabeti'.
2. [c10v] [First colophon.]
3. [c10v] [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Libri autor claret, porro quis recta registra | Addit ei, scire haud opus est. Deus hunc beet ora'; 2 hexameters.
4. [d1r] ‘Registrum moralizacionum biblie secundum ordinem capitulorum'.
5. [e1r] Berchorius, Petrus: [Liber Bibliae moralis. Also known as Reductorium morale, lib. XVI.] Incipit: ‘[C]um iam per opacam nature siluam flores proprietatum lecturus percurrerim . . .’ See B‑155.
6. [L9v] [Second colophon.]

Imprint:

[Strasbourg]: C. W., 7 Sept. 1474. Folio. The ‘Tabula' is dated 7 Oct. 1474. The printer has been identified tentatively as Clas Wencker or Conrad Wolfach.

Collation:

[a–c¹⁰ d–f⁸ g¹⁰ h¹² i k⁸ l¹⁰ m n⁸ o⁶ p q¹⁰ r⁶ s¹⁰ t⁸ u¹² x⁸ y¹⁰ z A–C⁸ D E¹⁰ F⁶ G¹⁰ H⁸ I–L¹⁰].

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ib00337000 GW 3863; H *2795; Goff B‑337; BMC I 82; Pr 341; BSB‑Ink B‑292; CIBN B‑236; Oates 140; Sack, Freiburg, 548; Sheppard 281. LCN: 14005865

Copies:

1. B-156(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaves [a1] and [L10]. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf; gilt tendril roll on spine; worn. Size: 384 × 275 × 77 mm. Size of leaf: 373 × 267 mm. Leaf [L9v] formerly used as back pastedown. Initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red; red capital strokes and underlining. Provenance: Thomas Rodd; ‘Rodd Oct. 1819 £1. 1. 0', note by Heber, and purchased by him. Richard Heber (1773-1833); stamp; see Catalogue, 2 (1834), lot 717, sold for £2. 6. 0. J. T. Hand (fl. 1834-1837), 1835; signature on endleaf; sale (1837), lot 170; purchased at his sale for £0. 5. 0; see Books Purchased (1837), 4. SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 1.19.