tib00557000

Text-inc Id:

tib00557000

Bod-inc Id:

B-266

Headings:

Biblia Latina

Analysis of content:

1. [a1v] [Table of contents.] ‘Locus librorum numerus dinoscitur ordo'.
2. [a2r] Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Paulinus. ‘Epistola sancti Hieronimi ad Paulinum presbiterum de omnibus diuine historie libris'. Pref. no. 1.
3. [a4v] [Gn–II Par.] Preceded by Jerome's preface.
4. [q10v] [OrMan.]
5. [q10v] [I–II Esr.] Preceded by Jerome's preface.
6. [r9v] [III–IV Esr.]
7. [t4r] [Tb–Est.] Preceded by Jerome's preface.
8. [v9r] [Iob.] ‘Prologus secundus' [in librum Iob]. Pref. no. 3; preceded by the Prologus sancti Hieronymi in libro Iob and followed by Iob.
9. [x8v] [Ps (G).] ‘Liber hÿmnorum vel soliloquiorum'. Preceded by the first of Jerome's prefaces only.
10. [B1r] [Prv.]
11. [B8v] [Ecl.] ‘Prologus in ecclesiasten'. Pref. no. 6, followed by Ecl.
12. [C1v] [Ct–Lam.]
13. [H10r] [Bar.] ‘Prefatio in librum Baruch'. Pref. no. 10; followed by Bar.
14. [I2v] [Ez–Mal.]
15. [N3v] Hieronymus: ‘Prologus . . . in libros Machabeorum'. Pref. no. 31, followed by I–II Mcc.
16. [Q1v] [Mt.] ‘Argumentum in euangelium secundum Matheum'. Pref. no. 34; preceded by Jerome's prologue and followed by Mt.
17. [R4r] [Mc.] ‘Prologus in euangelium secundum Marcum'. Pref. no. 36, followed by Mc.
18. [S2r] Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio . . . in euangelium secundum Lucam'. Pref. no. 37, followed by Lc, where verses 1-4 are called ‘Prohemium'.
19. [T6r] [Io.] ‘Prologus in euangelium secundum Iohannem'. Pref. no. 38, followed by Io.
20. [X1r] Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio . . . in omnes epistolas sancti Pauli'.
21. [X1v] ‘Prologus specialis in epistolam ad Romanos'. Pref. no. 39.
22. [X1v] [Rm–Hbr.] Rm–Hbr, each letter preceded by an ‘argumentum', referred to as ‘prologus' in the case of I–II Cor and Gal).
23. [Z7v] Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio . . . in librum Actuum apostolorum'. Pref. no. 42, followed by Act.
24. [aa9v] [Iac–Iud.] ‘Prologus in epistolas canonicas'. Pref. no. 44, followed by Iac–Iud, each letter preceded by an argumentum.
25. [bb5r] [Apc.] ‘Prologus beati Iohannis in Apocalipsim'. Pref. no. 50, followed by Apc.
26. [bb10v] [Colophon.]
27. [cc1r] Menardus Monachus: [Letter addressed to] Jacobus de Ysenaco. Pref. no. 56.
28. [cc4v] ‘Tabula canonum'.

Imprint:

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 14 Apr. 1478. Folio.

Collation:

[a¹² b–y¹⁰ z A⁶ B–N¹⁰ O P⁶ Q–S¹⁰ T V⁸ X–Z aa bb¹⁰ cc⁶].

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ib00557000 GW 4232; HC *3068; Goff B‑557; BMC II 415; Pr 1984; BSB‑Ink B‑429; Oates 988; Sheppard 1445. LCN: 13909777

Copies:

1. B-266(1) Copy Binding: Contemporary German blind-tooled half pigskin over wooden boards covered with leaves from a liturgical manuscript on parchment; two metal catches lost. Vertical impression of crocketed cresting. Letter ‘A' on the lower part of the spine. Green-edged leaves. Size: 425 × 285 × 125 mm. Size of leaf: 410 × 270 mm. On [a2r] an initial is supplied in blue on burnished gold ground, the gilt with punch-dotting, the initial with foliate scrolling, within a segmented frame of red and pale green, and with foliate border extensions including gold dotting. Some principal initials are supplied in red with pen-flourishing in blue or in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Other initials are supplied in red and occasionally in blue; red capital strokes and underlining. Provenance: Würzburg, Bavaria, Conventual Franciscans, Inventio crucis/Sancta crux; on [a1r] a partially erased inscription: ‘Ad Bibliothecam Fratrum Minorum Conventualium S. Francisci Herbipol[ensis] 1673'; printed label on [a2r]. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label on rear pastedown, but not found in his sale catalogue. Purchased from Payne and Foss (1832), no. 113 for £3. 3. 0; see Books Purchased (1832), 3 and Library Bills (1829-32), no. 428. SHELFMARK: Auct. Y 3.3.