tib00559000

Text-inc Id:

tib00559000

Bod-inc Id:

B-268

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. [t5v] [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 ÿmnorum 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, 10 Nov. 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: ib00559000 GW 4234; HC *3069; Goff B‑559; BMC II 416; Pr 1989; BSB‑Ink B‑431; Hillard 382; Oates 992; Sack, Freiburg, 625; Sheppard 1453. LCN: 13909774

Copies:

1. B-268(1) Copy Binding: Forel. Size: 387 × 285 × 115 mm. Size of leaf: 382 × 270 mm. Early marginal notes in ink and in red. On [a2r] a historiated initial is supplied in blue with white highlighting; within a red frame, Jerome seated at a desk; in the guttering, a floral ornament in red, green, and blue. Principal initials are supplied in gold and colours with floral extensions into the margins and some gold-dotting. Other initials are supplied either in interlocked red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue; or, alternately in red and blue; red capital strokes and underlining. Provenance: Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; see sale (1835), lot 712. Purchased for £5. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 5. SHELFMARK: Auct. M inf. 2.3.