tib00580000

Text-inc Id:

tib00580000

Bod-inc Id:

B-288

Headings:

Biblia Latina

Analysis of content:

1. a1v ‘Biblia quem retinet sequitur sic metricus ordo'. Pref. 61a, with a number of variants from the edition [Basel: Johann Amerbach], 1479 (GW 4236; Bod-inc. B‑270).
2. a2r Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Paulinus. ‘Prologus in Bibliam'. Pref. no. 1.
3. a3v [Gn–IV Rg.] Ios preceded by ‘argumentum'.
4. o5v ‘Alius prologus' [to I–II Par]. Pref. no. 2; preceded by ‘Prefatio sancti Hieronymi in librum Dabreiamin, qui est Paralypomenon'. Slight variation in the incipit of the first preface to I–II Par.
5. o5v [I–II Par.]
6. q8r [OrMan.]
7. q8r [I–II Esr.] II Esr here entitled ‘Neemias'.
8. r7r [III–IV Esr.] III Esr here entitled ‘II Esr', IV Esr ‘III Esr'.
9. t3r [Tb–Est.]
10. v5v ‘Alius prologus' [to Iob]. Pref. no. 3; preceded by ‘Prologus in Iob'.
11. v6r [Iob–Ps (G)]. Iob preceded by ‘argumentum'. Ps (G) preceded by the first of Jerome's prologues only.
12. A1r ‘Prologus' [to Prv]. Pref. no. 4; preceded by ‘Epistola sancti Hieronymi presbiteri ad Chromatium et Heliodorum episcopos, de libris Salomonis'.
13. A1r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 5.
14. A1v [Prv.]
15. A7r ‘Prologus' [to Ecl]. Pref. no. 6.
16. A7v [Ecl–Ct.]
17. B2v ‘Prologus' [to Sap]. Pref. no. 7.
18. B2v [Sap–Is.] Is preceded by ‘argumentum'.
19. E8v Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Ier]. Pref. no. 8.
20. F1r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 9; preceded by ‘Prologus'.
21. F1r [Ier.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
22. H1r [Introduction to Lam.] Incipit: ‘[E]t factum est postquam in captiuitate . . .’
23. H1r [Lam.]
24. H2r ‘Prefatio' [to Bar]. Pref. no. 10.
25. H2r [Bar–Dn.]
26. L1r ‘Alius prologus' [to Twelve Prophets]. Pref. no. 11; preceded by ‘Prologus in librum duodecim prophetarum'.
27. L1r ‘Prologus' [to Os]. Pref. no. 12.
28. L1r [Os.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
29. L3r ‘Prologus' [to Ioel]. Pref. no. 13.
30. L3r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 15.
31. L3v [Ioel.] Preceded by ‘argumentum' (pref. no. 14).
32. L4r ‘Prologus' [to Am]. Pref. no. 17.
33. L4r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 18; in other editions called ‘Argumentum'.
34. L4v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 19.
35. L4v [Am.]
36. L6r ‘Prologus' [to Abd]. Pref. no. 20.
37. L6r [Abd.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
38. L6v ‘Prologus' [to Ion]. Pref. no. 21.
39. L6v [Abd.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
40. L7r ‘Prologus' [to Mi]. Pref. no. 23.
41. L7v [Mi.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
42. L8v ‘Prologus' [to Na]. Pref. no. 24.
43. L8v [Na.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
44. M1r ‘Prologus' [to Hab]. Pref. no. 25.
45. M1v [Hab.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
46. M2r ‘Prologus' [to So]. Pref. no. 26.
47. M2v [So.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
48. M3r ‘Prologus' [to Agg]. Pref. no. 27.
49. M3v [Agg.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
50. M3v ‘Prologus' [to Za]. Pref. no. 28.
51. M4r [Za.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
52. M6v ‘Prologus' [to Mal]. Pref. no. 29.
53. M6v [Mal.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
54. M7r Hieronymus: ‘Prologus' [to Mcc]. Pref. no. 31.
55. M7r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 32.
56. M7r [I–II Mcc.]
57. P1r ‘Alius prologus' [to Four Evangelists]. Pref. no. 33; preceded by ‘Epistola beati Hieronymi ad Damasum Papam in quatuor Euangelia'.
58. P1v ‘Prologus' [to Mt]. Pref. no. 35, followed by an ‘argumentum' (pref. no. 34).
59. P2r ‘Registrum in euangelium Matthei'.
60. P2v [Mt.]
61. Q4v ‘Prologus' [to Mc]. Pref. no. 36.
62. Q4v ‘Registrum in euangelium Marci'.
63. Q5r [Mc.]
64. R3v Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Lc]. Pref. no. 37.
65. R3v ‘Registrum in Lucam'.
66. R5r [Lc.] Verses 1-4 here called ‘Prohemium'.
67. S7r ‘Prologus' [to Io]. Pref. no. 38.
68. S7v ‘Registrum in euangelium Johannis'.
69. S8r [Io.]
70. T8r ‘Prologus' [to Rm]. Pref. no. 39; preceded by ‘Prefatio sancti Hieronymi in omnes epistolas sancti Pauli'.
71. T8r [Rm.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
72. V4r ‘Prologus' [to I Cor]. Pref. no. 40.
73. V4v [I Cor.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
74. V8r ‘Prologus' [to II Cor]. Pref. no. 41.
75. V8v [II Cor.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
76. X3r [Gal–Hbr.] Each letter preceded by ‘argumentum'.
77. Y7r Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Act]. Pref. no. 42.
78. Y7r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 43.
79. Y7r [Act.]
80. ZZ1v ‘Prologus' [to Canonical Epistles]. Pref. no. 44, followed by an ‘argumentum'.
81. ZZ1v [Iac–Iud.] Each letter preceded by ‘argumentum'.
82. ZZ6v [Gilbertus Pictaviensis]: ‘Prologus' [to Apc]. Pref. no. 49.
83. ZZ6v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 50.
84. ZZ7r [Apc.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
85. ZZ11v [Poem in praise of the book.] Pref. no. 60.
86. ZZ11v [Colophon.]
87. aa1r [Langton, Stephen]: ‘Interpretationes hebraicorum nominum'. Pref. no. 65.

Imprint:

Venice: Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt, 30 Apr. 1484. 4°.

Collation:

a b⁸ c¹² d–g⁸ (h i)¹² k–t⁸ v¹² x y⁸ z² A–N⁸ O⁶ P–Z⁸ ZZ¹² aa–dd⁸.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ib00580000 GW 4255; HC *3091; Goff B‑580; BMC V 304; Pr 4693; BSB‑Ink B‑451; Copinger, Incunabula Biblica, 64; Oates 1859; Quentin 81; Sheppard 3754-5. LCN: 13910520

Copies:

1. B-288(1) First copy Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter calf, with gold-tooled spine, and marbled paper boards. Occasional parchment index tabs. Upper board slightly loose. Size: 240 × 180 × 53 mm. Size of leaf: 232 × 166 mm. Occasional marginal annotations. On a1v: ‘Tabula librorum Bibliæ', in a sixteenth-century hand. On a2r a contemporary, probably French, fifteen-line initial ‘F' is supplied in red and gold, surrounded by a branch border, historiated with a seated figure of Jerome, on the left, dressed in gold, white with blue sleeves, and holding a book, with a lion at his feet, looking back at him. Behind Jerome is a background of blue, decorated with gold floral patterns; behind the lion, in front of two windows, is a lectern; through the left window gold rays of the sun shine onto Jerome; in the right window, a view of a city. To the right of the lion is a small golden table. On A1v an eight-line initial ‘P' is supplied in gold, with the stem in the form of a tree, and the lobe a beaked and winged creature, on a blue ground decorated with gold and edged in black, and with gold floral infill on a red ground. Other initials are supplied in red or blue, or interlocked red and blue. Paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue. Capitals touched with yellow wash. Pen-work border is supplied in red. Foliation in faded black ink. Both columns of text framed with double red rules. Provenance: Limay, Ǐle-de-France, Celestines, S. Trinitas; inscriptions on dd8r in a fifteenth/sixteenth-century hand: ‘Hec Biblia est Celestinorum prope Meduntam. Sic signata 7', and on a2r in a seventeenth/eighteenth-century(?) hand: ‘Ex biblioteca Caelestinorum Meduntensium siue juxta Meduntam'. Purchased for £2. 2. 0; see Books Purchased (1833), 3. SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Z 1.2.
2. B-288(2) Second copy Wanting dd8. Binding: Seventeenth/eighteenth-century gold-tooled panelled calf; ‘Cambridge style'; a fern-tip roll forms a border within which is a sprinkled panel; a chain-roll forms a frame with floral tools at the corners, within which a tree calf panel; a cresting floral roll forms a frame within which an inner rectangular panel of sprinkled calf; marbled pastedowns and gilt-edged leaves. Rebacked. Size: 230 × 175 × 60 mm. Size of leaf: 221 × 155 mm. Some marginal annotations and parts of the text crossed through in black ink. Manuscript table of incipits of the liturgical epistles and gospels on rear endleaves, in a fifteenth/sixteenth-century hand. Pen-trials on a1r. On a2 a fifteen-line initial ‘F' is supplied in blue, with white decoration, on gold ground, edged in red, with floral infill in red and green, and containing the initials ‘MBP'. On a4r a nine-line initial ‘I' is supplied in gold on a red ground, with gold floral infill. Other initials are supplied in red or blue, or interlocked red and blue; paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue. Pen-work borders are supplied in red. Both columns of text framed with double red rules. Provenance: E. W. Somerby (nineteenth century); signature on front pastedown. J. T. Hand (fl. 1834-1837); signature on front endleaf. Purchased at his sale (1837) lot 74, for £0. 15. 0; see Books Purchased (1837), 5. SHELFMARK: Auct. M inf. 1.7.