tib00641000

Text-inc Id:

tib00641000

Bod-inc Id:

B-337

Headings:

Biblia [Italian]

Analysis of content:

1. Part I.
2. [*]2r Squarzaficus, Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Marco Cattaneo, Bishop of Alessandria. Allenspach–Frasso 272-5.
3. [*]3r ‘Tabula de la prima parte de la Biblia'.
4. [*]7r Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Paulinus the priest. ‘Prologo'. Translated by Niccolò Malerbi. As in La Bibbia volgare, ed. Carlo Negroni, 10 vols (Bologna, 1882-7). ‘Prologo' to Pentateuch, as in La Bibbia volgare, ed. Negroni, included as chapter nine of this letter. On the translator see Edoardo Barbieri, Le bibbie italiane del quattrocento e del cinquecento (Milan, 1992), I 16-35, with a discussion of the form of the name on 17-18; for this edition see Edoardo Barbieri, ‘Éditeurs et imprimeurs de la Bible en italien (1471-1600)', in La Bible imprimée, 246-59, at 247, with further references.
5. [a1r] [Gn–Dt.]
6. k6v ‘Prologo' [to Ios], followed by [Ios–Rt].
7. n4v ‘Prologo' [to Rg], followed by [I Sm–IV Rg].
8. t7v ‘Prologo' [to Par], followed by [I–II Par].
9. z3r ‘Prologo' [to Esr].
10. z3r ‘Altro prologo' [to Esr], followed by [I–II Esr].
11. [et]5r [III Esr.]
12. [con]4v ‘Prologo' [to Tb].
13. [con]4v [Tb.]
14. [con]8v ‘Prologo' [to Idt].
15. [rum]1r [Idt.]
16. [rum]6v ‘Prologo' [to Est].
17. [rum]6v [Est.]
18. aa4r ‘Prologo' [to Iob].
19. aa4v ‘Altro prologo' [to Iob].
20. aa5r [Iob.]
21. <bb u>7v [Colophon for part I.]
22. cc1r ‘Prologo' [to Ps]. Followed by ‘argumento'.
23. cc1v ‘Altro prologo'.
24. cc1v ‘Terzo prologo'.
25. cc2r [Ps (G).] Preceded by ‘argumento'.
26. hh6r [Squarzaficus, Hieronymus: Concluding verse.] Incipit: ‘Laude te refferischo a te, signore | Che de tal gratia si ma facto degno'; ottava rima. Barbieri, Le bibbie italiane, I 204.
27. ii1r ‘Argumento de tutta lopera'. Barbieri, Le bibbie italiane, I 202.
28. ii1r Aristeas [pseudo-]: ‘De settanta due interpreti a Philocrate suo fratello'. [Translated by Bartholomaeus Fontius]. Incipit: ‘[H]auendo tu sempre, o Philocrate, qualum que cosa desiderato . . .’
29. Part II.
30. 2[*2r] ‘Registro'.
31. 2[*3r] ‘Tabula'. [Prv–Apc].
32. A1r Hieronymus: ‘Epistola', [addressed to] Cromatio and Eliodoro.
33. A1r [Prv.]
34. B1r ‘Prologo' [to Ecl], followed by [Ecl].
35. B4r ‘Prologo' [to Ct], followed by [Ct], followed by [Sap].
36. C3v ‘Prologo' [to Sir], followed by [Sir].
37. E6r ‘Prologo' [to Is], followed by [Is].
38. H2v ‘Prologo' [to Ier], followed by [Ier-Lam].
39. L5r ‘Prologo' [to Bar], followed by [Bar].
40. L8r ‘Prologo' [to Ez], followed by [Ez].
41. O6r ‘Prologo' [to Dn], followed by [Dn].
42. P7v ‘Prologo' [to Twelve Prophets].
43. P7v ‘Prologo' [to Os], followed by [Os]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
44. Q3r ‘Prologo' [to Ioel].
45. Q3v ‘Altro prologo', followed by [Ioel]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
46. Q4v ‘Prologo' [to Am].
47. Q4v ‘Altro prologo', followed by [Am].
48. Q7r ‘Prologo' [to Abd].
49. Q7r ‘Altro prologo', followed by [Abd]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
50. Q8r ‘Prologo' [to Ion], followed by [Ion]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
51. R1r ‘Prologo' [to Mi], followed by [Mi]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
52. R2v ‘Prologo' [to Na], followed by [Na]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
53. R3v ‘Prologo' [to Hab], followed by [Hab]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
54. R5r ‘Prologo' [to So].
55. R5v [So]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
56. R6r ‘Prologo' [to Agg], followed by [Agg]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
57. R7r ‘Prologo' [to Za], followed by [Za]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
58. S3r ‘Prologo' [to Mal].
59. S3v ‘Altro prologo', followed by [Mal]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
60. S4v Hieronymus: ‘Prologo' [to Mcc], followed by [I–II Mcc]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
61. Y1r Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Damasus, Pont. Max.
62. Y1v ‘Prologo' [to Four Evangelists].
63. Y2r ‘Altro prologo', followed by [Mt]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
64. Z6v ‘Prologo' [to Mc], followed by [Mc].
65. AA7r ‘Prologo', followed by [Lc]. Verses 1-4 here called ‘Altro prologo'.
66. CC6r ‘Prologo' [to Io], followed by [Io], followed by [Act].
67. GG2r ‘Prologo' [to Pauline Epistles].
68. GG2v ‘Altro prologo' [to Pauline Epistles].
69. GG3r ‘Prologo', followed by [Rm]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
70. HH1v ‘Prologo' [to I Cor], followed by [I Cor]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
71. HH7v ‘Prologo' [to II Cor], followed by [II Cor]. Preceded by ‘argumento'.
72. II3v [Gal–Hbr.] Each letter is preceded by an ‘argumento'.
73. LL5r ‘Prologo' [to Canonical Epistles], followed by [Iac–Iud]. Iac preceded by ‘argumento'.
74. MM3v ‘Prologo' [to Apc], followed by [Apc], followed by [Grace]. Incipit: ‘Uieni signor Jesu, la gratiadel signor nostro Jesu Christo sia con tutti noi. Amen'.
75. MM10r [Valedictory prayer.] Incipit: ‘Quale adunque lode et gratie, o summo signore porgere . . .’
76. MM10r [Colophon] followed by [Prayer]. Incipit: ‘Gloria ti rendo, o mio signor benigno | Che di tal gratia tu me ha fatto digno'; 2 lines of verse. Barbieri, Le bibbie italiane, I 199.

Imprint:

Venice: Gabriele di Pietro, 1477-8. Folio. In two parts, dated: (I) 26 Nov. (first gathering, after 23 Dec.) 1477; (II) 15 Jan. 1477/8.

Collation:

Part I: [*] [a] b¹⁰ c–z [et] [con] [rum] aa ⁸ cc¹⁰ dd–gg⁸ hh–kk⁶; part II: ²[*]⁶ A B¹⁰ C–U⁸ X⁴ Y¹⁰ Z AA–LL⁸ MM¹⁰.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ib00641000 GW 4313; H *3152; R 303 (Psalms); Goff B‑641 (including P‑1077); Pr 4200; Barbieri, Le bibbie italiane, I 199-205 no. 4; Bohatta, Lit. Bibl. 1032 (Psalms); BSB‑Ink B‑497; Darlow–Moule 802; Sheppard 3376. LCN: 14004823

Copies:

1. B-337(1) Copy Wanting T3; T4 duplicated. Binding: Sixteenth-century(?) parchment; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers, over a central ornamental stamp. Two ties lost. Size: 293 × 210 × 120 mm. Size of leaf: 285 × 194 mm. Provenance: Pietro-Antonio Bolongaro-Crevenna (1735-1792); printed label of the sale (1789) part I, lot 115, inside the upper cover; in the annotated catalogue marked down to Payne for Fl. 20. Purchased through Payne for £1. 15. 0; see Books Purchased (1790), 1. SHELFMARK: Auct. Q sup. 1.26.