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Liber biblie moralis expositionum interpertacionumq[ue], historiarum ac figura[rum], veteris nouiq[ue] testamenti peroptimus incipit feliciter.

Accession number
PML 20048
Creator
Bersuire, Pierre, approximately 1290-1362.
Object title

Liber biblie moralis expositionum interpertacionumq[ue], historiarum ac figura[rum], veteris nouiq[ue] testamenti peroptimus incipit feliciter.

Published

In opido Vlmensi : per industrium Johannem Zainer de Reutlingen, Millesimoquadringentesimoseptuagesimoquarto: die vero aprilis nona [9 April 1474].

Description

[266] leaves ; 41.5 cm (fol.)

Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1916.
Notes
Title from incipit caption, leaf [1]/1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [27]/12r: Infinita dei clementia. Finitus est liber moralizationum biblie in eiusdem laudem [et] gloria[m] compilatus. ac per industriu[m] Iohanne[m] zainer de Reutlingen artis impressorie m[a]g[ist]r[u]m (non penna send stagneis caracterib[us]) in opido Vlmensi artificialiter effigatus. Anno incarnatio[n]is d[omi]ni Millesimoq[ua]dringentesimoseptuagesimoq[ua]rto: die v[er]o aprilis nona.
Printed in Zainer's type 1:116G.
Collation: [1-6¹⁰ 7⁸ 8⁸(7+1: "se p[er] ordinem") 9¹⁰(8+1: "fidei i[n]fla[m]mauit"); 10-15¹⁰ 16-17⁸; 18-26¹⁰ 27¹²]: 266 leaves.
Paper format: Royal folio.
Woodcut initials, leaf [1]/1r with woodcut border.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 40.5 x 28 cm.
Binding
15th-century German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards (41.5 x 29 cm), sewn on 4 supports, by the Ulm Drachenrolle bindery (EBDB w000070/Kyriss 126, active 1470-1506, also known as Konrad Dinkmuth or Dinckmut-Werkstatt); repaired by Duprez Lahey. Plain paper pastedown and front endleaf; decorative endbands. Title label: Moralitates biblie" (front board). 2 clasps, missing. Chain hasp attached to rear board.
Variant title
Liber biblie moralis expositionum interpretacionumque, historiarum ac figurarum, veteris novique testamenti peroptumus inicipit feliciter
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Woodcut border and initials hand colored (leaf [1]/1r). Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Schwäbisch Gmünd (Baden-Württemberg), Dominicans of St. Mary Magdalene, inscription: "Conve[n]t[us] Gamu[n]dien[sis] ord. p[re]di. 1484," with title below: "Moralitates sup[er] tota[m] biblia[m]" (front endleaf 1 recto); unidentified inscription: "Item ich hab das Buch g" (front endleaf 1 verso); Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, armorial stamp: "Bibliothec. P.R. Stuttg.," ca. 1810-1862/63 (leaf [1]/1r) and deaccessioned duplicate stamp: "Veräusserte doublette" (front endleaf 1 recto); unidentified English sale catalogue description, no. 75 (rear pastedown); J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Giuseppe Martini, Jan. 1916.
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