Cy commence la table du nouueau testament.

Accession number:

PML 15499

Uniform title:

Bible. New Testament. French. 1479.

Description:

[301] leaves ; 29.5 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.

Notes:

Title from caption, leaf a"1"r, actually a2r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf I5v: Cy finist lapocalipse et samblablement le mouueau testament veu et corrige par venerables personnes fre[re]s iulien macho et pierre sarget [sic] docteurs e[n] theologie de lordre des augustins de lion sus le rosne Imprime en la dicte ville de lion par Bartholomieu buyer citoyen de dit lyon.
Printed on Le Roy's type 1*:119G.
Dated about 1479-80 by Hillard; about 1478 by Goff and PML Checklist; about 1476 in GW.
Signatures: a-b⁸ c⁶; a-r [curled-r] [tall-s] s-t v u x-z [et] A-B⁸ C⁴ D-H⁸ I⁶: 304 leaves, leaves a1, c6, and I6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Printed initials.
Edited by Julien Macho and Pierre Farget.
Based upon "La bible historiée" (GW 4310), a French adaptation of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor by Guiard des Moulins, amplified and modified during the 14th and 15th centuries (Darlow & Moule).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.2 x 20.2 cm.
PML copy missing 4 leaves: a1, c6, and I1.6 (a1, c6, and I6 blanks), leaf I1 replaced in (modern? -- wormholes don't match with other leaves) manuscript.

Binding:

18th-century French gilt-tooled full red morocco over paper boards (29.5 x 21 cm), sewn on 5 supports. Plain blue paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Variant Title:

Nouveau testament

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication (where required), red initials. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Unidentifiend contemporary French inscription, abraded and not legible under UV (leaf a"1"r); Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Edouard Rahir, 1907.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Morocco bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books