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Stultifera nauis.

Accession number
PML 22509
Creator
Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521.
Object title

Stultifera nauis.

Published

Impressus in imperiali urbe Augusta : per Johannem Schensperger, Millesimoquadringentesimononagesimoseptimo. kalendas Aprilis [1 April 1497].

Description

cxlv, [3] : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 16 cm (8vo)

Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Notes
Title from caption, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf t4r: Finit Registrum stultifere Nauis. Imp[re]ssus in imperiali vrbe Augusta per Iohanne[m] Schensperger. Anno salutis nostre Millesimoquadringentesimononagesimoseptimo. k[a]l[endas] Aprilis.
Printed in Schönsperger's types 7:175G, 8:76G, 10:98G, and 11:65G.
Signatures: a-s⁸ t⁴: 148 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
Translated by Jacobus Locher Philomusus.
A reprint of GW 5054, including colophon, with added colophon on leaf t1v.
116 woodcut illustrations, including 6 repetitions.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 15.5 x 10.5 cm.
Binding
Contemporary quarter calf over wooden (beech) boards (19 x 11 cm), sewn on 4 supports; repaired by Duprez Lahey, Dec. 1926. Manuscript waste spine reinforcement, at rear board only. 1 clasp.
Variant title
Stultifera navis
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Unidentified early inscription/pentrial: "Deus meus deus y [???] dominus zeenebeg[???]" (front endleaf 1 recto).
Provenance
Johannes Moringk, purchase inscription: "Ego Ioh[annes] Moringk F[??]stiarum libellum pro vβ stend," 15th/early 16th century (leaf a1r) and pentrials: "Salva/Salvatua" (front endleaf 1 recto) and "Dominus mundus T[???] ars salvatur" (rear endleaf 1 verso); Maggs Bros., cat. 456, no. 1, purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943); Pierpont Mogan Library, gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., Dec. 1924.
Classification
Century
Department