Accession number
PML 30213
Object title
Breuiarium canonico[rum] regulariu[m] s[e]c[un]d[u]m ordinariu[m] cap[itu]li de Syon.
Published
Extra muros oppidi Scoenhoviensis : [Canonici Regulares apud S. Michaelem in Den Hem], Anno salutis M.° cccc.° xcix.° ... pridie kalendas marcias consumatum [28 February 1499].
Description
[399] leaves ; 24 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased in 1934.
Notes
Title from half-title page, leaf a1r, with woodcut of St. Augustine of Hippo.
Imprint from colophon, leaf ll6v: Finit breviariu[m] horaru[m] canonicaru[m] ixuta ritu[m] [et] ordinariu[m] Cap[itu]li de Syon. Anno salutis M.° cccc.° xcix.° extra muros oppidi scoe[n]hovien[sis]. pridie kalendas marcias [con]sumatu[m]. eo imp[ri]mendi studio. ea cura. dilige[n]tiaq[ue] quib[us] maior adhiberi vir posset. De q[uo] sit deus b[e]n[e]dict[us] in secula. Ame[n].
Printed in Canonici Regulares apud S. Michaelem in Den Hem's type 1:99G.
Signatures: a-b⁸; c-i⁸ k¹⁰ l-n⁸; .a-.c⁸; A-H⁸ I⁴ .¹⁰; M-N⁸ O⁴; a.-k.⁸; aa.-ii.⁸ kk-ll⁶; i⁶ (1+1: "In tra[n]slation[e]"): 399 leaves. Signed to the sheet, typically on first and third leaves of quires.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
The majority of the text is the same printing as the Windesheim breviary of 'circa' 1 Feb. (ISTC ib01144500), with some reset quires marked S for Syon textual use. Quires signed S for use of Syon: a-b (calendar), e, i-k, d.-e., .a, ., ee., hh.-ii., kk-ll and i; part of litany in quire H reset.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 23 x 15.7 cm.
PML copy with quires a.-k. bound after n and .a-.c after O.
Imprint from colophon, leaf ll6v: Finit breviariu[m] horaru[m] canonicaru[m] ixuta ritu[m] [et] ordinariu[m] Cap[itu]li de Syon. Anno salutis M.° cccc.° xcix.° extra muros oppidi scoe[n]hovien[sis]. pridie kalendas marcias [con]sumatu[m]. eo imp[ri]mendi studio. ea cura. dilige[n]tiaq[ue] quib[us] maior adhiberi vir posset. De q[uo] sit deus b[e]n[e]dict[us] in secula. Ame[n].
Printed in Canonici Regulares apud S. Michaelem in Den Hem's type 1:99G.
Signatures: a-b⁸; c-i⁸ k¹⁰ l-n⁸; .a-.c⁸; A-H⁸ I⁴ .¹⁰; M-N⁸ O⁴; a.-k.⁸; aa.-ii.⁸ kk-ll⁶; i⁶ (1+1: "In tra[n]slation[e]"): 399 leaves. Signed to the sheet, typically on first and third leaves of quires.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
The majority of the text is the same printing as the Windesheim breviary of 'circa' 1 Feb. (ISTC ib01144500), with some reset quires marked S for Syon textual use. Quires signed S for use of Syon: a-b (calendar), e, i-k, d.-e., .a, ., ee., hh.-ii., kk-ll and i; part of litany in quire H reset.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 23 x 15.7 cm.
PML copy with quires a.-k. bound after n and .a-.c after O.
Binding
16th-century Dutch blind-rolled and gilt-tooled calf over wooden boards (24 x 17 cm), sewn on 4 supports; repaired by Duprez Lahey. Plain vellum pastedowns; modern plain endbands. 2 clasps, missing.
Variant title
Breviarium canonicorum regularium secundum ordinarium capitule de Syon
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Contemporary Dutch decoration, major initials painted in flat gold with strawberry motifs and foliate decoration in borders on stippled ground, secondary initials in blue with red filiegree penwork decoration, minor initials and paragraph marks in alternating red and blue. Painted banderole held by parrot, with inscription: "Dolor pac[ienc]ia vincitur" (leaf c1r). Primary saints' days in calendar added in red. Annotations: A couple of marginal notations in text. 4 leaves of manuscript prayers added at end, with decorative initials matching rest of volume. Unidentified inscription added to calendar (5 Oct.): "hac die professus sum anno [abraded] 1616" (leaf b6r). Several leaves with small round (1.8 cm) woodcuts glued on: Nativity (leaf g2v), Christ disputing (leaf h2v), Pentecost (leaf d2r), Annunciation (leaf .c6v), Visitation (leaf cc7v), and Assumption of the Virgin (leaf ff.2r), with 2 round woodcuts missing (leaves a.1r and gg.6r); cut out woodcut of St. Jerome (leaf hh7r, 3.5 x 1.5 cm).
Provenance
Johann Boydius, signature: "Sum Joannis Boÿdy," 16th century (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from H. Rosenthal (Luzern), April 1934.
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