Accession number
PML 77085-86
Object title
Breviarium Bambergense (Bamberg).
Published
Bamberg : Johann Pfeyl, [1498-1499].
Description
[16], I-CCCXCIX, [13], [16], I-CCCLXX, [4] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 17 cm (8vo)
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Edwin H. Herzog, 1981.
Notes
Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophons. Part I, leaf Ff7v: Pars breuiarij hyemalis iuxta more[m] alme Babe[n]bergen[sis] Ecclesie. fideli eme[n]data cura. Industria acimpensis Ioha[n]nis pfeyl. Anno incarnationis dominice .1498. Non v[er]o k[a]l[end]as Decembris Babenberge impressa. Finit feliciter. Part II, leaf
In two parts, dated: I) 23 Nov. 1498; II) 24 Jan. 1499.
Printed in Pfeyl's types 15:86G, 16:73G, and 17:73G.
Signatures, part I: [1-2⁸]; a-o⁸ p⁶ q¹⁰ r-t⁸; aa-xx⁸ yy⁴ zz [et][et] [con][con] [tur][tur] Aa-Dd⁸ Ee⁴ Ff⁸; [3⁸ 4⁴]: 428 leaves, leaf Ff8 blank, leaves [2]/1-4 signed 1-4; part II: [1-2⁸]; a-o⁸ p⁶ q¹⁰ r-t⁸; AA-ZZ [et][et] [con][con] [tur][tur]⁸ [rum][rum]¹⁰; [3⁴]: 390 leaves [2]/1-4 signed 1-4.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
Printed in black and red.
Woodcuts.
For variants see CIBN, B-811.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 16.2 x 10.7 cm.
Imprint from colophons. Part I, leaf Ff7v: Pars breuiarij hyemalis iuxta more[m] alme Babe[n]bergen[sis] Ecclesie. fideli eme[n]data cura. Industria acimpensis Ioha[n]nis pfeyl. Anno incarnationis dominice .1498. Non v[er]o k[a]l[end]as Decembris Babenberge impressa. Finit feliciter. Part II, leaf
In two parts, dated: I) 23 Nov. 1498; II) 24 Jan. 1499.
Printed in Pfeyl's types 15:86G, 16:73G, and 17:73G.
Signatures, part I: [1-2⁸]; a-o⁸ p⁶ q¹⁰ r-t⁸; aa-xx⁸ yy⁴ zz [et][et] [con][con] [tur][tur] Aa-Dd⁸ Ee⁴ Ff⁸; [3⁸ 4⁴]: 428 leaves, leaf Ff8 blank, leaves [2]/1-4 signed 1-4; part II: [1-2⁸]; a-o⁸ p⁶ q¹⁰ r-t⁸; AA-ZZ [et][et] [con][con] [tur][tur]⁸ [rum][rum]¹⁰; [3⁴]: 390 leaves [2]/1-4 signed 1-4.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
Printed in black and red.
Woodcuts.
For variants see CIBN, B-811.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 16.2 x 10.7 cm.
Binding
15th/16th-century German blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (17 x 11.5 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands. 2 clasps, missing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Additional prayers added in manuscript (vol. I, front pastedown and rear endleaf, vol. II, front and rear pastedowns) and circular tables for finding the date of Easter (part I, leaf [1]/8v and part II, leaf [1]/1r).
Provenance
Andreas Rochomerus, signature: Andreas Rochomerus Nori[m]berga, crossed out and "Bernardus Pfost" written underneath (part II, leaf [1]/1v); Bernard Pfosch (Pfost?), signature (part I, leaf [1]/1v) and inscriptions: Bernardus Pfosch possessor huius Brevia[rum] (vol. I, rear pastedown) and Bernardus Pffosth posessor huius libri (vol. II, front pastedown); unidentified library shelfmarks: Incunabeln 148/Incunabeln 255, in red crayon (vol. I, front pastedown/vol. II, front pastedown), and J, III, 37/J, VII, 56, in blue crayon (vol. I, leaf [1]/1r/vol. II, front pastedown and leaf [1]/1r); Eric Hyde Lord Sexton (1902-1980), Incun. XX, booklabels (rear pastedowns of both vols.), his sale, Christie's NY, 8 April 1981, lot 17, to: Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased as the gift of Mr. Edwin H. Herzog, April 1981.
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