Das bůch von dem leben vnd sitten der heydnischen maister.

Accession number: 
PML 37393
Author: 
Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?
Published: 
[Augsburg] : Anthoni Sorgen zů Augspurg, Afftermontag nach sant Felicentag ... tausend vierhundert und neünczig [16 January, 13 July, or 31 August 1490].
Description: 
clx, [4] leaves ; 20 cm (4to)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1942.
Notes: 

Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf v8r: Hie endet sich dass bůch der leben, der natürlichen maister, mit jren züchten: leren vnd sprüchen der sitten auβ jren büchern auβgezogen. Vnnd hyejnn durch Anthoni sorgen zů Augspurg mit gancze[n] fleiβ vnd wachender arbeit von newe[n] auβ dem latein in teütsch geschriben vnd gemachet, getrucket vnd vollended am afftermo[n]tag nach sant Felicentag. Vnder dem jar vnsers herren Ihesu Cristi tausend vierhu[n]dert vnd neünczig Iar.
The colophon reads 'aftermontag nach sant Felicen tag' which BMC interprets as 16 January while GW gives the date 31 August but "more likely" 13 July.
Printed in Sorg's types 3:140G and 4:109G.
Signatures: a-v⁸; [*]⁴: 164 leaves. Signature [*] (index) signed j-iij.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 18.5 x 13.4 cm.

Binding: 
Late 15th-/early 16th-century Augsburg blind-rolled half calf over beech boards (20 x 14 cm), sewn on 2 supports; rebacked. Plain paper pastedowns; plain endbands. 1 clasp, missing.
Variant Title: 

Buch von dem Leben und Sitten der heydnischen Maister

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Unidentified monastic inscription: "Auβ der [abraded] librerj" (leaf a1r); unidentified stamp (prism-shaped with a diamond at either end, 42mm), abraded (leaf a2r); (Austria?) Bundesdenkmalamt, stamp (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, June 1942.
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