Ein plenari nach ordnu[n]g der heiligen cristenlichen kirchen...

Accession number: 
PML 17229
Uniform title: 
Bible. Epistles & Gospels. German. 1483.
Published: 
Gedrückt und volendet zů Strospurg : von Martino schotten, am montag nach unser frawen himelfart. Anno domini .m.cccc.lxxxiii. [18 August 1483].
Description: 
[1], 214, [1] leaves : illus. (woodcuts) ; 30 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1910.
Notes: 

Title fron incipit (leaf [1]/2v): "In dem namen des herren Amen. Hie vahet sich an ein plenari nach ordnu[n]g der heiligen cristenlichen kirchen in dem man geschriben findet all epistel und ewangeli als die gesungen unnd gelesen werdent in dem ampt der heiligen meβ durch das gancz iar in massen wie hernachgeschriben steet."
Imprint from colophon (leaf [28]/7v): "Gedrückt und volendet zů Strospurg vo[n] Martino schotte[n] am montag nach unser frawen himelfart (i.e. 18 August). Anno d[omi]ni .m.cccc.lxxxiii. iare."
Collation: [1¹⁰ 2-4⁸ 5⁶ 6-8⁸ 9⁶ 10-13⁸ 14⁶ 15-19⁸ 20⁶ 21-22⁸ 23⁶ 24-28⁸]: 216 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and [28]/8 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Incipit (leaf [1]/2v) printed in red.
Woodcut Crucifixion on leaf [1]/2r and narrative woodcut illustrations throughout text. 3-sided woodcut border on leaf [1]/3r.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.2 x 20.8 cm.

Binding: 
Modern half green goatskin and corners with cloth sides over paper boards (30 x 21.5 cm) sewn on 4 supports by Stikeman & Co. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands. Gilt title on spine. False bands on spine.
Variant Title: 

Epistolae et Evangelia.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Woodcuts and initials hand-colored with red, blue, yellow, and green.

Provenance: 
Unidentified ownership inscription, cut away (leaf [1]/2); Georg Kloss (1787-1854), bookplate (front pastedown); Kloss sale, Sotheby's, 7 May 1835, lot 4200; unidentified (Martini?) English sale catalogue description (lot 112) with Martini's ms corrections and notes (fourth front fly leaf recto); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Giuseppe Martini, Nov. 1910.
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