Accession number
PML 50105
Object title
Historie eines edlen fürsten Herczog Ernst von Bairen und von O[e]sterreych.
Uniform title
Ernst, Herzog von Bayern und Österreich
Published
[Augsburg] : [Anton Sorg], [about 1480]
Description
[146] leaves : illus. (woodcuts) ; 27 cm (fol.)
Credit line
Purchased on the L.C. Harper Fund, 1959.
Notes
Collation: [1¹⁰(+10*: -ma[e]ssenlichen zorn) 2-5¹⁰ 6-7⁸; 8-12¹⁰ 13⁸; 14¹⁰ 15¹²]: 145 leaves. Alternate collations in GW and BSB-Ink.
Dated by BSB-Ink. Goff dates about 1478.
Incipit of Brendan, Legende (leaf [14]/10r): Hÿe hebt sich an sant Brandons bůch was er wunders erfaren hat.
Incipit of Schildberger, Reisebuch (leaf [8]/1r): Hÿe vahet an der Schildtberger der vil wunders erfaren hat in der heydenschafft und in d[er] Türckeÿ.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm, many leaves with deckel edge.
PML has Historie Herzog Ernsts von Bayern only.
Printed in Sorg's type 2:118G.
Title from incipit (leaf [1]/2r): Hienach volget ein hübsche liebliche Historie eines edlen fürsten Herczog Ernst von Bairen und von O[e]sterreych.
Dated by BSB-Ink. Goff dates about 1478.
Incipit of Brendan, Legende (leaf [14]/10r): Hÿe hebt sich an sant Brandons bůch was er wunders erfaren hat.
Incipit of Schildberger, Reisebuch (leaf [8]/1r): Hÿe vahet an der Schildtberger der vil wunders erfaren hat in der heydenschafft und in d[er] Türckeÿ.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm, many leaves with deckel edge.
PML has Historie Herzog Ernsts von Bayern only.
Printed in Sorg's type 2:118G.
Title from incipit (leaf [1]/2r): Hienach volget ein hübsche liebliche Historie eines edlen fürsten Herczog Ernst von Bairen und von O[e]sterreych.
Binding
Modern (by 1933) blue paper over paper boards (27.5 x 20 cm), sewn on 2 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves.
Variant title
Historie Herzog Ernsts von Bayern
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required, woodcuts uncolored. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Oettingen-Wallerstein Library (Maihingen); their sale, Karl und Faber (Munich), Auk. VIII, 6 Nov. 1933, lot 40 (lot 71 was the Schildberger, which was likely previously bound with this Historie Herzog Ernsts, see information in file); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Bernard M. Rosenthal on the L.C. Harper Fund, 7 April 1959.
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