Ortulus anime.

Accession number:

PML 67

Published:

In inclita civitate Argentinensis : impressum per me Wilhelmum Schaffener de Ropperswiler, .xiij. die Martij: Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.xcviij [13 March 1498].

Description:

[25], I-CCXXXI, [8] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 14.5 cm (8vo)

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Notes:

Title from half-title page, printed in red, leaf [1]/1r.
Imprint from colophon, printed in red, leaf F8r: Impressum per me wilhelmum schaffener de Ropperswiler .xiij. die Martij: Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.xcviij in inclita ciuitate Argentin[ensis].
Printed in Schaffener's types 1:81G, 5:ca.140G, 6:ca.70G, and 7:ca.90G.
Signatures: [1-3⁸] a-z A-G⁸: 264 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
Sheppard 551-52 notes in the Bodleian copy a different setting up of the calendar (entirely in type 80G) from the two pages shown in GfT 1642.
Woodcuts.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 13.1 x 9 cm.
PML copy missing 8 leaves: G1-8; with previous facsimile leaves removed, July 1909.

Binding:

16th-century German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards (14.5 x 10 cm), sewn on3 supports; repaired by Duprez Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands. 4 metal corner pieces on each board; 2 clasps, missing.

Variant Title:

Hortulus animae

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: 16th-century initials. Annotations: Extensive 15th/16th-century marginal notations in several different hands throughout text, including additional prayers and music on 14 leaves at end.

Provenance:

Jakob Meyer, inscription: "Ex libris Jacobi Meÿeri," 16th century (leaf [1]/1r); unidentified German sale catalogue description, no. 6095 (rear endleaf 1 verso); William Morris (1834-1896), Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, booklabel (rear pastedown), entire library purchased in August 1896 by: Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front endleaf 1 recto), entire library purchased in 1902 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Pigskin bindings (Binding)

Blind tooled bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books