Promptorium paruulorum siue clericorum.

Accession number: 
PML 757
Published: 
[London] : Inpressum per egregium Richardum Pynson in expensis ... Fredrici Egmondt et Petri post pascha, .M.cccc.nonagesimo nono. Decima[quinta] die mensis Maii [15 May 1499].
Description: 
26.5 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes: 

GW and BMC attribute the text to Galfridus Grammaticus.
Title from incipit, leaf a2r: Incipit liber q[ui] dicitur Promptorium paruulorum siue clericorum.
Prologue incipit, leaf a1v: Incipit prologus in libellu[m] qui dicitur promptorius puerorum.
Imprint from colophon, leaf t3r: Ad laude[m] et ad honore[m] o[mn]ipotentis dei. et intemerate genitricis ei[us]. Finit excellentissimu[m] op[us] exiguis magnisq[ue] scolastic[is] vtissimu[m] q[ui]d nu[n]cupatur Medulla gra[m]matice. Inp[re]ssu[m] per egregiu[m] Richardu[m] pynson. in expensis virtuoso[rum] viroru[m] Fredrici egmo[n]dt [et] Petri post pascha. an[no] d[omi]ni .M.cccc.nonagesimo nono. Decima[quinta] die mensis Maii. [Printer's mark, leaf t3v]
Printed in Pynson's types 2:101G and 6:115G.
Signatures: a-b⁸ c-s⁶ t⁴: 116 leaves, leaf t4 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Printed initials and paragraph marks.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 25.2 x 18.5 cm.

Binding: 
19th-century English full brown goatskin over paper boards (26.5 x 19 cm), sewn on 6 supports by Riviere. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands.
Variant Title: 

Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized (leaf a2r), remainder not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Biddlesden (Buckinghamshire), Cistercians of SS. Mary and Nicholas, inscriptions: "promptuoriu[m] p[ar]uulo[rum] siue medulla g[ram]matice monasterii s[anc]te marie bedesddine" (leaf a1v), "Iste liber pertinet ad monast[eriu]m b[ea]te marie bythesdene ex donis dompni [sic] Ioh[ann]is byssetur [et] do[m]pni henrici halderton" (Byssetur was curate of Biddlesden in 1506, see BL, Sloane MS 747, f. 69) and "Bybllysdine abbaye" (leaf t3v); unidentified inscription: "Ranff(?) bryne bonstlere[?]," 16th century (leaf t23r); J. J. Sowell, signature, 16th/17th century (leaf a1r); Ham Court, armorial bookplate with shelfmark: R. G. 13 (front pastedown), from the 18th century Ham Court was owned by the Martin family, perhaps Rev. Joseph Martin (d. 1828); anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 29 July 1901, lot 587 for £205 to Pickering & Chatto for: Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front endleaf 1 verso) and purchase notes: No. 332, 30/7/1901 and price code: oom/l/- (front endleaf 1 recto); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Goatskin bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books