Accession number
PML 116
Creator
Wireker, Nigellus, approximately 1130-approximately 1200.
Object title
Liber qui i[n]titulatur Brunellus in speculo stultorum.
Published
In imperiali felicique civitate Coloniensi : [Cornelis de Zierikzee], millesimo quadringentesimo nongesimonono die ultima Februarij [28 February 1499].
Description
[68] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 19 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes
Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf o3r: Brunelli in speculo stultorum finis adest feliciter In imperiali feliciq[ue] ciuitate Coloniensi Anno dominice incarnatio[n]is millesimo quadringentesimo nongesimonono die vltima Februarij.
Printed in Zierikzee's types 2:81G, 3:105G, and 6:150G.
Signatures: a-f⁶/⁶/⁴ g-h⁶ i-k⁴ l⁶ m-o⁴: 68 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Variants noted in BMC.
Woodcuts.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 18.6 x 12.5 cm.
Imprint from colophon, leaf o3r: Brunelli in speculo stultorum finis adest feliciter In imperiali feliciq[ue] ciuitate Coloniensi Anno dominice incarnatio[n]is millesimo quadringentesimo nongesimonono die vltima Februarij.
Printed in Zierikzee's types 2:81G, 3:105G, and 6:150G.
Signatures: a-f⁶/⁶/⁴ g-h⁶ i-k⁴ l⁶ m-o⁴: 68 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Variants noted in BMC.
Woodcuts.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 18.6 x 12.5 cm.
Binding
19th-century French full brown goatskin, blind-stamped in a pastiche of an early style, over paper boards (19 x 13 cm), sewn on 5 supports by Chambolle-Duru. Blind-tooled red morocco doublures with marbled and plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Variant title
Checklist title: Brunellus in speculo stultorum
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, initials (where required), red capital strokes. Woodcuts hand colored. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front endleaf 1 recto) and purchase notes: No. 54, 2/4/94 (front endleaf 2 verso), entire library purchased in 1902 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
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