Accession number
PML 198698
Object title
Incipit liber p[ri]m[us] Ioa[n]nis gerson ca[n]cellarij parisiensis : De imitatio[n]e [Christ]i & de [con]te[m]ptu o[mn]ium vanitatu[m] mu[n]di.
Uniform title
Imitatio Christi.
Published
Imp[re]ssu[m] Uenetijs : [printed by Johannes Leoviler,] impe[n]sis Francisci de madijs, Mcccclxxxvj [1486].
Description
[2], 75 [i.e. 65], [1] leaves ; 16.5 cm (8vo)
Credit line
Purchased on the Curt F. Bühler Fund, 2021.
Notes
Title from incipit, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf h9r: Joh[ann]is Gerson cancellarij parisiensis: de co[n]te[m]ptu mu[n]di libri quatuor vno cum tractatu de meditatione cordis felici numi[n]e finiu[n]t. Imp[re]ssu[m] Uenetijs impe[n]sis Francisci de madijs. M.cccc.lxxxvj.
Printed in Johannes Leoviler's types 2:135G and 3:64G.
Signatures: [1]²; a-g⁸ h¹⁰: 68 leaves, leaf h10 blank.
Printed when the authorship was still attributed to John Gerson, Chancellor of Paris, whose name appears in the opening paragraph of the text.
Foliation errors: leaves 63 and 65 misnumbered as 73 and 75, respectively.
"Incipit tractat[us] de meditatio[n]e cordis Ioh[ann]is Gerson", leaves h5v-h9r.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 15.7 x 10.8 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: h10 (blank).
Imprint from colophon, leaf h9r: Joh[ann]is Gerson cancellarij parisiensis: de co[n]te[m]ptu mu[n]di libri quatuor vno cum tractatu de meditatione cordis felici numi[n]e finiu[n]t. Imp[re]ssu[m] Uenetijs impe[n]sis Francisci de madijs. M.cccc.lxxxvj.
Printed in Johannes Leoviler's types 2:135G and 3:64G.
Signatures: [1]²; a-g⁸ h¹⁰: 68 leaves, leaf h10 blank.
Printed when the authorship was still attributed to John Gerson, Chancellor of Paris, whose name appears in the opening paragraph of the text.
Foliation errors: leaves 63 and 65 misnumbered as 73 and 75, respectively.
"Incipit tractat[us] de meditatio[n]e cordis Ioh[ann]is Gerson", leaves h5v-h9r.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 15.7 x 10.8 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: h10 (blank).
Binding
Modern full red morocco over paper boards (16.5 x 11 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Modern plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; plain endbands.
Variant title
Caption, leaf [1]/1r: Tabule capituloru[m] in libros sequentes
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red initials, paragraph marks, and underlining. Annotations: Minimal contemporary notations throughout: 2 early section headings (leaves a1r and a3r only) and a few nota marks.
Provenance
Sister Clementie, contemporary inscription: "Iste liber di soror cleme[n]tie" (leaf [1]/2v); Alexandre and Elaine Rosenberg, Alexandre Rosenberg bookplate (designed by Picasso), acquired from Lathrop C. Harper, Inc, New York, 16 May 1955 (front pastedown), Rosenberg sale, Christie's NY, 23 April 2021, lot 185, to: Morgan Library & Museum, purchased on the Curt F. Bühler Fund, 2021.
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