Accession number
PML 22497
Object title
Evagatoriu[m] Benemy.
Published
Colonie : Retro Minores impressus, .M.cccc.xcix. Nono me[n]sis Nouembris [9 November 1499].
Description
[188] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 14 cm (8vo)
Credit line
Purchased in 1924.
Notes
Title from half-title page, leaf Aa1r.
The title is recorded as Evagatorium Genemy by all authorities except Sack, who argues that the letter recorded as G is in fact B. On the Orationes devotissimae, see Sack.
Imprint from colophons, 1) leaf A4r: Et in hoc initur Modus predicandi p[er]utilis Anno natalitij .M.cccc.xcix. Nono me[n]sis Nouembris die Colonie retro Minores Impressus; and 2) leaf P4v: Finiu[n]t sermones eximij sacre theologie doctoris Michaelis de Hu[n]garia... Impressi Colonie retro minores Anno dominici natalicij .M.cccc.xcix. Die .xi. Octobris.
Printed in the Retro Minores types: 1:150G, 2:110G, 3:80G, and 4:63G.
Signatures: Aa⁸ A⁴ B⁸ C⁴ D⁸ [E]⁴; ²A-L⁸ M⁴ N-O⁸ P⁴; a-b⁴ c-d⁸ e-f⁴ g⁸: 188 leaves. Quires [E] missigned D.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
3 illustrations from 2 woodcuts: St. Anne with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child (repeated once) and Crucifixion.
Goff identified the Passio domini Jesu Christi secundum quattuor evangelia as a separate work (P-130).
For the arrangement of the contents by quires, see Oates.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 13.2 x 9.5 cm.
The title is recorded as Evagatorium Genemy by all authorities except Sack, who argues that the letter recorded as G is in fact B. On the Orationes devotissimae, see Sack.
Imprint from colophons, 1) leaf A4r: Et in hoc initur Modus predicandi p[er]utilis Anno natalitij .M.cccc.xcix. Nono me[n]sis Nouembris die Colonie retro Minores Impressus; and 2) leaf P4v: Finiu[n]t sermones eximij sacre theologie doctoris Michaelis de Hu[n]garia... Impressi Colonie retro minores Anno dominici natalicij .M.cccc.xcix. Die .xi. Octobris.
Printed in the Retro Minores types: 1:150G, 2:110G, 3:80G, and 4:63G.
Signatures: Aa⁸ A⁴ B⁸ C⁴ D⁸ [E]⁴; ²A-L⁸ M⁴ N-O⁸ P⁴; a-b⁴ c-d⁸ e-f⁴ g⁸: 188 leaves. Quires [E] missigned D.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
3 illustrations from 2 woodcuts: St. Anne with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child (repeated once) and Crucifixion.
Goff identified the Passio domini Jesu Christi secundum quattuor evangelia as a separate work (P-130).
For the arrangement of the contents by quires, see Oates.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 13.2 x 9.5 cm.
Binding
Late 19th/early 20th-century plain, laced vellum over paper boards (14 x 10.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands.
Variant title
Checklist title: Evagatorium Genemy
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not realized. Annotations: Minimal contemporary Latin notations sporadically through text. Contemporary German inscription of the Marian rosary prayer: "Begroyst systu maria volgenaden der herr syβ myt dyr..." as well as inscription including the indulgence for 11,000 years for reciting the prayer to the image of St. Anne (leaves d8v-e1r). Contemporary manuscript title on fore-edge.
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Hiersemann, Dec. 1924.
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