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Prayers of the Bible take[n] out of the olde testament and the newe, as olde holy fathers bothe men and women were wont to pray in tyme of tribulation devyded in vi. partes. An exposicyo[n] upo[n] the psalme of Miserere and upon the Psalme of In te domine speravi made by freer Hierom Savonarole of Ferrarie with dyvers other good mediatations very necessarie for al good true christen people.

Accession number
PML 19471
Published
Imprynted at London in Flete-strete : By me Robert Redman at the sygne of the George, [ca. 1535-1536]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Notes
"Cum previlegio Regali".
Imprint from colophon.
Title and suggested publication date from STC.
In six parts; each part printed with individual signatures and colophon was sold separately. In the extant copies the parts are bound in different orders.
Collation: The testament of Moses, A-H⁸,I⁴ = 70 leaves; the Pater Noster and Exposicyon upon the X. comaundments, A-D⁸,E⁴ = 36 leaves; the Crede or Beleve, A⁸,B⁶ = 14 leaves; A consolation for troubled consciences, A-D⁸,E⁴ = 36 leaves; An exposicyon ... upon the li. Psalme, called Miserere mei Deus, A-D⁸ = 32 leaves; A meditation ... upon the Psalme of In te domine speravi (XXX), A⁸-B¹⁰ = 18 leaves.
The first 2 leaves printed in black and red; 32 lines with headlines and catchwords.
An unknown translation based on Otto Brunfels' "Precationes Biblicae Sanctorum Patrum," an edition printed at Antwerp by Martin de Keyser in 1531.
The only complete copy recorded in STC and ESTC.
The flyleaves and endpapers are from a Sarum Hymnal.
Description
206 leaves (32 lines) ; 14 cm (8vo)
Provenance
In a contemporary hand on the back of t.p.: "A godly prayer to be sayd at all times of all people that will be saved." The autograph signature dated 1785 of William Herbert on t.p.
Binding
Old black morocco stamped in blind panel designs with portrait medallions in the centers, and at the bottom a tablet with the initials M.D. of the binder, Martin Dature (Dotier?); in black slipcase.
Classification
Department