Accession number
PML 31840
Creator
Petrus, von Rosenheim, approximately 1380-1433.
Published
[Pforzheim] : Ista tibi tradidit Thomas Phorce[n]sis, cognome[n]to Anshelmi, 1503.
Credit line
Purchased in 1935.
Notes
Title from opening lines of text.
Imprint from colophon, leaf c5v.
Signatures: a-c⁶: 18 leaves, leaf c6 blank.
15 woodcuts containing mnemonic devices for memorizing the events recorded in the Gospels, with explanations in Latin verse by Petrus von Rosenheim and Sebastian Brant, edited with introduction by Georgius Relmisius (pseudonym of Georg Simler). The woodcuts are copied from those published previously, without the verses of Petrus, in a block book entitled Ars memorandi.
Imprint from colophon, leaf c5v.
Signatures: a-c⁶: 18 leaves, leaf c6 blank.
15 woodcuts containing mnemonic devices for memorizing the events recorded in the Gospels, with explanations in Latin verse by Petrus von Rosenheim and Sebastian Brant, edited with introduction by Georgius Relmisius (pseudonym of Georg Simler). The woodcuts are copied from those published previously, without the verses of Petrus, in a block book entitled Ars memorandi.
Description
[18] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 19.5 cm (4to)
Provenance
Jacques-Charles Brunet (1780-1867), provenance note by Redgrave, Brunet sale, Paris, 20 April 1868, lot 23 for 190 francs; Gilbert R. Redgrave (1844-1941), bookplate and inscription dated 1889; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Bernard Quaritch, July 1935.
Binding
Red morocco, gilt, by Bauzonnet.
Classification
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