Accession number
PML 257
Creator
Hrotsvitha, approximately 935-approximately 975.
Published
[Nuremberg] : Impressum Norunbergae sub privilegio Sodalitis Celticae a Senatu Rhomani Imperii impetratae, Anno quingentesimoprimo supra millesimum (1501) [Printed by F. Peypus].
Notes
1st ed., 1st issue.
Imprint from colophon.
Illustrations: 8 full-page woodcuts. The 1st (showing Celtis presenting this book to Friedrich, Elector of Saxony) and the 2nd (showing Hrosvita presenting her work to Emperor Otto the Great) derive from sketches by Albrecht Dürer, but were not cut by him. The remaining 6 serve as title ill. to the 6 "comedies." They have been ascribed in the past to various artists but are mostly probably by Hans von Kulmbach; see Meister um Albrecht Dürer.
"In hoc libro haec co[n]tinent[ur]. Comedie sex in emulatio[n]em Therencii. Prima Galli[c]anus. Secunda Dulcicius. Tercia Callimachus. Quarta Abraham. Quinta Paffnucius. Sexta Fides & Spes. Octto sacrae hystorie versu hexa. & pe[n]tha. Hystoria beate Marie virginis. Hystoria Resurrectionis domini. Hystoria & vita sancti gandolfi. Hystoria sancti Pelagii. Hystoria co[n]versionis sancti Theophili. Hystoria Proterii & sancti Basilii. Hystoria passionis sancti dyonisii. Hystoria passionis sancte agnetis. Panegiricus versu hexametro in laude[m] & gesta Oddonis magni primi in germania imp[er]atoris."
Collation: f1a Opera Hrosvite illustris virginis et monialis germane gente saxonica orte nuper a Conrado Celte inventa. Below list of contents: f1b: full page cut; f2a Ad Fridericum Illustrisimu[m] ... Conradi Celtis in opera Rhosvitae ... prefacio & epistola incipit. f3b: Sodalitatis litterarie epigrammata ... f82a, line 29: Impressum Norumbergae Sub privilegio sodalitis Celticae ... [1501] below, Register & printer's mark.
Signatures: a¹⁰, b-k⁸.
Spaces for capitals with guide letters, not filled. Type I: fd4 226 x 94 mm. (text); page 311 x 203 mm.
Imprint from colophon.
Illustrations: 8 full-page woodcuts. The 1st (showing Celtis presenting this book to Friedrich, Elector of Saxony) and the 2nd (showing Hrosvita presenting her work to Emperor Otto the Great) derive from sketches by Albrecht Dürer, but were not cut by him. The remaining 6 serve as title ill. to the 6 "comedies." They have been ascribed in the past to various artists but are mostly probably by Hans von Kulmbach; see Meister um Albrecht Dürer.
"In hoc libro haec co[n]tinent[ur]. Comedie sex in emulatio[n]em Therencii. Prima Galli[c]anus. Secunda Dulcicius. Tercia Callimachus. Quarta Abraham. Quinta Paffnucius. Sexta Fides & Spes. Octto sacrae hystorie versu hexa. & pe[n]tha. Hystoria beate Marie virginis. Hystoria Resurrectionis domini. Hystoria & vita sancti gandolfi. Hystoria sancti Pelagii. Hystoria co[n]versionis sancti Theophili. Hystoria Proterii & sancti Basilii. Hystoria passionis sancti dyonisii. Hystoria passionis sancte agnetis. Panegiricus versu hexametro in laude[m] & gesta Oddonis magni primi in germania imp[er]atoris."
Collation: f1a Opera Hrosvite illustris virginis et monialis germane gente saxonica orte nuper a Conrado Celte inventa. Below list of contents: f1b: full page cut; f2a Ad Fridericum Illustrisimu[m] ... Conradi Celtis in opera Rhosvitae ... prefacio & epistola incipit. f3b: Sodalitatis litterarie epigrammata ... f82a, line 29: Impressum Norumbergae Sub privilegio sodalitis Celticae ... [1501] below, Register & printer's mark.
Signatures: a¹⁰, b-k⁸.
Spaces for capitals with guide letters, not filled. Type I: fd4 226 x 94 mm. (text); page 311 x 203 mm.
Description
82 leaves (44 lines) : ill. (woodcuts)
Binding
Red morocco, by Bozerian.
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