Accession number
PML 18313
Creator
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Published
London : Printed by John Daye, 1577.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, by 1908.
Notes
"S. Augustines manuell, or litle booke of the contemplation of Christ" has separate dated title page (leaf O4); register is continuous.
Signatures: A-U⁸, leaf U8 blank.
The original Latin text of Certaine Prayers is found in St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum animae ad Deum (Patr. Lat. 40: 863-898). The Latin text of the Manuell is entitled Manuale in Patr. Lat. 40:954-968.
PML copy with Manuell bound first; missing title page (A1), and final leaf and blank (U7-8).
Signatures: A-U⁸, leaf U8 blank.
The original Latin text of Certaine Prayers is found in St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum animae ad Deum (Patr. Lat. 40: 863-898). The Latin text of the Manuell is entitled Manuale in Patr. Lat. 40:954-968.
PML copy with Manuell bound first; missing title page (A1), and final leaf and blank (U7-8).
Description
[160] leaves ; 14 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Francis Paine, inscription: "Francis Paine o[wn]yes this book the ling(?) of he [???] me look" (leaf O5r); Pierpont Morgan, purchased by 1908.
Binding
Red goatskin with Morgan armorial by Durpez Lahey.
Classification
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