Accession number
PML 38225
Creator
Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham.
Published
London : Printed by E.G. [i.e. Edward Griffin] for Francis Eglesfield, 1638.
Credit line
Purchased in 1944.
Notes
The "Testimony of Antiquity" has two separate title pages; the second, which follows the preface, gives the title of the work as "A sermon of the Paschall Lambe, and of the sacramental body and bloud of Christ"; the running titles for this work are "In die Sancto Pascae" (above the Anglo-Saxon text) and "A sermon on Easter day" (above the English translation).
"Of the Old Testament" has running title "De veteri Testamento" above the Anglo-Saxon text; "Of the New Testament" has running title "De novo Testamento" above the Anglo-Saxon text.
The epistles to Wulfine and the Lord's Prayer [etc.] have separate fly title pages.
Signatures: [pi]² [par]⁴ a-f⁴ A-V⁴.
PML copy wants 1 leaf: V4 (blank).
"Of the Old Testament" has running title "De veteri Testamento" above the Anglo-Saxon text; "Of the New Testament" has running title "De novo Testamento" above the Anglo-Saxon text.
The epistles to Wulfine and the Lord's Prayer [etc.] have separate fly title pages.
Signatures: [pi]² [par]⁴ a-f⁴ A-V⁴.
PML copy wants 1 leaf: V4 (blank).
Description
[40], 12-43, [10], 14, [11] leaves ; 18 cm
Provenance
George Wilbraham, bookplate; Maj. H.E. Wilbraham, Delamere House, bookplate; Wilbraham sale, Sotheby's 1928; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from W.H. Schab, Nov. 1944.
Binding
Quarter calf with paper sides, bound by Duprez Lahey.
Classification
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