Accession number
PML 78953
Published
Zů Uenedig : Durch den erbere[m] meister Gregoriu[m] de gregorijs, [15]18.
Credit line
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier collection, 1984.
Notes
Prepared and printed, in an edition of 400 copies, at the expense of the translator Kristof Frankopan during his captivity in Venice.
Title and imprint from colophon: Ein end hat das deutsch ro̊misch breuier welliches aus[en] de[n] lateinischen ro̊mische[n] breuier noch rechtem woren gemäinen deutsche[n] (durch kosten dess[en] obgemelten edelen hoch gebornen hern hern Christofel von fragepa[n] Fürst vnd graff zů Zeug Uegel, vn[d] Madrusch &c. mit sampt seiner hochberuempten gnade[n] eelichen gemahel fraw Apollonia wolberuempte aller wirdigiste Gräffin zů Frangepan: gerechtfertiget vn[d] aus[en] zoge[n] vn[d] zů drucken verordnet ist) Welliches auch durch de[n] andechtige[n] geistliche[n] brůder Jacob wyg barfůser ordens von kolmar mit fundere[n] fleis[en] gecorrigiert, quottiert vn[d] in ein solliche ordnu[n]g gesetz ist. Gedruckt vn[d] sälickliche[n], mit gůte[n] fleiss[en] volle[n]det zů Uenedig durch den erbere[n] meister Gregoriu[m] de gregorijs. Im Iar nach christi vnsers herre[n] geburt dause[n]t. v. hu[n]dert vn[d] xviij. iaram letste[n] dag dess[en] monat[en] Octobris ...
Signatures: A-B⁸ a-l⁸ m⁶ n-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [per]⁸, ²A-B⁸ C-L⁸ M⁶ N-Z⁸ Aa-Hh⁸ Ii⁶ Kk¹⁰ AA-CC⁸ DD⁶; B₃ signed A₃.
Double columns; gothic type in red and black; historiated initials.
Foliation errors: leaves 469-600 omitted. Text on leaf 601 follows that on leaf 452. Leaves 453-468 (signatures Ii-Kk) not included in the register of signatures on leaf 630a.
Several illustrations signed "I.A." or "Z.A.", monograms of Zoan Andrea of Venice. 324 woodcuts of various sizes, comprising half-page arms of the sponsor and his wife, full-page cut (Crowning of the Virgin with kneeling figures of the Frankopans) repeated at end, 12 small calendar cuts showing the monthly occupations, 9 scenes from the life of Christ, and many small cuts in the text.
Errata: Kk(recto)-Kk₁₀(recto).
Title and imprint from colophon: Ein end hat das deutsch ro̊misch breuier welliches aus[en] de[n] lateinischen ro̊mische[n] breuier noch rechtem woren gemäinen deutsche[n] (durch kosten dess[en] obgemelten edelen hoch gebornen hern hern Christofel von fragepa[n] Fürst vnd graff zů Zeug Uegel, vn[d] Madrusch &c. mit sampt seiner hochberuempten gnade[n] eelichen gemahel fraw Apollonia wolberuempte aller wirdigiste Gräffin zů Frangepan: gerechtfertiget vn[d] aus[en] zoge[n] vn[d] zů drucken verordnet ist) Welliches auch durch de[n] andechtige[n] geistliche[n] brůder Jacob wyg barfůser ordens von kolmar mit fundere[n] fleis[en] gecorrigiert, quottiert vn[d] in ein solliche ordnu[n]g gesetz ist. Gedruckt vn[d] sälickliche[n], mit gůte[n] fleiss[en] volle[n]det zů Uenedig durch den erbere[n] meister Gregoriu[m] de gregorijs. Im Iar nach christi vnsers herre[n] geburt dause[n]t. v. hu[n]dert vn[d] xviij. iaram letste[n] dag dess[en] monat[en] Octobris ...
Signatures: A-B⁸ a-l⁸ m⁶ n-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [per]⁸, ²A-B⁸ C-L⁸ M⁶ N-Z⁸ Aa-Hh⁸ Ii⁶ Kk¹⁰ AA-CC⁸ DD⁶; B₃ signed A₃.
Double columns; gothic type in red and black; historiated initials.
Foliation errors: leaves 469-600 omitted. Text on leaf 601 follows that on leaf 452. Leaves 453-468 (signatures Ii-Kk) not included in the register of signatures on leaf 630a.
Several illustrations signed "I.A." or "Z.A.", monograms of Zoan Andrea of Venice. 324 woodcuts of various sizes, comprising half-page arms of the sponsor and his wife, full-page cut (Crowning of the Virgin with kneeling figures of the Frankopans) repeated at end, 12 small calendar cuts showing the monthly occupations, 9 scenes from the life of Christ, and many small cuts in the text.
Errata: Kk(recto)-Kk₁₀(recto).
Description
[16], 630 [i.e. 498] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 25 cm. (4to)
Provenance
Austria, Bundesdenkmalamt, stamp, 9 Aug. 1924 (front pastedown); William S. Glazier; Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier collection, 1984.
Binding
16th-century German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards. 2 clasps, missing.
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