Bound with: 1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +9499 and For fuller description see collation-leaf in volume.
De vita Christiana and Famosus beati Augustini libellus De vita Xpīana intitulatus
Description:
Binding: Bound in blind-tooled pigskin; two leaves of medieval liturgical ms. (with numes) waste used in binding; vellum quire guards; red-stained pigskin index tabs; housed in modern slipcase by BookEnds. Shelfmark: 388.389., Capital spaces., Capitals supplied in red; rubricated throughout. Scattered ms. notes in contemporary hand., Colophon: "Hic beati Augustini libellus parentilis et famosus in ciuitate Spirensi est impressus.", Formerly attributed to Augustine of Hippo; probably by his contemporary Pelagius., In some copies, p. [4] is blank (state A)., In this copy, p. [4] is printed., Name of printer and date of publication from bibliographies., No. 2 of 2 works bound together., Provenance: Ownership inscription on front free endpaper of Frater Eriffinus Heyslein(?) dated 1579. Book label at foot of p. [1]: Bibliothecae F.F. Min. S. Franc. Conventualium Mariae Mayngae. Previously sold by Laurence Witten Rare Books (14 April 1956)., Signatures: [a ⁸b⁶] (b6v blank)., and Title from incipit on p. [1].
Publisher:
[Printer of Postilla Scholastica super Apocalypsin,
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430., BookEnds (Firm), binder. CtY-BR, Franciscans Bookplate., Heyslein, Eriffinus--Autograph., and Pelagius.
Epistolae. Latin and In Phalaridis tyranni Agrigentini epistolas proemium
Description:
Caption title., Final p. blank., Imperfect: wormed, with slight loss of text., Imprint from Walsh and Sack. Reichling lists the work as printed in Bologna by Balthasar Azoguidus ca. 1480. Goff lists it as printed in Venice by Philippus Pincius ca. 1495., Leaf tipped in at end with ms. volvelle containing moveable parts., Ms. notes in a number of contemporary hands. Bookseller's label: Fiammetta Soave, Roma., Signatures: a-f⁴., and Translated by Francesco Griffolino (also known as Francescus Arretinus).
Publisher:
Lazzaro de' Soardi,
Subject (Name):
Griffolini, Francesco, 1418-1483., Phalaris,--Tyrant of Agrigentum,--6th cent. B.C., and Soardi, Lazzaro de', ca. 1450-1517.
Binding of v. 1: Original vellum ms. pastedowns with stubs; sewn on five supports attached to wooden boards; remains of brown calf stitched around plain wound headbands; rebacked with (probably) original calf sides inset; sides are blind-tooled with triple diagonals in an outer frame; an agnus dei, angel or floral tool is in each diamond formed., Binding of v. 2: vellum stays inside gatherings; sewn on 3 tawed skin slit straps laced into beech boards; the spine is lined with tawed skin between supports; remains of Kermes pink braid on a simple headband at the head, wanting at the tail; covered in tawed pigskin blind-tooled with diagonals in an outer frame; remains of two brown leather fastenings, the catches on the upper board; trace of writing and a label at the head of the upper board and an inscribed paper label on the spine., Provenance of v. 1: "Liber dom[us] sororu[m] sa[n]cte Agnetis Tong[r]is" and "Venerabilis Mater Monasterij S[anc]te in Oppido Tongrensi dono dedit hunc lib[r]um bibliothecae F[ra]trum Min[orum] in prefato Oppido commorantium Anno Dmi. 1671" (ms. on fol. 1); "Pro bibliotheca F[rat]rum Min[orum] Tongris" (ms. on fol 256 verso)., Provenance of v. 2: "Ex bibl. Frid. Jac. Roloff." (bookplate on front paste-down); "Ex Biblioth. Regia Berolinensi." and "[underciphered] Kol. Bibliothek Berlin" (stamps on fol. 1)., Rubricated throughout; capitals supplied in red (v. 1); in red or blue (v. 2)., Vol. 1 bought in May 1970; v. 2 bought in Sept. 1987; the Edwin J. Beinecke fund., and Vol. 2 imperfect: slightly wormed.
Publisher:
Konrad Winters,
Subject (Name):
Bibliotheca Fratrum Minorum Tongris Inscription (v. 1), Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin Stamp (v. 2), Paul, the Deacon, ca. 720-799?, Roloff, Frid. Jac.--Bookplate., and Sisters of Saint Agnes (Tongeren, Belgium) Inscription (v. 1)
Subject (Topic):
Church year sermons., Incunabula in Yale Library., and Sermons, Latin.
Authorship attributed to Hermannus Zittart, penitentiary of the Archbishop of Cologne, in Kaeppeli, T. Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum Medii Aevi, 1883. Goff M-213 gives the GW form of the name as Hermannus de Sittard., Binding: contemporary pigskin-backed wooden boards, one clasp and catch; medieval ms. paste-downs at front and back from a German ninth-cent. Latin Bible (texts of Jeremiah 6:10-13 and 6:28-7:3)., Bought in Feb. 1995; the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund., Few spaces, with guide-letters, left for capitals; other capitals printed. Rubricated throughout. Printer's full-page device on K6v and M6v; both impressions have coat-of-arms supplied in red in lower shield. Few ms. notes., Imperfect: K7-8 and L⁴ wanting., Imprint from colophon on final leaf; colophon on leaf 180r gives precise day., and Provenance: "2207 c. fr. O P." (ms. on t.p.) indicating ownership by Frankfurt Dominicans (Dominkanerkloster Frankfurt am Main).
Publisher:
Per me Hermannu[m] Bungart de Retwych ...,
Subject (Name):
Dominikanerkloster Frankfurt am Main Inscription.
Subject (Topic):
Confession--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Poetry., Incunabula in Yale Library., Penitentials--Early works to 1800., and Sin--Poetry.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Gregory the Great's Expositio in canticum canticorum, containing points 7, 9, and 14.
Alternative Title:
Works. 1480.
Description:
Both blank leaves wanting; mildewed, with considerable damage to paper at beginning and end of the volume, affecting the text of the last two leaves of letterpress. Bound in old stamped leather over wooden boards, lined with sheets of vellum manuscript (canon law); front, top, and bottom clasps; the hooks of the clasps, and the catches of the front cover are missing. Imperfect copy. For fuller description see collation leaf in volume., Bound with: 1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +7157 2, Capital spaces., and Fol. 1 and 168 blank.
Bound with: 1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +4284.5 and For fuller description see collation-slip in volume.
An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route.
Alternative Title:
Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam and Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ...
Description:
1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +156, Capital spaces without guide letters., Copy 1: Bound in quarter old stamped leather over wooden boards, with clasps; lined with four leaves from a vellum 14th c. manuscript on canon law; the clasp hooks are missing., Copy 1: Imperfect: wanting plates with view of Venice, view of Modon, middle [?] portion of view of the Holy Land, and final blank leaf. Some leaves and plates appear to have been supplied from another copy. Some plates mutilated. Complete view of Holy Land supplied in negative photostat., Copy 1: Rubricated throughout. Head- and tail-pieces hand-colored. Part of view of Jerusalem hand-colored., Copy 1: Stamp: Ex Bibliotheca J. Richard D.M., Copy 1: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication., The first illustrated travel book printed, and the first to include images of real places. Also the first to include folding plates; the panorama of Venice is over five feet long. The view of Jerusalem is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on a contemporary eyewitness account., Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r)., Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075., and Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich.
Publisher:
P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori,
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem--Maps., Palestine--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., Sinai (Egypt)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., and Venice (Italy)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Breydenbach, Bernhard von,--d. 1497--Travel., Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486., and Richard, J.,--D.M.--Stamp.
Subject (Topic):
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--Early works to 1800., Incunabula in Yale Library., Monasteries--Czech Republic--Olomouc--Inscription., and Travelers' writings, German--Early works to 1800.