Main entry--corporate name
Catholic Church
Uniform title
Liturgies. Breviaries. Salisbury
Title
Portiforium seu breuiarium, ad insignis Sarisburiensis, ecclesie vsum: : accuratissime castigatum, cum multis annotaciu[n]culis ac litteris alphabeticis, Euangeliorum [et]epistolarum, capitulorumq[ue] originem indicantibus: que nusq[uam] hucusq[uam] fuerunt addite. ...
Varying form of title
Portiforium seu breviarium, ad insignis Sarisburiensis ecclesie usum
Imprint
Impress. Londini. : per Ioannem Kyngston, & Henricum Sutton, typographos., 1556 [7 March]
Physical description
2 v. (v.1: [10], cxiiii, [2]; [46]; [110] leaves; v.2: [10], xxvi [i.e. 113], [3]; [40] leaves) ; 22 cm (4to)
Note
At end of title, vol. 1, "Pars estiualis."; vol. 2, "Pars hyemalis.".
Note
Month date from Pars hiemalis colophon; Pars estivalis colophon has no imprint.
Note
Signatures: (Pars estivalis:) [Maltese cross]¹⁰ a-e⁸ f⁶; 2A-2N⁸ 2O⁶; (Pars hiemalis:) [cross]¹⁰ (same setting as estivalis) A-O⁸ P⁴ (P4 blank) a-o⁸ p⁴ A-E⁸. ESTC shows leaves a-o⁸ p⁴ (cxiiii, [2] leaf sequence) as part of Pars estivalis but the register at end of Pars hiemalis seems to indicate they belong to this part.
Note
Printed in red and black.
Note
Pars hiemalis foliation irregular.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 15842
Citation/references note
Luborsky & Ingram. Engl. illustrated books, 1536-1603, 15842
Citation/references note
ESTC, S122884
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1988. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1968:2).
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century brown quarter calf; boards covered with parchment; blind roll along edge of leather (where it meets the parchment); spine with four flat raised bands and blind rolls; text block edges stained red; title: "Breviarum seu Portiforium Saresburiens Pars Hyemalis" and date "1556" tooled in gilt on spine.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: part hiemalis only (gatherings [cross]¹⁰ A-O⁸ P⁴ (P4 blank) a-o⁸ p⁴ A-E⁸).
Copy-specific note
Annotation at head of title page: "P[re]ciu[m] huius libri 7s 6"; there appears to have been some additional text above this, which has been cropped in binding.
Copy-specific note
Leaves L1-L8 damaged, with considerable loss of text; leaf i6 torn.
Copy-specific note
Staining on final leaves suggests that the book was formerly chained.
Subject
Catholic Church
Added entry--name
Kingston, John, active 1553-approximately 1584 printer.
Added entry--name
Sutton, Henry, -approximately 1581 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
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