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Author

Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298

Title

Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia.

Varying form of title

Lombardica historia que a plerisq[ue] Aurea legenda sanctor[um] appellatur

Varying form of title

Lombardica historia que a plerisque Aurea legenda sanctorum appellatur

Varying form of title

Portion of title: Lombardica historia

Varying form of title

Portion of title: Aurea legenda sanctor[um]

Varying form of title

Aurea legenda sanctorum

Imprint

Strasbourg : [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], about 12 May, 1496.

Physical description

264 unnumbered leaves ; 286 mm (folio)

Note

Title and imprint from ISTC.

Note

Title on initial leaf (11r): "Lombardica historia que a plerisq[ue] Aurea legenda sanctor[um] appellatur".

Note

First colophon on leaf H5r: "Explicit legenda lombardica Iacobi d' voragine ordinis predicator[um] ep[iscop]i ianuensis. Impressa arge[n]tine anno d[omi]ni. M. ccccxcvi. Finita circa festum asce[n]sionis d[omi]ni. Sequuntur additiones". Second colophon on leaf N7v: "Expliciu[n]t quorunda[m] sanctor[um] lege[n]de adiunctepost Lombardica[m] historia[m]. Impresse Angentine Anno d[omi]ni M.ccccxcvi. Finite cira festum ascensionis d[omi]ni.".

Note

Collation: 1 2 a-z A-E^8.6 F-I^6.8 K-M⁶ N⁸.

Note

Printed in double columns, with 46 lines.

Note

Leaf dimensions: 286 x 200 mm.

Note

Spaces for initials, some with guide letters.

Note

Gathering 1: leaf 11 is unsigned; leaf 12 is signed 11; leaf 13 is signed 12; leaf 14 is signed 13; leaf 15 is signed 14.

Citation/references note

ISTC, ij00133000

Citation/references note

Goff, J133

Citation/references note

Bod-inc, J-057

Citation/references note

CLC, J26

Citation/references note

David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), J1

Provenance

Identified by David Selwyn as having belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577), with pressmark (M44). There are marginal annotations, but these are not in Guest's hand, but (presumably) in the hand of a previous owner.

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”

Binding

19th-century half tan calf; boards covered with brown paper; blind tooling on the calf, where it meets the paper; spine with four raised bands, blind stamps, and gilt fillets; "Legenda Aurea" and "Argent MCCCCXCVI" in gilt on spine; early title and 16th-century pressmark M44 in ink on fore-edge.

Copy-specific note

Marginal annotations in ink in late 15th-century or early 16th-century English hand on leaves G4r-H1v (Life of St Pelagius).

Copy-specific note

Imperfect: wanting final leaf (blank?).

Copy-specific note

Initials have been supplied in red, with silver leaf. Some initials are incorrect.

Copy-specific note

Volume dimensions: 299 x 214 x 48 mm.

Subject

Christian saints Biography Early works to 1800.

Subject

Christian saints Legends Early works to 1800.

Subject

Christian saints Calendar Early works to 1800.

Subject

Church calendar Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Husner, Georg, -1505 printer.

Added entry--name

Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 former owner.

Added entry--place

France Strasbourg.

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0410#$alat

1001#$aJacobus,$cde Voragine,$dapproximately 1229-1298

24510$aLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia.

2463#$aLombardica historia que a plerisq[ue] Aurea legenda sanctor[um] appellatur

2463#$aLombardica historia que a plerisque Aurea legenda sanctorum appellatur

24630$aLombardica historia

24630$aAurea legenda sanctor[um]

2463#$aAurea legenda sanctorum

260##$aStrasbourg :$b[Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)],$cabout 12 May, 1496.

300##$a264 unnumbered leaves ;$c286 mm (folio)

500##$aTitle and imprint from ISTC.

500##$aTitle on initial leaf (11r): "Lombardica historia que a plerisq[ue] Aurea legenda sanctor[um] appellatur".

500##$aFirst colophon on leaf H5r: "Explicit legenda lombardica Iacobi d' voragine ordinis predicator[um] ep[iscop]i ianuensis. Impressa arge[n]tine anno d[omi]ni. M. ccccxcvi. Finita circa festum asce[n]sionis d[omi]ni. Sequuntur additiones". Second colophon on leaf N7v: "Expliciu[n]t quorunda[m] sanctor[um] lege[n]de adiunctepost Lombardica[m] historia[m]. Impresse Angentine Anno d[omi]ni M.ccccxcvi. Finite cira festum ascensionis d[omi]ni.".

500##$aCollation: 1 2 a-z A-E8.6 F-I6.8 K-M6 N8.

500##$aPrinted in double columns, with 46 lines.

500##$aLeaf dimensions: 286 x 200 mm.

500##$aSpaces for initials, some with guide letters.

500##$aGathering 1: leaf 11 is unsigned; leaf 12 is signed 11; leaf 13 is signed 12; leaf 14 is signed 13; leaf 15 is signed 14.

5104#$aISTC,$cij00133000

5104#$aGoff,$cJ133

5104#$aBod-inc,$cJ-057

5104#$aCLC,$cJ26

5104#$aDavid G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017),$cJ1

561##$aIdentified by David Selwyn as having belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577), with pressmark (M44). There are marginal annotations, but these are not in Guest's hand, but (presumably) in the hand of a previous owner.

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”

563##$a19th-century half tan calf; boards covered with brown paper; blind tooling on the calf, where it meets the paper; spine with four raised bands, blind stamps, and gilt fillets; "Legenda Aurea" and "Argent MCCCCXCVI" in gilt on spine; early title and 16th-century pressmark M44 in ink on fore-edge.

590##$aMarginal annotations in ink in late 15th-century or early 16th-century English hand on leaves G4r-H1v (Life of St Pelagius).

590##$aImperfect: wanting final leaf (blank?).

590##$aInitials have been supplied in red, with silver leaf. Some initials are incorrect.

590##$aVolume dimensions: 299 x 214 x 48 mm.

650#0$aChristian saints$vBiography$vEarly works to 1800.

650#0$aChristian saints$vLegends$vEarly works to 1800.

650#0$aChristian saints$vCalendar$vEarly works to 1800.

650#0$aChurch calendar$vEarly works to 1800.

7001#$aHusner, Georg,$d-1505$eprinter.

7001#$aGuest, Edmund,$d1514?-1577$eformer owner.

752##$aFrance$dStrasbourg.