Details

Subject(s)

• Catholic Church—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Theology, Doctrinal—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Printer

• Printer of Henricus Ariminensis [Browse]

Former owner

• O'Brien, William, 1832-1899 [Browse]
• Milltown Park Library (Dublin, Ireland) [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Incunabula [Browse]
• Indulgences [Browse]

Notes

• Title from Prologus, leaf [1]1.
• Imprint from Goff.
• Signatures: [1-9]⁸ [10]¹⁰.
• On leaf [10]4, line 1, some copies have the reading "temp[or]e" instead of "tempore."
• ExI copy: Inside the upper boards is one half of a manuscript indulgence on vellum, issued in the name of Konrad [von Thüngen], bishop of Würzburg, and dated 1523, on the day of St. Thomas the Apostle. The indulgence seems to be for the purpose of rebuilding an Augustinian monastery.
• ExI copy: First initial in red with penwork decoration, 2- to 5- line initials in red, red initial strokes, paraphs, and underlining, manuscript quire numbers.

Binding note

ExI copy: Bound in 19th century blind-stamped vellum over (original?) wooden boards, with intricate decoration in low relief of monkeys, cherubbs, birds, lizards and dragons.

Provenance

ExI copy: Bookplate of William O'Brien (1832-1899), Irish judge and book collector who bequathed his library to the Jesuit community at Milltown Park, Dublin (book label from the Library in Milltown Park on verso of front flyleaf).

References

• Goff B-856
• Hain 3469*=15592*
• GW 4652
• BM 15th cent., I, p. 77 (IB. 855)

Place name(s)

France Strasbourg.

Other title(s)

• Lecto genua mea ad patrem domini nostri ihesu xp̄i
• Flecto genua mea ad patrem domini nostri Jhesu Christi

LCCN

2004563826

OCLC

55617224

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