Ars minor.

Author
Donatus, Aelius [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Mainz : Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust (Type of the 42-line Bible), ca. 1453-1454].
Description
2 vellum leaves ; 10.7 x 30.8 cm.

Availability

Available Online

Copies in the Library

Location Call Number Status Location Service Notes
Special Collections - William H. Scheide Library 113.1 Browse related items Reading Room Request

    Details

    Subject(s)
    Bookseller
    Summary note
    Of roughly twenty-five fragmentary editions of Donatus printed with the Gutenberg Bible type, this is the only one to preserve the type in its earliest state: the state found only in the first few pages printed of the Gutenberg Bible itself, set to 40 lines per page. In the subsequent 42-line pages the types were apparently slightly filed down across their tops, so that the sharp terminal points of some of the capital letters were rubbed away. We do not know when printing of the Gutenberg Bible was begun, but there is good reason to think that in the fall of 1454 its printing, though well advanced, was not yet complete. Despite its very early date, it is likely that this copy was sold and used at a considerable distance from Mainz. It was retrieved from a binding of Austrian (Seitenstetten?) origin on a 1479 Basel incunable now in the Landesbibliothek Stuttgart.
    Notes
    WHS fragment is an incomplete bifolium, ff. 4.7 (Schwenke 17,9-31; 18,16-19,9; 28,35-29,5; 29,44-30,20) of a 33-line edition.
    Provenance
    Acquired August 1933.
    References
    • GW 8713.
    • Goff D-318.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    1340484006
    Statement on language in description
    Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...
    Other views
    Staff view

    Supplementary Information