Book of Hours, Use of Rome. Greek.

Author
Catholic Church [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Published/​Created
Venice : Aldus Manutius, 5 December 1497.
Description
112 leaves : ill. (woodcut) ; 11.7 x 8.8 cm. (16mo)

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Notes
  • Imprint from colophon.
  • Collation: [alpha-chi]⁸.
  • Colophon: Henetiēsin etypōthē par' Aldō, ouk aneu mentoi pronomiou, chiliostō tetrakosiostō ennenēkostō hebdomō apo tēs theogonias etei, mēnos Poseideōnos pemptē histamenou.
  • Sometimes found with two quires of eight leaves prefixed (signed a-b), containing "Breuissima introductio ad litteras graecas;" cf. BMC & Stillwell; discussed in Renouard, p. 15.
  • Printed in a single column, 13 lines per page; text in black and red, initials, headlines, t.p. and colophon in red.
Provenance
Provenance: Giovanni Battista Zabaglia (Jo: Battista Zabaglius Medicus Physicus), c. 1700; acquired December 1929.
References
  • Renouard p. 15, no. 13
  • GW 13396
  • Hain 8830
  • Goff H-391
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
Place name(s)
Italy Venice
Other title(s)
  • Hōrai tēs aeiparthenou Marias kat' ethos tēs Rhomaikēs aulēs. Hepta psalmoi tēs metanoias = Horae beatiss. uirginis secu[n]dum consuetudinem Romanae curiae. Septem psalmi poenitentiales cu[m] laetaniis & orationibus.
  • Horae beatiss. uirginis secundum consuetudinem Romanae curiae
  • Horae beatissimae uirginis secundum consuetudinem Romanae curiae
  • Hepta psalmoi tēs metanoias
  • Septem psalmi poenitentiales cum laetaniis et orationibus
OCLC
1365392391
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