Accession number
PML 27004
Object title
Thurecensis phisiti Tractatus de cometis.
Uniform title
De cometis.
Published
[Beromünster] : [Helias Haliae], [after April 1472]
Description
[12] leaves ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Credit line
Purchased in 1929.
Notes
Uniform title and imprint from Goff; title from incipit, leaf [1]/1r.
The Thuricensis physicus to whom the text is ascribed is probably Eberhard Schleusinger, although he has also been identified as Conrad Heingarter (cf. authorities quoted in Sack(Freiburg)). On the question of the authorship, see also CIBN.
Printed in Heliae's type 2:99R.
Signatures: [1]¹²: 12 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
1 column, 44 lines.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.5 x 20.5 cm.
The Thuricensis physicus to whom the text is ascribed is probably Eberhard Schleusinger, although he has also been identified as Conrad Heingarter (cf. authorities quoted in Sack(Freiburg)). On the question of the authorship, see also CIBN.
Printed in Heliae's type 2:99R.
Signatures: [1]¹²: 12 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
1 column, 44 lines.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.5 x 20.5 cm.
Binding
Modern full black goatskin over paper boards (30 x 21 cm.), by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves.
Variant title
Tractatus de cometis
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubricated, red paragraph marks and capital strokes. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Contemporary manuscript quire signatures.
Provenance
E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., cat. 21 (1930), no. 46; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Goldschmidt, Dec. 1929.
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