Accession number
PML 20992
Creator
Gerp de Valentia, B.
Object title
De situ paradisi et die passionis Christi et mense creationis mundi.
Published
[Rome] : [Wolf Han (Lupus Gallus)], [after 2 January 1476]
Description
[8] leaves ; 27 x 20 cm (4to)
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1920.
Notes
Title from incipit (leaf [1]/1r): AD REVERENDISSIMUM IN CHRISto patrem & dominum. do. P. Archiep[iscopu]m Salernitanum B. Gerp. de Valentia de situ paradisi: & die passionis christi: mense ve creationis mundi.
Printer from type evidence.
Date based on text on leaf [1]/6v.
Printed in types 2:103R, 1:150G, and 5:125G.
Collation: [1⁸]: 8 leaves.
Paper format: Royal quarto
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.9 x 19.1 cm.
Printer from type evidence.
Date based on text on leaf [1]/6v.
Printed in types 2:103R, 1:150G, and 5:125G.
Collation: [1⁸]: 8 leaves.
Paper format: Royal quarto
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.9 x 19.1 cm.
Binding
19th-century half parchment with paste paper sides over paper boards (27 x 20 cm), sewn on 5 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: No rubrication required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text, save "1476" (leaf [1]/6v).
Provenance
Fritzlar (Hessen), Franciscans, inscription: "Biblioth. FF. Min. Conv[entua]lium S. Franc. Frideslariae," abraded, 16th/17th century (leaf [1]/8v); J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Wilfred Voynich, Jan. 1920.
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