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Quadragesimale discipuli.

Accession number
PML 79091
Creator
Herolt, Johann.
Object title

Quadragesimale discipuli.

Published

Reutlingen : Johann Otmar, 19 February 1489.

Description

[138] leaves ; 24 cm (fol.)

Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes
Title from half-title page (leaf a1r): Quadragesimale Discipuli.
Colophon (leaf v4v): Explicit sermo historialis de passione d[omi]ni multu[m] notabilis. olim (falso sub titulo) falsissime ex mendoso exe[m]plari impressus Nu[n]c vero ex primevo [sic] originali accuratissime emedat[us]. et imp[re]ssus p[er] magistrum johanne[m] otmar in Reuttlingen Anno .1489. die 19. men[sis] februarii.
Printed in Otmar's types 6:81G and 7:170G.
Collation: a-s⁸/⁶ t-v⁶: 138 leaves, leaf v6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Bearer type visible below half-title.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 23.8 x 19.5 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: leaf v6 (blank).
Binding
19th-century(?) laced half parchment with paper sides over stiff boards (24.5 x 17.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; plain endbands; sprinkled edges.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubricated, red lombards, paragraph marks, and capital strokes. Annotations: No notations in text.
Provenance
Unidentified sticker (round with scalloped edge) with number 49; Sotheby's (London), 30 June 1930, lot 199; Curt F. Bühler (1905-1985), Inc. 28, purchased 30 June 1930; Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Classification
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Department