Accession number
PML 27470
Object title
Psalterium.
Uniform title
Bible. Psalms. Latin. 1496.
Published
Impressum Venetiis : per Johannem Emericum de Spira, Anno d[omi]ni .M.ccccxcv. pridie idus Februarii [12 February 1495/96].
Description
CXCIII, [15] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 7 cm (32mo)
Credit line
Purchased in 1930.
Notes
Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [con]8v: Finit psalterium s[ecundu]m ordinem Biblie: Impressum Venetiis per Johannem Emericum de Spira: Anno d[omi]ni .M.ccccxcv. pridie idus Februarii.
Printed in Emerich's type 2:63G.
Signatures: a-z [et] [con] [rum]⁸: 208 leaves.
Paper format: Median 32mo.
Printed in black and red.
Woodcut initial B with David (leaf a2r) and a funeral service (leaf [et]8v).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 4.5 x 6.6 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: a1 (presumably with title).
Imprint from colophon, leaf [con]8v: Finit psalterium s[ecundu]m ordinem Biblie: Impressum Venetiis per Johannem Emericum de Spira: Anno d[omi]ni .M.ccccxcv. pridie idus Februarii.
Printed in Emerich's type 2:63G.
Signatures: a-z [et] [con] [rum]⁸: 208 leaves.
Paper format: Median 32mo.
Printed in black and red.
Woodcut initial B with David (leaf a2r) and a funeral service (leaf [et]8v).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 4.5 x 6.6 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: a1 (presumably with title).
Binding
19th-century black morocco over paper boards (7 x 5.5 cm), sewn on 2 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and rear endleaf; decorative endbands; gilt and gauffered edges.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: Later notations through Psalter (seconda, tertia, quarta, etc.), 17th century(?).
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Gilhofer & Ranschburg, May 1930.
Classification
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