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Statuta synoldalia leodien[sis].

Accession number
PML 77033
Object title

Statuta synoldalia leodien[sis].

Uniform title
Statuta Leodiensia (Liège)
Published

Impressa Louvanii : per me Rodophum de Driel, [1483-1485]

Description

[62] leaves ; 21.5 cm (4to)

Credit line
Acquired in 1981.
Notes
Title from caption, leaf a2r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf h7r: Expliciunt statuta synodalia dyoces[is] leodien[sis] impressa Louvanii per me Rodophu[m] de driel.
Printed in Rodolphus de Driel's types 1:97G and 2:125(?)G.
Signatures: a-f⁸ g⁶ h⁸: 62 leaves, leaves a1 and h8 blank. Leaf a2 signed a1, etc.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 20.5 x 13.6 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: a1 (blank).
Binding
19th-century Belgian half sheep, with glazed marbled paper sides, over paper boards (21.5 x 14.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves.
Variant title
Synodalia
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red initials, paragraph marks, and capital strokes. Annotations: Contemporary headlines and marginal notations.
Provenance
The Hague, Royal Library, "Koninklijke Bibliotheek te 's Hage" stamp (leaf a2r) and crossed out shelf marks, including inscription and spine labels: "150 G 20"; Pierpont Morgan Library, acquired by exchange with the Royal Library, 1981.
Classification
Century
Department