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Titurel.

Accession number
PML 16787
Creator
Wolfram, von Eschenbach, active 12th century.
Object title

Titurel.

Published

[Strasbourg] : [Johann Mentelin], 1477.

Description

309 leaves ; 30 cm (fol.)

Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Notes
Printed in Mentelin's type 7:107G, with some majuscules filed down to 100.
Dated on leaf [31]/7v: M.CCCC.LXXVII.
Collation: [1-14¹⁰ 15¹⁰(+6*); 16-29¹⁰ 30⁸ 31¹⁰], 309 leaves, leaves [31]/9-10 blanks.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Text ascribed to Albrecht von Scharfenberg.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.3 x 21 cm.
Binding
Modern gilt-tooled full black goatskin, in a pastiche of a grolieresque style, by Chambolle-Duru, finished by Marius Michel. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Unrubricated, initials unrealized.
Provenance
Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig; Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from Hiersemann, 1910.
Classification
Century
Department