Accession number
PML 24792
Creator
Otto, von Passau.
Object title
Die vierundczweinczig Alte[n].
Published
Augsburg : Anton Sorg, 10 March 1480
Description
[6], ccix, [1] leaves : illus. (woodcuts) ; 30 cm (fol.)
Credit line
Purchased in 1927.
Notes
10 woodcuts, including full-page Maiestas Domini with 24 Elders and John the Evangelist. "G. I. A." in woodcut initial S (leaf [2]/2r). Woodcuts by "Sorg-Meister".
Blind bearer type on leaf [22]/9r.
Collation: [1⁶ 2-22¹⁰]: 216 leaves, leaves [1]/6 and [22]/10 blank. Alternate collations in BMC and GW.
Colophon (leaf [22]/9r): Gedruckt unnd volenndet zů Augspurg von Anthoni Sorgen an dem freÿtag vor Gregorii. Anno [etc.] .lxxx. jare.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.4 x 19.7 cm
Printed foliation on recto and verso.
Printed in Sorg's type 2:118G.
Title from incipit (leaf [2]/2r): Diβ bůch ist gena[n]nt die vierundczweinczig Alte[n]. od[er] d[er] guldin tron geseczet vo[n] brůder Otte[n] vo[n] passowe ettwan leβmeÿster der mÿndern brüder Barfůssen klosters der stat Basel mit vil schöner berichtunge der lerer der heiligen geschrifft die mÿnnende sele zü dem weigen götlichen wolgevallen.
Blind bearer type on leaf [22]/9r.
Collation: [1⁶ 2-22¹⁰]: 216 leaves, leaves [1]/6 and [22]/10 blank. Alternate collations in BMC and GW.
Colophon (leaf [22]/9r): Gedruckt unnd volenndet zů Augspurg von Anthoni Sorgen an dem freÿtag vor Gregorii. Anno [etc.] .lxxx. jare.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.4 x 19.7 cm
Printed foliation on recto and verso.
Printed in Sorg's type 2:118G.
Title from incipit (leaf [2]/2r): Diβ bůch ist gena[n]nt die vierundczweinczig Alte[n]. od[er] d[er] guldin tron geseczet vo[n] brůder Otte[n] vo[n] passowe ettwan leβmeÿster der mÿndern brüder Barfůssen klosters der stat Basel mit vil schöner berichtunge der lerer der heiligen geschrifft die mÿnnende sele zü dem weigen götlichen wolgevallen.
Binding
Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (29.5 x 20 cm), sewn on 3 supports by the Fächer frei, or Hirsch am Zaun, workshop in Augsburg (EBDB w002141/Kyriss 80), active ca. 1473-1494. Plain paper pastedowns (integral blanks, i.e., leaves [1]/6 and [22]/10, used as pastedowns). One clasp, detached (in box); corner and central bosses wanting.
Variant title
Die vierundzwanzig Alten
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: No rubrication or hand decoration. Annotations: No notations in text.
Provenance
Unidentified collegiate church (Altötting?), inscription: Collegiatae eccl[es]ia [Oetiensis?, abraded], An. 1632 (leaf [1]/1r); unidentified blue ink stamp, abraded (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Emil Hirsch Antiquariat, July 1927.
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