Bod-Inc: A-113
Albertus Magnus
De laudibus Mariae.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] [Albertus Magnus pseudo-; Richardus de Sancto Laurentio]: De laudibus Mariae. ‘Prefacio.’ Incipit: ‘[L]ibrum istum septem pre ceteris eciam rudibus et parum sciolis reddunt intelligibilem . . .’ Opera (1651), 20b,1-2. Now ascribed to Richardus de S. Laurentio: see Glorieux, Répertoire, 6 dp; Bruno Korošak, Mariologia S. Alberti Magni eiusque coaequalium, Bibliotheca Mariana medii aevi, 8 (Rome, 1954), 28-31; Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum II 1055; Albert Fries, Die unter dem Namen des Albertus Magnus überlieferten mariologischen Schriften, BGPTM, 37/4 (Münster, 1954), 18-22, 125; J. Beumer, ‘Die Mariologie Richards von Saint-Laurent', Franziskanische Studien, 41 (1959), 19-40; J. Roten, ‘Richard von St Laurentius', Marienlexikon, 5 (St Ottilien, 1993), 486-8.
[a1r] ‘Tabula.’
[a1v] [Albertus Magnus pseudo-; Richardus de Sancto Laurentio]: De laudibus Mariae. Incipit: ‘[V]niuersis christi fidelibus inspecturis oculo simplici presens opusculum scriptor . . .’ Opera (1651), 20b,3-462; Opera (1890), 36, 1-841.
[z4r] [Alphabetical subject index.]
Imprint
Imprint: [Strasbourg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1473]. Folio.
Remarks: As dated by BSB‑Ink; GW dates [not after 1474], Polain [c.1477-8]. Often found with the Mariale of Albertus Magnus (GW 680); for the two works together, both rubricated in 1473, see Simon Finch, Occasional List, 7 (1991), 1.
Collation
Collation: [a–f10 g8 h8+1 i k10 l8 m6 n–x10 y8 z4].
References
ISTC: ia00247000
GW: GW 616;
Hain: HC *467;
Goff: Goff A‑247;
BMC: BMC I 59;
Proctor: Pr 228;
Others: BSB‑Ink R‑173; CIBN A‑146; Oates 90; Polain 82 (II); Sack, Freiburg, 71; Schorbach, Mentelin, 26; Sheppard 163 (II).
LCN: 14113089
Copies
Copy number: A-113(1)
Bound with:
1. Albertus Magnus [pseudo-], Mariale. [Strasbourg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1473] (A‑120).
Binding: Contemporary German (perhaps along the German-speaking Danube, possibly Dillingen) blind-tooled calf over wooden boards; on each cover, four corner-pieces and one central boss lost; two clasps lost; rebacked. Book-label at the head of the upper cover with old shelfmark B.64. On the upper cover fillets form a double frame; the inner rectangle is divided by fillets into triangular compartments. On the lower cover fillets form a single frame; the inner rectangle is divided by fillets into triangular compartments. In the compartments six different stamps: a rosette (very similar to Schwenke–Schunke 256, no. 179), a rectangular stamp with a stag, a lozenge-shaped stamp with a fleur-de-lis, a floral ornament and two tiny stamps with a fleur-de-lis and a leaf respectively.
Size: 412 × 284 × 88 mm.
Initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red; red capital strokes and underlining.
Provenance: Andechs, Bavaria, Benedictines, S. Nicolaus; inscription on front pastedown: ‘Iste liber attinet venerabili Cenobio Sancti Nicolai in Anndezz ordinis Sancti Benedicti'. Duplicate from the Royal Library, Munich; old shelfmark ‘Inc. s. a. 28'; duplicate stamp. Purchased for £2. 2. 0; see Books Purchased (1859), 7.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 4Q 2.17(2).
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