Copy number: A-169(1)

Part I only. Wanting [a1.2].

Binding: Contemporary German (Nuremberg, probably Kyriß workshop no. 115; Schwenke–Schunke–Rabenau 198, ‘Böhmischer Meister') blind-tooled leather over wooden boards, with two metal bosses, eight corner-pieces and two catches; two clasps lost; formerly chained (staple-mark at head of the lower cover). On the upper cover triple fillets form a frame; the inner rectangle is divided by two more horizontal triple fillets into three rectangular compartments. On the lower cover quadruple fillets form a frame; the inner rectangle is divided by two sets of three diagonal quadruple fillets into four triangular compartments. Letter-stamping at the head of the upper cover, naming the author and giving the part number of the work contained in the volume. On both covers and the spine a big framed rosette stamp (Kyriß pl. 231, no. 3) and a small round rosette stamp, a foliate staff (Kyriß pl. 231, no. 4), a fleuron (Kyriß pl. 227, no. 10) surrounded by a merrythought, a lozenge-shaped griffin (Kyriß pl. 231, no. 1, pl. 233 no. 1; Schwenke–Schunke 125 nos 20, 21), and an acanthus border (`Wolkenband', Schwenke–Schunke 316, no. 3a). The stamps were used by various Nuremberg workshops (Kyriß nos 23, 65, 113, 115, 116) between 1472 and 1511. Most stamps appear also on bindings assigned to Kyriß no. 115, for instance: Munich, BSB 2° Inc.c.a. 2225 P and Inc.typ. D.I.19.

Size: 413 × 278 × 57 mm.

Size of leaf: 400 × 269 mm.

Illuminated in Nuremberg style: the 18-line initial on [c2r] is supplied in burnished gold on light red ground, the gilt with punch-dotting, the red ground decorated with white, within a segmented frame of azure and green. Other initials are supplied in red or blue, paragraph marks in red; red capital strokes.

Provenance: probably Johann Michael Dilherr (1604-1669); printed label on front pastedown ‘Bibl. Dilh. Nro. 499'. John Mozley Stark; Catalogue 30 (1859), no. 16, with the items in A‑169(2) below. Purchased for £3. 13. 6; see Books Purchased (1859), 7.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 4Q 1.17.

Copy number: A-169(2)

Parts II–IV only. Wanting [a1] and [b1] in part III.

Sheet [a1.2] of part I bound after [a8] of part IV.

Binding: Contemporary German (Nuremberg, possibly Kyriß workshop no. 19), similar, but not identical with part I; bosses and corner-pieces lost, remains of metal catches. On the lower cover triple fillets form a frame; the inner rectangle is divided by two diagonal fillets into four triangular compartments. On both covers and the spine: a big unframed rosette stamp (Schwenke–Schunke 256 no. 174, in Schwenke–Schunke–Rabenau 207 ascribed to Kyriß workshop 65 ‘Franz Staindorffer'), a foliate staff, a fleuron (Schwenke–Schunke 43 no. 230) surrounded by a merrythought, a lozenge-shaped griffin (Schwenke–Schunke 126 no. 39), a heart pierced by an arrow (Schwenke–Schunke 137 no. 97-9), and a floral roll. Similar bindings ascribed to Kyriß workshop no. 19 in Munich, BSB, 2° Inc. c.a. 3366 and Inc. typ. A.I.18.

Size: 420 × 297 × 94 mm, 425 × 293 × 69 mm, 425 × 292 × 100 mm.

Size of leaf: 410 × 284 mm.

A few early marginal notes in part IV.

Illuminated in Nuremberg style: the principal 18-line initials are supplied in burnished gold on azure grounds, the gilt with punch-dotting, the azure grounds decorated with white, within segmented frames of red and green. Other initials are supplied in red or blue, paragraph marks in red; red capital strokes.

Provenance: Herrieden, Bavaria, diocese of Eichstätt, Augustinian Canons. ‘Valentinus Schnotzius, Canonicus et Senior Herriedensis'; woodcut armorial book-plate, see Warnecke 1947. Sebastian Strobelius (fifteenth/sixteenth century); inscription on [a2r] of each volume: ‘Sum Sebastiani Strobelij Heriedensis Canonicj'. Eichstätt, Bavaria, Fürstbischöfliche Hofbibliothek; inscription on [a2r] of each volume: ‘Ad Bibliothecam aulicam Eistattensem (an. 1738 renov.)'. Old shelfmarks ‘B.V. 38', ‘B.V. 39' and ‘B.V. 40' and ‘8 K. 13'. John Mozley Stark (fl. 1851-1888); Catalogue 30 (1859), no. 16 (see above). Purchased for £3. 13. 6; see Books Purchased (1859), 7.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 4Q 1.18-20.

Copy number: A-169(3)

Part I only. Wanting [E8].

Binding: Contemporary German (Augsburg, Kyriß workshops nos 63 and 82; Schwenke–Schunke–Rabenau 9) blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, bosses, corner-pieces, and two clasps lost. Back strip lost. On both covers triple fillets form several concentric frames. Three floral rolls in the borders (Kyriß pl. 167, nos 1-3); the inner rectangle filled with a fleuron (Kyriß pl. 129, no. 4; Schwenke–Schunke 60 no. 583) surrounded by a merrythought (Kyriß pl. 167, no. 4); two small floral stamps. Letter-stamping at the head of the upper cover, giving the part number of the work contained in the volume.

Size: 417 × 287 × 55 mm.

Size of leaf: 405 × 279 mm.

Early manuscript signatures.

An 18-line initial on [c2r] is supplied in blue with white foliate scrolling on burnished gold and silver ground with punch-dotting, within a segmented frame in red and green, gold dotting in the inner margin; the lower margin with foliate border in red, green, grey, and blue with gold dotting; other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue, with occasional pen flourishing; headlines underlined in red or blue.

Provenance: Jakob Suppaw (fl. 1477); on the front pastedown an erased inscription: ‘Iste liber est Jacobj Supaw presbiteri ex Kundolfingen(?)'; ‘Jacobus Suppaw apportauit', see MBK III/2, 258. Rebdorf, Bavaria, Augustinian Canons, abbey, S. Johannes Baptista; a copy of Alexander of Hales with the shelfmark O.36 is listed in the catalogue of the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, see MBK III/2, 264-316, at 266. Duplicate from the Royal Library, Munich. Another incunable owned by Suppau and given by him to Rebdorf, bound in similar style, is Munich, BSB 2° Inc.c.a. 1837a. Bookseller's note in German signed L. D. and dated 9 May 1913. Presented in 1966 by Oliver, Lord Franks (1905-1992), probably from the library of his father Robert Sleightholme Franks (1871-1964).

SHELFMARK: Inc. b. G6.1481.1.

Copy number: A-169(4)

Part II only. Wanting [a1] and [b1].

Binding: Contemporary German (perhaps from Augsburg or nearby) blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, two clasps lost; rebacked. On both covers four sets of fillets form concentric frames; the inner rectangle is divided by diagonal fillets into four triangular compartments. In the corners of the inner rectangle, round stamps with the symbols of the evangelists and scrolls, in the compartments heart-shaped stamp with fleur-de-lis. In the frames, a roll with scroll ‘Maria', floral roll and lozenge-shaped stamps with a lion. Contemporary label with handwritten title. Reinforcing slips from a Latin manuscript.

Size: 420 × 285 × 108 mm.

Size of leaf: 405 × 279 mm.

Occasional early marginal notes.

On [b2r] an 18-line historiated initial is supplied in pale red with foliate scrolling and foliate extensions, on blue and green ground within a light brown frame, depicting the creation of Eve; foliate border in the lower margin in the same palette. Other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red and in the first gatherings in blue; headlines and quotations underlined in red, red capital strokes. Rubricated 1510 by Johann Bauer: on [ii7v]: ‘Jo. paur Carmelita 1510'.

Provenance: Abensberg, Bavaria, Carmelites. Duplicate from the Royal Library, Munich; no. 256. Bookseller's note in German signed L. D. and dated 9 May 1913. Presented in 1966 by Oliver, Lord Franks, probably from the library of his father.

SHELFMARK: Inc. b. G6.1481.2.

Copy number: A-169(5)

Part III only.

Binding: Contemporary German (Fürstenfeld) blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, bosses, corner-pieces, and clasps lost. On both covers fillets form a frame; the inner rectangle is divided by double sets of fillets into lozenge-shaped and triangular compartments. Seven different stamps: a round rosette, a small rosette, a round stamp with a lion, two lozenge-shaped stamps with an eagle and a fleur-de-lis and two stamps with floral ornaments. Similar bindings in Munich, BSB: 2° Inc. s.a. 452 and 683a, 2° Inc. c.a. 1081, 1510, and 3165e and many others.

Size: 408 × 295 × 77 mm.

Size of leaf: 397 × 272 mm.

An 18-line initial on [b2r] is supplied in blue on red floral pen-work. Other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue with occasional pen flourishing; headlines underlined in red, red capital strokes.

Provenance: Fürstenfeld, Bavaria, Cistercians, BVM and S. Bernardus; on [R7v]: ‘Liber sancte Marie virginis In Campo principum Cystercien[sis] ordinis fris[ingensis] dyoc[esis]'. Duplicate from the Royal Library, Munich. Bookseller's note in German signed L. D. and dated 9 May 1913. Presented in 1966 by Oliver, Lord Franks, probably from the library of his father.

SHELFMARK: Inc. b. G6.1481.3.

Copy number: A-169(6)

Part IV only.

After [a8], another copy of [a1.2] of part I is inserted.

Binding: Contemporary German (Augsburg, Kyriß workshop no. 83) blind-tooled half pigskin over wooden boards; two clasps lost. Five parallel sets of triple fillets; the space in between filled with a round rosette stamp (Kyriß pl. 169, no. 4), a plaitwork roll (Kyriß pl. 169, no. 2) and a fleuron surrounded by a merrythought. Handwritten title on the upper board.

Size: 408 × 288 × 112 mm.

Size of leaf: 397 × 279 mm.

On [b2r] an 18-line initial is supplied in red with foliate scrolling on burnished gold ground, an infill in blue with floral decoration in gold, within a segmented frame in blue and light green, in the inner margin foliate extensions in the same palette with gold dotting. Other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue with occasional pen flourishing; headings and headlines underlined in red.

Provenance: Duplicate from the Royal Library, Munich; no. 453 in list of duplicates in folio. Bookseller's note in German signed L. D. and dated 9 May 1913. Presented in 1966 by Oliver, Lord Franks, probably from the library of his father.

SHELFMARK: Inc. b. G6.1481.4.