Bod-Inc: A-188
Alexander de Villa Dei
Doctrinale cum commento Gerardi de Zutphania.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page and woodcut.]
a1v [Prologue.] ‘Prohemialis'. Incipit: ‘ “[T]anquam paruulis vt lac potum dedi vobis”, inquit Paulus primo Corinthiorum tercio [I Cor 3,1-2]. Quam propositionem nostro proposito applicare congrue mihi visum fuerit . . .’
a3v Alexander [de Villa Dei: Doctrinale (Pars I).] Doctrinale (ed. Reichling), 1-1073.
a3v [Gerardus de Zutphania]: ‘Glosa notabilis.’ Incipit: ‘Sententia huius textus prohemialis est . . .’ Thurot, Doctrines grammaticales, XXII part 2, 488 notes that the ‘glosa notabilis' was composed at Cologne.
Imprint
Imprint: Hagenau: [Heinrich Gran], 15 July 1492. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–s8 t4 v8.
Types: Type: Printed in type 90 (Pr 7), not 96 (Pr 6) as stated in GW.
Illustrations: Accipies woodcut on a1r; see Schreiber–Heitz no. 19.
References
ISTC: ia00444000
GW: GW 1064;
Hain: HC *684;
Goff: Goff A‑444;
Proctor: Pr 3175;
Others: BSB‑Ink A‑276 (I); Doctrinale (ed. Reichling), 97 (I); Schreiber V, 3081; Sheppard 2229.
LCN: 14290994
Copies
Copy number: A-188(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century blue morocco; gold-tooled covers and turn-ins; edges gilt; orange pastedowns.
Size: 206 × 143 × 20 mm.
Size of leaf: 197 × 126 mm.
A seven-line initial is supplied in red on a3v, while the guide letter for a seven-line initial on a1v is left blank. Two-line initials not filled in. Paragraph marks are supplied in red; capital strokes in red.
Provenance: Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); book-plate: see Lee, Royal Bookplates, 40-1 no. 23; sale, pt V, lot 1422. Probably part of the lot purchased for £0. 10. 6; see Books Purchased (1849), 2.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 6Q 6.1.
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