Copy number: B-088(1)

Three lines of text omitted on leaves numbered LXII^r are supplied in manuscript beneath the second column. Five lines of text omitted on leaf numbered LXXXXVII^v are supplied in manuscript beneath the second column. Seven lines of text printed both on leaves numbered XLVII^r and XLVII^v have been crossed out; similarly, nine lines of text printed both on leaf numbered CLXXX^v and CLXXXI^r have been crossed out. Blind impression of bearer type on leaves numbered CLVII–CLIX and elsewhere.

Binding: Contemporary German (Augsburg, Kyriß workshop no. 90; Schwenke–Schunke–Rabenau 7-8) blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, two metal clasps and index tabs; rebacked. On both covers fillets form a triple frame; the inner rectangle is divided by diagonal fillets into lozenge-shaped compartments. Within the outer frame are a palm-leaf stamp and a small rosette stamp; within the second frame a square stamp with a rose; within the third frame are two lozenge-shaped stamps depicting a double-headed eagle and a fleur-de-lis, a rectangular floral ornament, a semicircle stamp, and a headed-outline tool in groups of four, as well as the small rosette stamp. In the inner rectangle a small ornament and the stamp with the double-headed eagle; for the stamps see Kyriß pl. 183, nos 1, 2, 5, 8, and Schwenke–Schunke 180 no. 356.

For endleaves removed from binding see T-131(2).

Size: 418 × 293 × 65 mm.

Size of leaf: 405 × 277 mm.

On [b2r] a nine-line initial is supplied in azure on a burnished gold ground, the gilt with punch-dotting, the azure initials with foliate scrolling, within a segmented frame of red and pale green, and with foliate and floral border extensions in the same palette, including gold dotting. In the centre of the lower margin, the coat of arms of the Köler of Augsburg depicting a lion gardant, crowned azure, with crest the same and scroll inscribed ‘O fili Dei miserere mei'; see Johann Siebmacher, Abgestorbener bayerischer Adel, Grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch, VI/1, section 2 (Nuremberg, 1884-1911), 96 and pl. 60. The first ten leaves are rubricated: woodcut initials touched in red and occasionally green, red capital strokes.

Provenance: Köler, family of Augsburg; coat of arms on [b2r]. Buxheim, Bavaria, Carthusians, BVM; inscription on [a1r]; stamp. Graf von Ostein, 1803. Sold in 1883 by Graf Hugo von Waldbott-Bassenheim (1820-1895); Buxheim sale, lot 2991. Purchased by Falconer Madan for the Bodleian in 1884 for 11 Marks; see Library Bills, 19 Feb. 1884; see also Honemann, ‘Buxheim Collection', Bod9.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 4Q 2.22.

Copy number: B-088(2)

Without the printed colophon.

Three lines of text omitted on the leaf numbered LXII^r are supplied in manuscript beneath the second column. Five lines of text omitted on leaf numbered LXXXXVII^v are printed beneath the second column. Seven lines of text printed both on leaves numbered XLVII^r and XLVII^v have been crossed out; similarly, nine lines of text printed both on leaves numbered CLXXX^v and CLXXXI^r have been crossed out. Blind impression of bearer type on leaves numbered CLVII–CLIX and elsewhere.

Binding: Contemporary German (Augsburg, Kyriß workshop 90) blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, two metal clasps lost; spine repaired. On both covers fillets form a triple frame; on the upper cover the inner rectangle is divided by diagonal fillets into lozenge-shaped compartments; on the lower cover it is divided by vertical fillets. In the outer frame a palm-leaf stamp, a semicircle stamp, and a small rosette stamp; in the middle frame a square stamp with a rose. In the inner frame on the upper cover is a scroll with the inscription ‘Maria hilf' and the small rosette; on the lower cover a rectangular foliate staff. In the inner rectangle on the upper cover the palm-leaf, the small rosette stamp, and a stamp with a double-headed eagle; on the lower cover five symmetrical columns with a small stamp depicting a dragon, the palm-leaf stamp and, in the central compartment, the eagle and the rosette stamps; for the stamps see Kyriß pl. 183, nos 1, 2, 4, 8, and also the first copy.

Size: 422 × 296 × 67 mm.

Size of leaf: 407 × 270 mm.

On [b2r] a nine-line initial is supplied in azure and an eight-line initial in magenta on burnished gold grounds, the gilt with punch-dotting, the initials with foliate scrolling, within segmented frames of red and pale green and blue and light green respectively, and with foliate and floral border extensions in the same palette, including burnished gold decoration and gold dotting, also between the two columns. Title is supplied in red; woodcut initials touched in red; red capital strokes and underlining throughout.

Provenance: Thierhaupten, Bavaria, Benedictines, SS. Petrus et Paulus; on [b1v]: ‘Sum monasterij Thierhauptanj in Bavaria'; on front pastedown, book-plate of Abbot Benedikt Gaugenrieder, (fl. 1553-1597) dated 1587; see Warnecke 2168 and Leiningen-Westerburg 323. Duplicate from the Royal Library, Munich; ‘Dpl' on front pastedown and number ‘3107' on endleaf. Acquired between 1847 and c.1892, possibly in 1850; not in Catalogus (1843) with Appendix.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 5Q 2.20.