Bod-Inc: B-193
Bernardus Claravallensis
Floretus.
Analysis of Content
Aa1v [Prohemium.]
Aa2r Bernardus [Claravallensis pseudo-]: Floretus (cum commento). Incipit: ‘[N]omine Floretus liber incipit ad bona ceptus | Semper erit tutus eius documenta secutus'. See B‑191.
Aa2r [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘[I]stud est proemium huius libri, quod diuiditur in tres partes . . .’ See B‑191.
Imprint
Imprint: Cologne: [Heinrich Quentell], 1499. 4°.
Collation
Collation: Aa–Gg6 Hh4 Ii6.
Illustrations: On A1r a woodcut depicting a nativity scene.
References
ISTC: ib00395000
GW: GW 4011;
Hain: HC *2917;
Goff: Goff B‑395;
BMC: BMC I 291;
Proctor: Pr 1359;
Others: BSB‑Ink F‑164; Oates 780; Schramm VIII p. 24; Schreiber V, 3434; Sack, Freiburg, 569; Sheppard 1045; Voulliéme, Köln, 235.
LCN: 14004720
Copies
Copy number: B-193(1)
Wanting the blank leaf Ii6.
Interleaved, with a German translation in rhymed couplets written in a fifteenth-century hand, incipit: ‘Hÿe hebt sich an ein pŮech zehantt, | Das ist von hŮbschen plŮmlein genant . . .', see Henkel, Schultexte, 251.
Binding: Contemporary German blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, one central boss and four corner-pieces on each cover, remains of two metal clasps; rebacked. On both covers fillets form a triple frame. In the central compartment a large round rosette stamp; in the middle frame, stamped scrolls with the inscription ‘MARIA' in capitals; in the outer frame, a lozenge-shaped fleur-de-lis stamp.
Size: 225 × 150 × 30 mm.
Size of leaf: 205 × 132 mm.
Occasional early interlinear notes.
Provenance: Purchased for £2. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1845), 4.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 7.37.
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