Bod-Inc: B-243
Biblia Latina
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Paulinus. Pref. no. 1.
[a4v] [Gn–II Par.] Preceded by Jerome's preface.
[z5v] [OrMan.]
[z5v] [I–II Esr.] Preceded by Jerome's preface.
[A8v] [III–IV Esr.]
[C9r] [Tb–Est.] Preceded by Jerome's preface.
[E8r] [Iob.] [`2us prologus super libro Iob', supplied by the rubricator.] Preceded by the Prologus sancti Hieronymi in libro Iob and followed by Iob.
[G1r] [Ps (G).] [`Liber ymnorum uel soliloquiorum', supplied by the rubricator.] Preceded by the first of Jerome's prefaces only.
[K1r] [Prv.]
[L1v] [Ecl.] [`Prologus in libro ecclesiastes', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 6, followed by Ecl.
[L5v] [Ct–Lam.]
[T10v] [Bar.] [`Prologus in Baruch', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 10; followed by Bar.
[V4r] [Ez–Mal.]
[cc1r] Hieronymus: [`Prologus . . . in libro Machabeorum', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 31, followed by I–II Mcc.
[ee7v] [Mt.] [`Alius prologus in Matheo', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 34; preceded by Jerome's prologue and followed by Mt.
[gg5r] [Mc.] [`Prologus Marci ewangeliste', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 36, followed by Mc.
[hh5r] Hieronymus: [`Prologus in Luca ewangelista', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 37, followed by Lc, where verses 1-4 are called ‘Prohemium'.
[kk2v] [Io.] [`Prologus in Iohanne', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 38, followed by Io.
[ll5v] Hieronymus: [`Prologus . . . in epistolis Pauli', supplied by the rubricator.]
[ll6v] [`Alius prologus in epistulis Pauli ad Romanos', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 39.
[ll7r] [Rm–Hbr.] Rm–Hbr, each letter preceded by an ‘argumentum' (mostly referred to as ‘prologus' by the rubricator).
[pp3v] Hieronymus: [`Prologus . . . in Actus apostolorum', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 42, followed by Act.
[qq10r] [Iac–Iud.] [`Prologus super epistolas canonicas', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 44, followed by Iac–Iud, each letter preceded by an ‘argumentum' (referred to as ‘prologus' by the rubricator).
[rr8r] [Apc.] [`Prologus in libro Apokalipsis', supplied by the rubricator.] Pref. no. 50, followed by Apc.
Imprint
Imprint: [Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, not after 8 Mar. 1470]. Folio.
Remarks: The copy at Strasbourg, Grand Séminaire, bears the rubricator's date 8 Mar. 1470, the one at the BnF 1470. See Paul Needham, ‘A Gutenberg Bible used as Printer's Copy by Heinrich Eggestein, c.1469', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 9 (1986), 43 and 73 n. 12; CIBN suggests [c.1469-70].
Collation
Collation: [a–p10 q8 r–z A–H10 I10+1 K–Z aa–ll10 mm8 nn–qq10 rr8 ss6+1].
References
ISTC: ib00533000
GW: GW 4208;
Hain: H *3035;
Goff: Goff B‑533;
BMC: BMC I 66;
Proctor: Pr 258;
Others: BSB‑Ink B‑413; CIBN B‑367; Hillard 372; Oates 110; Sack, Freiburg, 613; Sheppard 173.
LCN: 13911163
Copies
Copy number: B-243(1)
Bound in two volumes (Gn–Ps; Prv–Apc).
Without the four leaves of rubrics described by BMC.
In the last gathering, the half-sheet which forms the sixth leaf is misbound as the fifth.
Binding: Vol. 1 bound in contemporary German blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, two clasps. Title- and shelfmark labels on the upper cover. ‘94' on spine. On the upper cover single fillets form a double frame; the inner rectangle is filled with lozenge-shaped floral ornaments. On the lower cover single fillets form a double frame; in the inner rectangle, merrythoughts, made up by repeated headed-outline tools, surround lozenge-shaped floral ornaments. On both covers an unidentified stamp within the outer frame. Vol. 2 bound in contemporary German pigskin over wooden boards, with tools identical to those on volume 1; two clasps, corner-pieces, and central boss lost. Title written on the upper cover; shelfmark label on the upper cover. ‘98' on spine. On both covers fillets form a double frame; in the inner rectangle, merrythoughts, made up by repeated headed-outline tools, surround lozenge-shaped floral ornaments. The inner rectangle is surrounded by a row of small foliate-staff stamps; within the outer frame, a renaissance ornament.
Size: 402 × 305 × 110 and 403 × 310 × 100 mm.
Size of leaf: 392 × 282 mm.
Copious early marginal notes. Manuscript catchwords. Bibliographical notes in the hand of Kloß on the front endleaves of both volumes.
Principal initials are supplied in gold and colours with floral extensions into the margins and some gold dotting. Other initials are supplied in red, blue, and, occasionally, green; red headings, chapter numbers, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlining.
Provenance: Heinrich Parreut [Parayt] (fl. 1483); gave the book to the Carthusians of Marienzell in Nuremberg; on a paper strip pasted on the front pastedown of vol. 2, an inscription: ‘Iste liber est cartusiensium Nürmberge, eis datus cum multis alijs ex testamento magistri Heinrici de Paraÿt, quondam plebani in Vtzhofen. Anno domini 1483. Vide in speculo morali in principio'; on rear pastedown of vol. 2, a similar strip with the inscription: ‘Karthusiensium Nüremberge et liber iste'. Nuremberg, Stadtbibliothek; armorial book-plate with the inscription: ‘Bib. Nor.' on [a2r] and [K1r]; see Warnecke 1473 and Leiningen-Westerburg 463. Leaf [a1r] appears to be supplied from another copy, as it is of slightly smaller size, has worm-holes in different places and is rubricated and illuminated by different hands from the rest of the volume; the provenance information given there (‘Ad Bibliothecam aulicam Eystettensem' [Eichstätt, Bavaria, Fürstbischöfliche Hofbibliothek]) refers to this other copy, not to B‑243. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); notes (see above). Purchased for £45; see Books Purchased (1826), 3.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Y 3.5,6.
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