Bod-Inc: B-254
Biblia Latina
Analysis of Content
a1v Romerus, Blasius: [Prefatory letter addressed to] Thomas Taqui [seeking the latter's support.] Incipit: ‘[N]obili uiro Thome Taqui, Blasius professione Populeti monachus . . .’
a1v Taqui, Thomas: [Reply to Romerus's letter.] Incipit: ‘[A]rdue religionis uiro Blasio Romero Populeti monacho, Thomas Taqui salutem. Tanto me impetu epistole tue . . .’
a2r Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to Paulinus]. Pref. no. 1.
a3r [Gn–IV Rg.] Ios preceded by ‘argumentum'.
n1r ‘Alius prologus' [to I–II Par]. Pref. no. 2; preceded by ‘Prefatio sancti Hieronymi in librum Dabreiamin, qui est Paralypomenon'. Slight variations in the incipit of the first preface to I–II Par.
n1v [I–II Par.]
p2v [OrMan.]
p3r [I–II Esr.] II Esr is entitled ‘Neemias'.
p10v [III–IV Esr.] III Esr is here entitled ‘II Esr', and IV Esr ‘III Esr'.
r4r [Tb–Est.]
s6v ‘Alius prologus' [to Iob]. Pref. no. 3; preceded by ‘Prologus in Iob'.
s6v [Iob–Ps.] Iob preceded by ‘argumentum'. Ps (G) preceded by the first of Jerome's prologues only.
y1r ‘Prologus' [to Prv]. Pref. no. 4; preceded by ‘Epistola sancti Hieronymi presbiteri ad Chromatium et Heliodorum episcopos, de libris Salomonis'.
y1v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 5.
y1v [Prv.]
y8r ‘Prologus' [to Ecl]. Preface no. 6.
y8v [Ecl–Ct.]
z2r ‘Prologus' [to Sap]. Pref. no. 7, followed by Sap–Is, the latter preceded by ‘argumentum'.
z2r [Sap–Is]. Is preceded by ‘argumentum'.
bb7r Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Ier.] Pref. no. 8, followed by Jerome's Prologue.
bb7r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 9.
bb7v [Ier.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
dd5v [Introduction to Lam.] Incipit: ‘[E]t factum est postquam in captiuitate . . .’
dd6r [Lam.]
dd7v ‘Prefatio' [to Bar]. Pref. no. 10, followed by Bar–Dn.
dd7v [Bar–Dn].
gg6r ‘Alius prologus' [to Twelve Prophets]. Pref. no. 11; Preceded by ‘Prologus in librum duodecim prophetarum'.
gg6r ‘Prologus' [to Os]. Pref. no. 12.
gg6v [Os.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
gg8v ‘Prologus' [to Ioel]. Pref. no. 13.
hh1r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 15.
hh1r [Ioel]; preceded by ‘argumentum' (Pref. no. 14).
hh2r ‘Prologus' [to Am]. Pref. no. 17.
hh2r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 18.
hh2r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 19.
hh2v [Am.]
hh4r ‘Prologus' [to Abd]. Pref. no. 20.
hh4v [Abd.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
hh4v ‘Prologus' [to Ion]. Pref. no. 21.
hh5v [Ion.] Preceded by ‘argumentum' (pref. no. 22).
hh5v ‘Prologus' [to Mi]. Pref. no. 23.
hh5v [Mi.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
hh7r ‘Prologus' [to Na]. Pref. no. 24.
hh7r [Na.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
hh7v ‘Prologus' [to Hab]. Pref. no. 25.
hh8r [Hab.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
hh9r ‘Prologus' [to So]. Pref. no. 26.
hh9r [So.] Preceded by ‘argumentum' (pref. no. 27).
hh10r ‘Prologus' [to Agg].
hh10r [Agg.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
hh10v ‘Prologus' [to Za]. Pref. no. 28.
ii1r [Za.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
ii3v ‘Prologus' [to Mal]. Pref. no. 29.
ii4r [Mal.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
ii4v Hieronymus: ‘Prologus' [to Mcc]. Pref. no. 31.
ii5r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 32.
ii5r [I–II Mcc.]
ll7r ‘Alius prologus' [to Four Evangelists]. Pref. no. 33; preceded by ‘Epistola beati Hieronymi ad Damasum Papam in quatuor Euangelia'.
ll7v ‘Prologus' [to Mt]. Pref. no. 35.
ll8r [Mt.] Preceded by ‘argumentum' (pref. no. 34).
mm2v ‘Prologus' [to Mc]. Pref. no. 36.
mm2v [Mc.]
mm9r Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Lc]. Pref. no. 37.
mm9r [Lc.] Verses 1-4 here called ‘Prohemium'.
nn10r ‘Prologus' [to Io]. Pref. no. 38.
nn10v [Io.]
nn11r ‘Prologus' [to Rm]. Pref. no. 39; preceded by ‘Prefatio sancti Hieronymi in omnes epistolas sancti Pauli'.
nn11v [Rm.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
pp3v ‘Prologus' [to I Cor]. Pref. no. 40.
pp3v [I Cor.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
pp7v ‘Prologus' [to II Cor]. Pref. no. 41.
pp7v [II Cor–Hbr]. Each letter preceded by ‘argumentum'.
rr2r Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Act]. Pref. no. 42.
rr2v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 43.
rr2v [Act.]
ss5v ‘Prologus' [to Canonical Epistles]. Pref. no. 44, followed by ‘argumentum'.
ss5v [Iac–Iud.] Each letter preceded by ‘argumentum'.
tt2v [Gilbertus Pictaviensis]: ‘Prologus' [to Apc]. Pref. no. 49.
tt3r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 50.
tt3r [Apc.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
tt8v [Langton, Stephen]: ‘Interpretationes hebraicorum nominum'. Pref. no. 65.
Imprint
Imprint: Naples: Mathias Moravus [and Biagio Romero], 1476. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a–e10 f8 g10 h i8 k–m m n–r10 s t8 u10 x8 y z [et] aa–ee10 ff gg8 hh10 ii–ll lm8 mm–qq10 rr–uu8 xx10 yy 2z8.
References
ISTC: ib00545000
GW: GW 4220;
Hain: HC 3059; C 1019;
Goff: Goff B‑545;
BMC: BMC VI 862;
Proctor: Pr 6696;
Others: BSB‑Ink B‑422; CIBN B‑380; Copinger, Incunabula Biblica, 31; Darlow–Moule 910; Fava–Bresciano 110; Oates 2513-14; Rhodes 348; Sheppard 5431.
LCN: 13908199
Copies
Copy number: B-254(1)
Wanting a1, [et]10, and hh4.7.
Leaf uu1 misbound fourth in the gathering.
Binding: Seventeenth-century English calf. Formerly chained: staple-marks of a hasp at head of the upper cover; on both covers double fillets form a border; two sets of vertical double fillets separate a narrow and a wide rectangle; a small flower tool in each corner; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Front board nearly detached.
Size: 322 × 218 × 85 mm.
Size of leaf: 317 × 204 mm.
On2 z8v and the recto and verso of the following rear endleaf, tables, in red and black ink, in a fifteenth/early sixteenth-century hand, giving the order of the books of the Bible, and the names of some Medieval commentators for each book. Some marginal notes in Gn, in a seventeenth-century hand. Some notes in English. Occasional pointing hands and underlining in black ink.
Partial rubrication only: in Gn some initials and verse numbers are supplied in red. Chapter numbers added in upper margins in black ink.
Provenance: Margaret, Lady Capell (fifteenth/sixteenth century); inscription on2 z7v, apparently in the hand of Roger Philpot: ‘Istum librum habemus ex dono m[at]r[on]e mee Margarete Capell, uxoris Willelmi Capell, Armigeri, filie Thome Arundell militis'. Roger Philpot (fl. 1497-1501); signature on2 z7v. Edward Bernard (1638-1697); Wanley's list, p. 1, no. 92. Among the books purchased in 1697 from Bernard's widow.
Former Bodleian shelfmark: I 3. 5 Th.
SHELFMARK: Auct. M 2.2.
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