Bod-Inc: B-275
Biblia Latina
Analysis of Content
a1r Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Paulinus. ‘Prologus in Bibliam'. Pref. no. 1.
a3r [Gn–IV Rg.] Ios preceded by ‘argumentum'.
m10r ‘Alius prologus' [to I–II Par]. Pref. no. 2; preceded by ‘Prefatio sancti Hieronymi in librum Dabreiamin, qui est Paralypomenon'. Slight variation in the incipit of the first preface to I–II Par.
m10v [I–II Par.]
p1v [OrMan.]
p1v [I–II Esr.]
q5v [III–IV Esr.]
r3v [Tb–Est.]
s5v ‘Alius prologus' [to Iob]. Pref. no. 3; preceded by ‘Prologus in Iob'.
s6r [Iob–Ps (G)]. Iob preceded by ‘argumentum'. Ps (G) preceded by the first of Jerome's prologues only.
x1r ‘Prologus' [to Prv]. Pref. no. 4; preceded by ‘Epistola sancti Hieronymi presbiteri ad Chromatium et Heliodorum episcopos, de libris Salomonis'.
x1r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 5.
x1v [Prv.]
x8v ‘Prologus' [to Ecl]. Pref. no. 6.
x8v [Ecl–Ct.]
y2v ‘Prologus' [to Sap]. Pref. no. 7.
y2v [Sap–Is.] Is preceded by ‘argumentum'.
37v Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Ier.] Pref. no. 8.
37v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 9; preceded by ‘Prologus'.
37v [Ier.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
56r [Introduction to Lam.] Incipit: ‘[E]t factum est postquam in captiuitate . . .’
56r [Lam.]
58r ‘Prefatio' [to Bar]. Pref. no. 10.
58r [Bar–Dn.]
82r ‘Alius prologus' [to Twelve Prophets]. Pref. no. 11; preceded by ‘Prologus in librum duodecim prophetarum'.
82v ‘Prologus' [to Os]. Pref. no. 12.
82v [Os.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
85r ‘Prologus' [to Ioel]. Pref. no. 13.
85r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 15.
85r [Ioel]; preceded by ‘argumentum' (pref. no. 14).
86r ‘Prologus' [to Am]. Pref. no. 17.
86r ‘Alius prologus'. Incipit: ‘[S]ic Amos propheta pastor . . .’
86r ‘Argumentum'. Pref. no. 18; in other editions called ‘Alius prologus', and printed before the prologue, which, in this edition, precedes it.
86v [Am.]
88r ‘Prologus' [to Abd]. Pref. no. 20.
88r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 20.
88v [Abd.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
88v ‘Prologus' [to Ion]. Pref. no. 21.
89r [Ion.] Preceded by ‘argumentum' (pref. no. 22).
89v ‘Prologus' [to Mi]. Pref. no. 23.
89v [Mi.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
811r ‘Prologus' [to Na]. Pref. no. 24.
811r [Na.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
812r ‘Prologus' [to Hab]. Pref. no. 25.
812v [Hab.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
91r ‘Prologus' [to So]. Pref. no. 26.
91r [So.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
92r ‘Prologus' [to Agg]. Pref. no. 27.
92v [Agg.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
93r ‘Prologus' [to Za]. Pref. no. 28.
93r [Za.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
95v ‘Prologus' [to Mal]. Pref. no. 29.
95r [Mal.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
96r Hieronymus: ‘Prologus' [to Mcc]. Pref. no. 31.
96r [I–II Mcc.]
111v ‘Alius prologus' [to Four Evangelists]. Pref. no. 33; preceded by ‘Epistola beati Hieronymi ad Damasum Papam in quatuor Euangelia'.
111v ‘Prologus' [to Mt]. Pref. no. 35.
112r [Mt.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
122v ‘Prologus' [to Mc]. Pref. no. 36.
122v [Mc.]
129r Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Lc]. Incipit: ‘[L]ukas Syrus natione Antiocens . . .’
129r [Lc.] Verses 1-4 here called ‘Prohemium'.
1310r ‘Prologus' [to Io]. Pref. no. 38.
1310v [Io.]
148v ‘Prologus' [to Rm]. Pref. no. 39; preceded by ‘Prefatio sancti Hieronymi in omnes epistolas sancti Pauli'.
149v [Rm.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
151v ‘Prologus' [to I Cor]. Pref. no. 40.
151v [I Cor.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
155v ‘Prologus' [to II Cor]. Pref. no. 41.
156r [II Cor–Hbr]. Each letter preceded by ‘argumentum'.
1610v Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Act]. Pref. no. 42.
1610v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 43.
171r [Act.]
182r ‘Prologus' [to Canonical Epistles]. Pref. no. 44, followed by ‘argumentum'.
182r [Iac–Iud.] Each letter preceded by ‘argumentum'.
187r [Gilbertus Pictaviensis]: ‘Prologus' [to Apc]. Pref. no. 49.
187v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 50.
187v [Apc.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
1812v [Colophon.]
A1r [Langton, Stephen]: ‘Interpretationes hebraicorum nominum'. Pref. no. 65.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1480. Folio and 4°.
Remarks: Format of gatherings: a–o folio; p mixed folio and 4°; q 4°; r–s mixed; t-y 4°; 1-2 mixed; 3 folio; 4-10 mixed; 11 folio; 12-14 mixed; 15-18 folio; A–C mixed; D folio. C. F. Bühler, ‘Chainlines versus Imposition in Incunabula', Studies in Bibliography, 23 (1970), 141-5 implies 4° and 8°, but BMC also records this edition as folio and 4°; see, in addition, Paul Needham, ‘Aldus Manutius's Paper Stocks: The Evidence of Two Uncut Books', Princeton University Library Chronicle, 55 (1994), 287-307, at 291-2.
Collation
Collation: a–h10 i–l12 m–s10 t v12 x y 1-610 7-1012 11-1310 1412 15-1710 18 A–D12.
References
ISTC: ib00566000
GW: GW 4241;
Hain: HC *3078;
Goff: Goff B‑566;
BMC: BMC V 195;
Proctor: Pr 4177;
Others: BSB‑Ink B‑437; Copinger, Incunabula Biblica, 46; Darlow–Moule 913; Oates 1674; Sheppard 3356.
LCN: 13908366
Copies
Copy number: B-275(1)
Wanting the blank leaf D12.
Binding: Eighteenth-century English calf, c.1790; bound for the Bodleian Library; single fillets form a border on both covers; on the spine six compartments defined by single gilt fillets; edges yellow; the gold stamp of the Library on both covers; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 255 × 185 × 60 mm.
Size of leaf: 245 × 164 mm.
Marginal notes, some in an early hand in red ink.
On a1r a fifteen-line initial ‘F' is supplied in reserved white, within a red pen-work border, decorated with stylized Maiblumen and with extensions into the guttering. Other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue.
Provenance: Venice, Benedictines; inscription on D11v: ‘Iste liber est monachorum congregationis S. Justine de Padua deputatus in S. Georgii Maioris Venetiarum. 773'. Maffeo Pinelli (1735-1785); Morelli (1787), I no. 132; sale (1789), lot 5041. Purchased through Peter Elmsley for £1. 10. 0; see the annotated sale catalogue and Books Purchased (1789), 1.
SHELFMARK: Auct. M 2.12.
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