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Bod-Inc: B-316

Biblia Latina cum glossa ordinaria

 

Analysis of Content

Part I.

a1v Brant, Sebastian: [Letter addressed to] Johannes de Dalberg, Bishop of Worms. Incipit: ‘Parthorum regem sine munere nemo salutat. Ego vero, reuerendissime praesul . . .’

a2r [Gadolus, Bernardinus]: ‘De libris Biblie canonicis et non canonicis'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uia sunt multi qui ex eo . . .’ See B‑315.

a2v ‘Translatores Biblie'. Pref. no. 53.

a2v [Contents of part I, in verse]. Incipit: ‘Prima refert Moysi liber hic modulamina quinque | Dat Genesis mundo principium atque homini'; 3 elegiac distichs.

a3r Nicolaus de Lyra: ‘Prologus primus'. Edited by Sebastian Brant. PL CXIII 25-30. See Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 5829 and Labrosse, ‘Œuvres', 159.

a3v Nicolaus de Lyra: ‘Prologus secundus'. PL CXIII 29-34. See Labrosse, ‘Œuvres', 159.

a4r Nicolaus de Lyra: ‘In moralitates Biblie prologus'. PL CXIII 33-6. See Labrosse, ‘Œuvres', 172.

a4v Paulus Burgensis: ‘Additiones circa prologos'. PL CXIII 35-7. See Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum IV 194.

a5r Paulus Burgensis: ‘Additio super vtrumque prologum'. PL CXIII 37-50.

a7r ‘Copia cuiusdam littereque contra determinationem predicte questionis a quodam magistro in sacra pagina de ordine minorum auctori additionum fuit missa'. PL CXIII 50-1.

a7v ‘Copia responsionis ad predictam epistolam'. PL CXIII 51-60.

a8v Doering, Matthias: ‘Prologus in replicas defensiuas postille fratris Nicolai de Lyra ab impugnationibus domini Burgensis'. PL CXIII 59-62.

b1v Guilelmus Brito: ‘Expositio . . . super epistolas Sancti Hieronymi'. Incipit: ‘  “[F]rater Ambrosius tua mihi . . .” etc. Ad euidentiam huius epistole quam scribit Hieronymus ad Paulinum presbyterum . . .’

b2r Guilelmus Brito: [Postils on prologue of Hieronymus.] Incipit: ‘  “[F]rater Ambrosius”, etc. Istam litteram inueni in epistolis Hieronymi . . .’ See Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 2824.

b2r Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Paulinus the priest [ep. 53]. Pref. no. 1.

c5v [Prologue to Pentateuch.] ‘Prefatio . . . in Pentateuchum'.

c5v Guilelmus Brito: ‘Expositio . . . in prologum . . . in Pentateuchum'. Incipit: ‘  “[D]esiderii mei”. Istam epistolam scripsit Hieronymus . . .’ See Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 2825. Each prologue is accompanied by Guilelmus Brito's commentary.

c7v [Walafrid Strabo pseudo-: Glossa ordinaria: marginalis. Gn–Apc]. PL CXIII 61-1316, CXIV 10-752. See Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 1178.1-36.

d1r Nicolaus de Lyra: [Postilla litteralis. Gn–Apc]. Incipit: ‘  “[I]n principio”. Omissis diuissionibus curiosis, accipio illam que magis . . .’ See B‑315. Commentary surrounds text in each book. Doering's corrections occur after Burgensis' additions.

d1v [Gn–Dt.]

d1v [Anselmus Laudunensis pseudo-: Glossa ordinaria: interlinearis. Gn–Apc]. Incipit: ‘Temporis, vel ante cetera, vel in filio suo . . .’

d6v Nicolaus de Lyra: [Postilla moralis. Gn–Apc]. See Labrosse, ‘Œuvres', 171-7.

e1r Paulus Burgensis: [Additions to Nicolaus's Postils. Gn–Apc]. Incipit: ‘Circa expositionem litteralem huius primi capitii . . .’ See Stegmüller, Repertorium biblicum, 6329. On the authorship, see Labrosse, ‘Œuvres', 370. Burgensis' additions occur following the ‘Postilla moralis' at the end of each chapter.

e5r Doering, Matthias: [Corrections to Paulus Burgensis' additions: Gn–Apc]. ‘Replica'. ‘Correctorium corruptorii Burgensis'. Incipit: ‘[P]ost prologum suum, Burgensis ad litteram accedens dicit . . .’ On the authorship, see Labrosse, ‘Œuvres', 370. Doering's corrections occur after Burgensis' additions.

Part II.

a1r [Title-page.]

a1v ‘Summarium libri'. Incipit: ‘Noscere presentis vis forte volumina libri | Qui Lyram integrum continet, atque glosas'; 6 elegiac distichs.

a3v [Ios–IV Rg.] Ios preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

B5v ‘Prologus' [to Par]. Followed, rather than preceded, by the other prologue.

B7v [I–II Par.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

I6v [OrMan.]

K1r [I–II Esr.] II Esr here entitled ‘Neemias'.

O3v [III–IV Esr.]

Q5r [Tb–Est.]

Part III.

a1r Title-page].

a1v ‘Summarium huius operis'. Incipit: ‘Tertia idumei pars vlcera sanat Iobab'; 4 elegiac distichs.

a2r Hieronymus: ‘Alius prologus' [to Iob]. Followed by ‘Prologus in Job'.

a5r [Iob–Ps (G)]. Iob preceded by an ‘argumentum'. Ps (G) preceded by the first of Jerome's prologues only.

x6r ‘Prologus' [to Prv]. Pref. no. 4; preceded by ‘Epistola sancti Hieronymi presbiteri ad Chromatium et Heliodorum episcopos, de libris Salomonis'.

x6v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 5.

x7r [Prv.]

cc5r ‘Prologus' [to Ecl]. Pref. no. 6.

cc5v [Ecl–Ct.]

gg4r ‘Prologus' [to Sap]. Pref. no. 7.

gg4r [Sap–Sir.]

Part IV.

a1r [Title-page.]

a1v [Contents, in verse]. Incipit: ‘Continet Esaiam, quarta hec, sub rege Manasse'; 10 elegiac distichs.

a2r [Is.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

q3v Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Ier]. Pref. no. 8.

q4r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 9; preceded by ‘Prologus' .

q4v [Ier.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

C2v [Introduction to Lam.] Incipit: ‘[E]t factum est postquam in captiuitate . . .’

C3r [Lam.]

F6r ‘Prefatio' [to Bar]. Pref. no. 10.

F6r [Bar–Dn.]

bb2r ‘Alius prologus' [to Twelve Prophets]. Pref. no. 11; preceded by ‘Prologus . . . in librum duodecim prophetarum'.

bb2r ‘Prologus' [to Os]. Pref. no. 12.

bb3r [Os.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

dd6v ‘Prologus' [to Ioel]. Pref. no. 13.

ee1r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 16.

ee1r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 14.

ee1r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 15.

ee1v [Ioel.]

ee7v ‘Prologus' [to Am]. Pref. no. 17.

ee8r [Prologus.] ‘Ex epistola sancti Hieronymi ad Paulinum'. Pref. no. 18; in other editions called ‘Alius prologus' or ‘Argumentum'.

ee8r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 19.

ee8v [Am.]

gg6r ‘Prologus' [to Abd]. Pref. no. 20. The passage beginning ‘[H]ebrei hunc dicunt esse . . .' is not headed ‘Alius prologus', but forms part of this prologue.

gg6v [Abd.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

gg8v ‘Prologus' [to Ion]. Pref. no. 21.

hh1v [Ion.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

hh4v ‘Prologus' [to Mi]. Pref. no. 23.

hh5r [Mi.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

ii7r ‘Prologus' [to Na]. Pref. no. 24.

ii7r [Na.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

kk3r ‘Prologus' [to Hab]. Pref. no. 25.

kk4v [Hab.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

ll4r ‘Prologus' [to So]. Pref. no. 26.

ll5r [So.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

mm1r ‘Prologus' [to Agg]. Pref. no. 27.

mm2r [Agg.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

mm5v ‘Prologus' [to Za]. Pref. no. 28.

mm6r [Za.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

pp2v ‘Prologus' [to Mal]. Pref. no. 29.

pp3r [Mal.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

pp8r Hieronymus: ‘Prologus' [to Mcc]. Pref. no. 31.

pp8v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 32.

pp8v [I–II Mcc.]

Part V.

a1r [Title-page.]

a1v [Summary of contents, in verse]. Incipit: ‘Bis duo, quinta noue pars euangelia legis | Quattuor et Christi continet illa rotas'; 7 elegiac distichs.

a3r ‘Alius prologus' [to Four Evangelists]. Pref. no. 33; preceded by ‘Epistola beati Hieronymi ad Damasum Papam in quatuor Euangelia', as in ed. Weber, and Nicolaus de Lyra's ‘Prologus'.

a3v ‘Prologus'. Pref. no. 34.

a4v ‘Prologus' [to Mt]. Pref. no. 35.

a5r [Mt.]

n4v ‘Prologus' [to Mc]. Pref. no. 36.

n6r [Mc.]

s1v Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Lc]. Pref. no. 37.

s2r [Lc.] Verses 1-4 here called ‘Proemium'.

D2v ‘Prologus' [to Io]. Pref. no. 38.

D3v [Io.]

Part VI.

a1r [Title-page.]

a1v [Contents, in verse]. Incipit: ‘Sexta tenet Pauli Tharsensis scripta beati[ ]'; 10 elegiac distichs.

a2r ‘Prologus' [to Rm]. Pref. no. 39, preceded by ‘Prefatio sancti Hieronymi in omnes epistolas sancti Pauli'.

a3v [Rm.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

e5r ‘Prologus' [to I Cor]. Pref. no. 40.

e5r [I Cor.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

i5v ‘Prologus' [to II Cor]. Pref. no. 41.

i5v [II Cor–Hbr]. Each letter preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

z8v Hieronymus [pseudo-]: ‘Prefatio' [to Act]. Pref. no. 42.

A1r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 43.

A1r [Act.]

G5r ‘Prologus' [to Canonical Epistles]. Pref. no. 44.

G5v Hieronymus: [Prologue to Iac.] Pref. no. 45.

G6r [Iac.] Preceded by an an ‘argumentum'.

H6v Hieronymus: [Prologue to I–II Pt]. Pref. no. 46.

H7r [I–II Pt.] Each letter is preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

K4r Hieronymus: [Prologue to I–III Io]. Pref. no. 47.

K4r [I–III Io.] Each letter is preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

L5r [Prologue to Iud.] Pref. no. 48.

L5r [Iud.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

M1v Gilbertus Pictaviensis: ‘Prefatio' [to Apc]. Pref. no. 49.

M2v ‘Prologus'. Pref. no. 50.

M3r [Apc.] Preceded by an ‘argumentum'.

R1r Nicolaus de Lyra: Contra perfidiam Judaeorum. [Also known as Pulcherrime questiones Judaicam perfidiam in catholica fide improbantes and Probatio adventus Christi]. Incipit: ‘[P]rimo queritur vtrum ex scripturis receptis a Judeis possit efficaciter . . .’ See Labrosse, ‘Œuvres', 177-82, who lists alternative titles on 177, and Gosselin 415-16, including alternative titles.

R2r ‘Probatio incarnationis diuine persone'. Incipit: ‘[S]ecundum principale est probandum . . .’

R5r [Colophon.]

R5v Brant, Sebastian: ‘Epigramma' [addressed to] the reader. Copinger, Incunabula Biblica, 189.

Imprint

Imprint: Basel: Johann Froben and Johann Petri, 1 Dec. 1498. Folio.

Collation

Collation: Part I: a–z8.6 A–C6 D–Z8.6 aa–ff8.6 gg hh8; Part II: a–d8 e f6 g–r8 s6 t8 v x6 y z A8 B–R8.6 S–U8; Part III: a–y8.6 z8 A–Y6.8 Z6 aa–qq8.6 rr6; Part IV: a–y8.6 z8 A–Y6.8 Z6 aa–vv8.6 xx8 yy10; Part V: a–y8.6 z8 A–K6.8 L M6; Part VI: a–y8.6 z8 A–Q6.8 R6.

Illustrations: Woodcuts: see Schramm XXI pls 649-75 and XXII pls 1085-1105.

References

ISTC: ib00609000

GW: GW 4284 (Anm.);

Hain: HC *3172;

Goff: Goff B‑609;

BMC: BMC III 791;

Proctor: Pr 7763;

Others: BSB‑Ink B‑480; Copinger, Incunabula Biblica, 115; Darlow–Moule 912; Froehlich, ‘Printed Gloss', in Froehlich and Gibson, Biblia latina cum glossa ordinaria, pp. xvii–xix; Gosselin 407 no. 14; Oates 2842; Rhodes 361; Sack, Freiburg, 658; Schramm XXII p. 46; Schreiber V 3477; Sheppard 2547-9.

LCN: 13908908, 13908946, 13908999

Copies

Copy number: B-316(1)

For this copy see Coates–Jensen 252, no. 17. Parts I and II only: two volumes of the same set, as they were owned by the same person at the beginning of the sixteenth century and have travelled together since.

Wanting the blank leaves hh8 (part I), and U8 (part II).

Title-page of part I as GW Anm.

Binding: Both volumes bound in parchment; the upper cover and spine detached from text block of vol. 2.

Size: Vol. 1: 305 × 222 × 80 mm; vol. 2: 310 × 222 × 70 mm.

Size of leaf: Both vols: 301 × 208 mm.

Occasional early marginal annotations, and some underlining in black ink.

Initials are supplied in red and occasionally in blue, in vol. 1, some with extensions into the margins. Paragraph marks are supplied in red. Capital strokes and underlining in red.

Provenance: Sheen, Carthusians, Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem; only these two volumes are certainly from Sheen although Ker, Medieval Libraries, 178 lists all 5 vols of Bib. Lat. 1498 c.1-5 as being from there; inscription on a1r: ‘Pertinet domui Jhesu de Sheene'. Thomas Hull (sixteenth century); inscriptions on a1r of both volumes: ‘Sum Thomæ Hull'. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); book-plate with handwritten shelfmark ‘D.e.2': see Lee, Royal Bookplates, 41 no. 24; sale, pt I, part of lot 1185. Purchased for £0. 13. 0; see Books Purchased (1850), 6.

SHELFMARK: Bib. Lat. 1498 c.1, 2.

Copy number: B-316(2)

Part II only.

Binding: Nineteenth-century calf. ‘Lira' and ‘Iuditum et Regum' written on fore-edge in contemporary hands.

Size: 316 × 223 × 62 mm.

Size of leaf: 306 × 202 mm.

Initials are supplied in blue, red, or interlocked blue and red; paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue.

Provenance: ‘Wyllyam', on front endleaf: probably ‘Wyllm9 Orphen' (sixteenth century) whose signature appeares on a1r of part III (MS. Bodl. 349). Miles Leigh (fl. 1558-1582); gave the book to Robert J. Russell (c.1550-1626); inscription on a1r: ‘Robert J. Russell ædis Christi Oxon. ex dono Magistri Milonis Lighe 1582'. Acquired by 1697; see [Bernard], Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ in unum collecti cum indice alphabetico (Oxford, 1697), no. 2421.

Former Bodleian shelfmark: NE.F.6.2; for ‘NE' [`New End'] shelfmarks see SC, vol. 1, ed. R. W. Hunt (Oxford, 1953), p. xii.

SHELFMARK: MS. Bodl. 348.

Copy number: B-316(3)

Part III only.

Binding: Parchment.

Size: 308 × 218 × 95 mm.

Size of leaf: 301 × 208 mm.

Early marginal notes.

Principal initials are supplied in blue with red pen-work infill, partly coloured in green, or in red with black pen-work infill; other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red. Capital strokes and underlining in red.

Provenance: Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); book-plate with handwritten shelfmark ‘D.e.2': see Lee, Royal Bookplates, 41 no. 24; sale, pt I, part of lot 1185. Purchased for £0. 13. 0; see Books Purchased (1850), 6.

SHELFMARK: Bib. Lat. 1498 c.3.

Copy number: B-316(4)

Part IV only. Wanting the blank leaf yy10.

Leaf rr5 is bound before rr4.

Binding: Parchment.

Size: 310 × 215 × 100 mm.

Size of leaf: 301 × 208 mm.

Principal initials are supplied in blue, with reserved white decoration, and red pen-work infill; other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red; capital strokes, and underlining in red.

Provenance: Johannes Acronius (1565-1627); inscription on a1r. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); book-plate with handwritten shelfmark ‘D.e.2': see Lee, Royal Bookplates, 41 no. 24; sale, pt I, part of lot 1185. Purchased for £0. 13. 0; see Books Purchased (1850), 6.

SHELFMARK: Bib. Lat. 1498 c.4.

Copy number: B-316(5)

Parts V and VI only.

Wanting the title-leaves to both parts, each leaf signed a1, and the blank leaf R6.

Binding: Parchment, with remains of parchment index tabs. Leaves cropped.

Size: 310 × 217 × 105 mm.

Size of leaf: 301 × 208 mm.

Early marginal notes.

Principal initials are supplied in blue with red pen-work infill, partly coloured in green, or in red with black pen-work infill; other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red. Capital strokes and underlining in red.

Provenance: Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); book-plate with handwritten shelfmark ‘D.e.2': see Lee, Royal Bookplates, 41 no. 24; sale, pt I, part of lot 1185. Purchased for £0. 13. 0; see Books Purchased (1850), 6.

SHELFMARK: Bib. Lat. 1498 c.5.

Copy number: B-316(6)

Part V only.

Binding: Contemporary English (`Foliate staff binder': see Oldham, Blind-stamped Bindings, 30, 60) blind-tooled calf over wooden boards. Two clasps lost. Formerly chained: staple-marks of a hasp at head and tail of the upper cover. On both covers triple fillets form an outer border, in which is a repeated lozenge-shaped ornamental stamp (apparently slightly smaller than Oldham, Blind-stamped Bindings pl. xxvi no. 343 [Sheppard's identification]). Triple fillets form an inner frame in which a repeated foliate-staff stamp (Oldham pl. xxvi no. 339). Triple fillets form an inner rectangle divided by further triple fillets into triangular and lozenge-shaped compartments; in each a large lozenge-shaped ornamental stamp (apparently slightly smaller than Oldham pl. xxvi no. 340). ‘Lyra' written on fore-edge in a contemporary hand.

Size: 317 × 232 × 60 mm.

Size of leaf: 306 × 215 mm.

Pastedowns from a thirteenth-century parchment manuscript of the Digest of Justinian with commentary.

Some early marginal notes.

Initials are supplied in red or blue. Occasional paragraph marks are supplied in red. Some capital strokes and underlining in red.

Provenance: Richard Lavender (†1508); see Emden, BRUO, 1109 for a list of books which he owned, including this volume; inscription on a1r: ‘Liber Magistri Ricardi Lauander decretorum doctoris ac Archidiaconi Leicestrie, emptus per eundem Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo 2° -- vs viij d'. Robert J. Russell (c.1550-1626); inscription on a1r: ‘Robert J. Russell ædis Christi Oxon:'. Acquired by 1697; see [Bernard], Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ in unum collecti cum indice alphabetico (Oxford, 1697), no. 2424.

Former Bodleian shelfmark: NE.F.6.5; for ‘New End' shelfmarks see above.

SHELFMARK: MS. Bodl. 351.


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