Bod-Inc: B-330
Biblia [German]
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Paulinus. ‘Die epistel des heyligen priesters sant Jheronimi zu Paulinum von allen goetlichen buechern der hystori'.’ Kurrelmeyer 3 (1907), 1-37.
[a4r] ‘Die vorred in die funff buoecher Moysi'. Kurrelmeyer 3 (1907), 37-43.
[b1r] [Gn–IV Rg.] Kurrelmeyer 3 (1907), 44-459; 4 (1907), 1-437; 5 (1908), 1-459. Chapters preceded by short summaries throughout, printed in Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 426-37; 2 (1905), 533-7; 3 (1907), 462-72; 4 (1907), 439-49; 5 (1908), 464-74; 6 (1909), 404-13; 7 (1910), 531-40; 8 (1912), 532-50; 9 (1913), 526-38; 10 (1915), 363-72. Ios preceded by ‘argumentum' (`Ein andere vorred').
[A5v] Hieronymus: ‘Ein andere vorred vber Paralipomenon'.’ Kurrelmeyer 6 (1909), 1-11. Preceded by Prefatio sancti Hieronimi in librum Dabreiamin, qui est Paralipomenon (`dye vorred vber das buch Paralipomenon').
[A6v] [I–II Par.] Kurrelmeyer 6 (1909), 11-251.
[E3r] [OrMan.] Kurrelmeyer 6 (1909), 415-16.
[E3v] [I–II Esr.] Kurrelmeyer 6 (1909), 252-342. Preceded by Jerome's preface.
[F7r] [III Esr.] Kurrelmeyer 6 (1909), 342-401.
[G6r] [Tb–Est.] Kurrelmeyer 7 (1910), 1-134. Preceded by Jerome's preface.
[I7v] [Iob.] ‘Dy vorred vber das buch Job'. Kurrelmeyer 7 (1910), 134-45 and 146-237. Followed by the Prologus sancti Hieronymi in libro Iob (`Ein andere vorred vber daz buch Job') and Iob.
[L5r] ‘Ein andere vorred vber die weyssagung des propheten Dauid'. Kurrelmeyer 7 (1910), 238-42. Preceded by the first of Jerome's prefaces.
[L5v] ‘Ein andere vorred'. Kurrelmeyer 7 (1910), 242-3.
[L5v] [Ps (G).] Kurrelmeyer 7 (1910), 243-64.
[Q2r] [Prv.] Kurrelmeyer 8 (1912), 1-86. Preceded by Epistola sancti Hieronymi presbyteri ad Chromatium et Heliodorum episcopos de libris Salomonis (`Dye vorred Iheronimi vber das buch der sprüch des weysen kuenigs Salomonis').
[R4r] Hieronymus: ‘Die vorrede Jheronimi vber das buch zu latein genennet Ecclesiastes'.’ Kurrelmeyer 8 (1912), 87-117. Followed by Ecl.
[R8r] [Ct.] Kurrelmeyer 8 (1912), 117-31.
[S1v] ‘Die vorrede in das buch der weyßheyt'. Kurrelmeyer 8 (1912), 131.
[S1v] [Sap–Is.] Kurrelmeyer 8 (1912), 132-528. Is preceded by an ‘argumentum' (`Ein andere vorred in den propheten Isaiam').
[aa2r] ‘Ein andere vorrede'. Kurrelmeyer 9 (1913), 1-4. Preceded by Jerome's preface (`Dye vorrede vber den propheten Jheremiam').
[aa2v] [Ier–Lam.] Kurrelmeyer 9 (1913), 4-223.
[dd5v] [Bar.] ‘Dy vorrede vber das buch des weyssagen Baruch'. Kurrelmeyer 9 (1913), 223-48. Followed by Bar.
[dd8v] [Ez–Mal.] Kurrelmeyer 9 (1913), 248-523; 10 (1915), 1-141.
[ll6r] Hieronymus: ‘Die vorred . . . vber die buoecher Machabeorum'.’ Kurrelmeyer 10 (1915), 142-361. Followed by I–II Mcc.
[oo7v] ‘Die vorred vber Matheum'. Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 1-5.
[oo8r] ‘Ein andere vorred vber Matheum den zwelfboten vnd ewangelisten'. Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 5-6.
[oo8r] [Mt.] Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 7-116.
[qq6v] [Hieronymus]: ‘Die vorred vber den euangelisten Marcum'.’ Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 117-20.
[qq7r] [Mc.] Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 121-89.
[rr7v] ‘Dy vorred vber den euangelisten Lucam'. Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 190-4.
[rr8v] ‘Ein ander vorrede'. Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 194-5. Not a prologue, but Lc 1,1-4.
[rr8v] [Lc.] Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 195-330.
[tt7v] ‘Die vorred vber Iohannem den ewangelisten'. Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 331-4.
[tt8r] [Io.] Kurrelmeyer 1 (1904), 335-423.
[xx3v] ‘Die gemayn vorred in alle epistel sancti Pauli'. Kurrelmeyer 2 (1905), 1-6.
[xx4r] ‘Dye suenderlich vorred in die epistel, die sant Pauls an die roemer geschriben hat'. Kurrelmeyer 2 (1905), 6-10.
[xx4v] [Rm.] Kurrelmeyer 2 (1905), 10-60. Preceded by an ‘argumentum' (`Aber ein ander sunderliche vorred anzaygende, was die meynung diser gantzen epistel sei').
[yy2r] [I Cor–Hbr]. Kurrelmeyer 2 (1905), 60-277. Each letter preceded by an ‘argumentum' (`vorred').
[BB3v] Hieronymus: ‘Die vorred . . . in das buch der wurckung der zwelffbotten'.’ Kurrelmeyer 2 (1905), 277-8 n. 53.
[BB3v] ‘Die ander vorred'. Kurrelmeyer 2 (1905), 278-410. Followed by Act.
[DD2r] ‘Die gemeyn vorrede in epistolas canonicas'. Kurrelmeyer 2 (1905), 410-11.
[DD2r] [Iac–Iud.] ‘Die sunderlich vorrede in die epistel canonica sant Iacobs'. Kurrelmeyer 2 (1905), 412-69. Each letter preceded by an ‘argumentum' (`vorred').
[EE3r] [Apc.] ‘Dye vorred vber d[as] buch der heymlichen offenbarung'. Kurrelmeyer 2 (1905), 470-528. Followed by Apc.
[FF5v] [Colophon.]
Imprint
Imprint: Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 17 Feb. 1483. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [a4 b–d8 e6 f–z A–O8 P6 Q–Z aa–zz AA–CC8 DD–FF6]. Collation as GW, not as BMC.
Illustrations: 109 woodcuts; see Eichenberger and Wendland, Deutsche Bibeln vor Luther, 91-6.
References
ISTC: ib00632000
GW: GW 4303;
Hain: H *3137;
Goff: Goff B‑632;
BMC: BMC II 424;
Proctor: Pr 2028;
Others: BSB‑Ink B‑490; Oates 1000-1; Rhodes 370; Sack, Freiburg, 678-80; Schramm XVII p. 8; Schreiber V 3461; Sheppard 1485; Karl Stackmann, ‘Die Bedeutung des Beiwerks für die Bestimmung der Gebrauchssituation vorlutherischer deutscher Bibeln', De captu lectoris. Wirkungen des Buches im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert dargestellt an ausgewählten Handschriften und Drucken, Festschrift Wieland Schmidt, ed. Wolfgang Milde and Werner Schuder (Berlin, 1988), 273-88, at 284; Strohm, Deutsche Bibeldrucke, 19-20; VL VI 1276-90, at 1285-6.
LCN: 14004846
Copies
Copy number: B-330(1)
Bound in two volumes (Gn–Ps; Prv–Apc).
Binding: Contemporary German (Augsburg, Kyriß workshop no. 83; Schwenke–Schunke–Rabenau 12) blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, two bosses, four corner-pieces on each cover and two clasps lost. Letter-stamping at the head of the upper cover. Merrythought stamps on the spine. On both covers fillets form a triple frame; the inner rectangle is filled with merrythoughts. In the inner frame a stamp with three flowers, in the middle frame a cresting roll, in the outer frame, palm-leaf stamps; for the cresting roll see Kyriß pl. 169 roll no. 1 (Augsburg) and Schwenke–Schunke 80 no. 31.
Size: 403 × 277 × 90 and 403 × 280 × 98 mm.
Size of leaf: 390 × 270 mm.
A coloured woodcut of St Mary Magdalene, measuring 113 × 69 mm, pasted on the endleaf of vol. 1.
Rubrics in German by an early hand indicating liturgical lessons.
Woodcuts painted in several colours.
Provenance: Jörg Zwicker (fl. 1515); name on the rear pastedowns; on the front endleaves inscription: ‘Diß bůch hat vnß vnser vater Jörg Zwicker vmb gotz willen geben vff aftermentag vor sant valentine amen. Domini 1515 Jar' [13 Feb. 1515]. Anonymous sale (London, Evans, 6 Feb. 1832), lot 270. Purchased for £3. 15. 0; see Books Purchased (1832), 3 and Library Bills (1829-32), no. 348 (dated 1832).
SHELFMARK: Auct. Y 4.3,4.
Copy number: B-330(2)
Not in Sheppard.
Bound with A‑168(5); see there for details of binding and provenance.
Leaves [x1] and [I1] only.
Size of fragments: 384 × 267 mm.
On both leaves paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue; capital strokes and underlining in red. On [x1r] line fillers are supplied in red; on [I1r] a three-line initial ‘D' is supplied in red. On [x1r] and on [I1v] woodcut initials have been pasted in the gaps left for coloured initials to be supplied: that on [x1r] shows King David with a harp, that on [I1v] show God creating the world; also on [X1v] a five-line initial ‘E' in gold, decorated with red pen-work and edged in black, has been pasted in the gap left for an initial.
SHELFMARK: Gibson 403(5/1-2).
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