Bod-Inc: M-020
Mahomet II
Epistola magni Turci.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] [Zacchia], Laudivius: ‘Prefacio' [addressed to] Franciscus Beltrandus. Incipit: ‘[E]pistolas a me nuper in lucem editas ad quem potius mitterem . . .’ Explicit: nasum rinocerontis habent See M‑018. Laudivius here called ‘Laudinius'; ends imperfectly.
[a1r] ‘Argumentum epistolarum'. Incipit: ‘[M]aumetes Turcorum imperator (cui postea ex magnitudine rerum . . .’ Explicit: latinas edidit
[a1v] [Mahomet Ii pseudo-; Zacchia, Laudivius]: Epistolae magni Turci. Incipit: ‘Audio te ad Leptam (Euphrate superato) copias ingentes traiecisse quibus . . .’ Explicit: ab incendio belli seruasse
Imprint
Imprint: [Cologne: Johann Guldenschaff, c.1480]. 4°.
Collation
Collation: [a8 b c6].
Types: Type: 110 G.
Leaves: 20 leaves.
Line number: 25 lines ([a1r]).
Type area: Type area: 139 ×76 mm ([a1r]).
References
ISTC: im00061000
Hain: C 3765;
Goff: Goff M‑61;
Proctor: Pr 1220;
Others: Babinger 40, no. 6; CIBN L‑59; Hillard 1199; Oates 698; Pellechet MS. 7411 (7348); Sheppard 921; Voulliéme, Köln, 825.
LCN: 14515196
Copies
Copy number: M-020(1)
Bound with C‑249; see there for details of binding and acquisition.
Size of leaf: 206 × 140 mm.
Signatures supplied in black ink in a fifteenth/sixteenth-century hand.
Provenance: Thomas Vavasour (fifteenth/sixteenth century); inscription on [c6v]: ‘Thomas Vauasour is the m[aste]r of this book'. Edward Barker (sixteenth century); inscription on [c6v]: ‘Iam Edward Barker'. Joseph Maynard (1607?–1670); see also C‑249.
SHELFMARK: Auct. N 5.8(3).
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