Bod-Inc: M-223
Mirabilia Romae
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Mirabilia Romae. Incipit: ‘[M]urus vrbis habet trecentas sexaginta et vnam turres . . .’ Explicit: et est ecclesia fratrum minorum See M‑222.
Imprint
Imprint: [Rome: Stephan Plannck, 1491-1500]. 8°.
Collation
Collation: [a8].
Types: Type: 88 G, last state. Capital space on [a1r]. Lombard M.
Leaves: 8 leaves.
Line number: 23 lines ([a2r]).
Type area: Type area: 102 ×67 mm ([a2r]).
Remarks: Leaf [a1r]. ‘¶ Mirabilia Rome vrbis. | MVrus vrbis habet trecētas ſexaginta et | vnaƺ turres . . .'; [a8r], l. 14: ‘ . . . Et ideo vo- | catur ſancta Maria ara celi [et] eſt eccleſia fratrū | minorum. | ¶ Finis'.
References
ISTC: im00591500
Proctor: Pr 3780;
Others: Miedema 186, no. l 47; not in Pollak, Le guide di Roma; Rossetti, Rome: I: The Guide Books, 6 no. G‑063a; Sheppard 2991.
LCN: 14027862
Copies
Copy number: M-223(1)
Bound with:
2. (Mirabilia Romae vel potius) Historia et descriptio urbis Romae. Rome: [Andreas Freitag], 11 July 1492 (M‑228).
Mutilated throughout.
Binding: Half calf with brown cloth; bound for the Bodleian Library.
Size: 136 × 111 × 10 mm.
Size of leaf: 127 × 91 mm.
Provenance: John Selden (1584-1654); see MS. Selden Supra 111, fol. 49v: ‘Mirabil. Romae: cum aliis tract: 8° old'; MS. Broxb. 84. 10, p. 99: ‘De mirabilibus Romae urbis. 1492'. Presented in 1659.
SHELFMARK: 8° R 23(1) Art. Seld.
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