Bod-Inc: N-117
Niger, Petrus
Contra perfidos Judaeos de conditionibus veri Messiae [German] Stern des Meschiah.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] [Niger, Petrus: Notes on Hebrew grammar.] Incipit: ‘Alef. Bet. Gimel . . . a b g . . . Es steet czu wissen das fünff buchstaben . . .’] Explicit: disem wort bereschit [
[b1r] Niger, Petrus: Contra perfidos Judaeos de conditionibus veri Messiae [German] Stern des Meschiah. ‘Stella Meschiahs'. Incipit: ‘[I]n aller ubung der vernust ist die czu preysen . . .’ Explicit: ve rasa lo See Bücherschätze in Regensburg: Frühe Drucke aus den Beständen der Staatlichen Bibliotheken. Katalog zur Ausstellung in der Staatlichen Bibliothek Regensburg vom 8.2.-2.3 1996, ed. N. Henkel (Regensburg, 1996), no. 1.5; also Kaeppeli III no. 3274, and VL VI 1012-13.
[qq8v] Niger, Petrus: [Author's colophon.] Incipit: ‘Also hat ein endt das buch welichs wirt . . .’ Explicit: gottes darczu geseczt
[rr1r] [Extended list of contents.] Incipit: ‘[D]as buch welichs wirt genennet chochas hamschiah . . .’ Explicit: cristlichen glauben
[rr6r] [Printer's colophon.]
Imprint
Imprint: Esslingen: Conrad Fyner, 20 Dec. 1477. 4°.
Collation
Collation: [a6 b–d10 e–z aa–qq8 rr6].
Illustrations: Woodcuts: see Schramm IX pls 6 ([b1v]) and 7 ([nn4v]), with pl. 6 repeated (on [gg5v]); also woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: in00258000
Hain: H *11886;
Goff: Goff N‑258;
BMC: BMC II 516;
Proctor: Pr 2464;
Others: CIBN N‑149; Schramm IX p. 19; Schreiber V 5217; Sheppard 1777-8.
LCN: 14052644
Copies
Copy number: N-117(1)
Gathering [a] (the grammatical tract) is bound between gatherings [qq] and [rr]. Variants from BL copy: [qq8v], author's colophon, lines 3-4: ‘ . . . ge= | macht / mit . . .'; l. 6: ‘ . . . drücker . . .'; lines 7-8: ‘ . . . Iü= | diſch . . .'; l. 8: ‘ . . . dz eÿner . . .'; [rr1r], l. 3: ‘ . . . deſs Meſchiaß des . . .'; l. 4: ‘ . . . des . . .'; l. 5: ‘ . . . des . . .'; l. 6: ‘ . . . eÿnem . . .'; l. 8: ‘ . . . des . . .'; l. 9: ‘tes ist . . .'; l. 10: ‘ . . . des . . .'; l. 11: ‘ . . . bekeerung'; [rr6r], printer's colophon, l. 2: ‘ . . . von . . . keÿſerlichn̄ |'; l. 3: ‘ . . . Eſzling. an . . .'; l. 5: ‘ . . . ſibenczigk. Iar. |'.
Binding: Contemporary German (Nuremberg, Kyriß workshop no. 120) blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, with five metal bosses on each cover; two clasps and catches, replacing earlier ones, the holes of which remain visible. On the upper cover intersecting triple fillets form a frame within which is a repeated lozenge-shaped stamp of a heart pierced by an arrow (Kyriß pl. 241, no. 8). Triple fillets form the inner rectangle which is divided, by two further sets of triple fillets forming a saltire cross, into triangular compartments decorated with a rosette stamp (Kyriß pl. 241, no. 6) and a fleuron. On the lower cover quadruple fillets form a rectangular compartment which is divided by three further sets of triple fillets into triangular compartments. One of the compartments of the spine is decorated with a smaller rosette stamp and two other now indistinguishable stamps; the spine has been painted over in white, and there are remains of several paper manuscript labels. At the head of the upper cover is a fifteenth-century manuscript label bearing the title of the work. Parchment index tabs.
Size: 245 × 173 × 86 mm.
Size of leaf: 233 × 154 mm.
On [b2r] a note in German in red ink, dated 1550: ‘So wir hetten ein rechten crislichen glauben got vnd gemainen nutz vor augen ein ellen ein mas ein gewicht vnd gelt so rurde es noch wol in der welt 1550'; on [mm8v] a note in the lower margin, dated 1546. Occasional scribbles in black ink. Early signatures supplied in black ink. Irregular early manuscript foliation in red: 1-309.
Woodcuts and initials coloured in red, yellow, blue, green, black and brown.
Provenance: Innsbruck, Observant Franciscans, Holy Cross; inscription on [b2r]: ‘Pro conuentu Fratrum Minorum de Obseruantia ad S. Crucem Œniponti'. Purchased for £2. 2. 0: see Books Purchased (1846), 26.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 6Q 6.44.
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