Bod-Inc: O-033
Os, Facies, Mentum
Analysis of Content
a1r Os, facies, mentum. Incipit: ‘[O]s facies mentum dens guttur lingua palatum | Barba supercilium cilium frons tempora labrum . . .'; mnemonic hexameters.
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: Félix Baligault, [c.1494]. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a4.
References
ISTC: io00114000
Goff: Goff O‑114;
BMC: BMC VIII 176;
Proctor: Pr 8285;
Others: Sheppard 6429.
LCN: 14537346
Copies
Copy number: O-033(1)
Bound within a collection of French printed fragments.
Size of leaf: 345–353 × 155–242 mm.
Ten copies of the folio sheet containing the tract, measuring 345-353 × 155-242 mm., all cropped and some also mutilated, but between them making up the whole text. At one time the sheets were folded in quarto.
Manuscript notes, mainly commenting on the text or extracting key words, in Latin and English, in Crag's hand.
Provenance: John Crag (†by 21 Mar. 1553); inscription on item 5: ‘Liber Joannis Crag. Dedi bibliopole Herfordensi Ingle[ ] nuncupato pro isto et sex reliquis libris biblie xliijs iiijd quod emi Ludlowie anno dominice incarnationis millesimo quingentesimo decimo circiter diem nundinarum(?) Lichefeldensium'. Date of acquisition unknown.
SHELFMARK: Inc. c. F97.1(5-7, 10-16).
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