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Petrus de Rivo

Opus responsivum ad Epistolam apologeticam Pauli de Middelburgo de anno, die et feria dominicae passionis, et al.

 

Analysis of Content

a1r [Title-page.]

a2r [Woodcut of the Crucifixion with caption, ‘Christus anno etatis sue quo supra viiio kal. Aprilis . . .']

a2v [Woodcut of the Resurrection with caption, ‘Christus anno etatis sue xxxiiiio currente vio kal. Aprilis . . .']

a3r Petrus de Rivo: ‘Prologus.’ Incipit: ‘[U]t veritates (quas de tempore dominice passionis domino cooperante lucubrationibus . . .’ Explicit: exordientes aggrediamur

a3v ‘Particio presentis operis'. Incipit: ‘[A]d laudem et gloriam indiuidue Trinitatis redemptoris nostri . . .’ Explicit: quanquam resurrexit

a4r [Table of contents.]

a5r Petrus de Rivo: Opus responsivum ad Epistolam apologeticam Pauli de Middelburgo de anno, die et feria dominicae passionis. Incipit: ‘[C]hristus anno etatis sue xxxio currente baptizatus est . . .’ Explicit: dederat) gloriam deo optimo in secula benedicto See H. de Jongh, L'ancienne faculté de théologie de Louvain au premier siècle de son existence (1432-1540) (Louvain, 1911), 84-5.

f1r Beda [pseudo-]: Kalendarium Egyptiorum secundum Bedam cui annotatum est kalendarium Romanorum. In tabular form, with notes on the golden numbers. On the Egyptian calendar see Bonnie Blackburn and Leofranc Holford-Strevens, The Oxford Companion to the Year (Oxford, 1999), 708-9.

f4r [Notes on the equinox and solstice at Louvain in 1488.] Incipit: ‘Sol ingreditur Arietem die decima Marcii completa horis . . .’

f4r [Notes on the Julian and Augustan calendars.] Incipit: ‘Julius Cesar annum solarem instituens iussit anno . . .’ Text with tables.

f4v ‘Ciclus magnus quingentorum triginta duorum annorum ad intentionem Julii depictus . . .’ In tabular form, with printed marginal annotations.

f5r ‘Ciclus magnus Dionisii abbatis in cuius capite posuit annum incarnationis dominice . . .’ In tabular form, with printed marginal annotations.

f5v ‘Superior horum duorum ciclorum est ciclus solaris intentus a Julio . . .’ Schematic woodcut diagram, with printed marginal annotations.

f5v ‘Superior istorum duorum ciclorum est ciclus luminaris Hebreorum . . .’ Schematic woodcut diagram, with printed marginal annotations.

f6r [Two sets of notes, one for each of the two diagrams.] Incipit: ‘[P]atres primitiue ecclesie perpendentes cursum cicli . . .’

f6r Dionysius [Exiguus]: ‘Formula Dyonisii per quam scitur quibus diebus kalendarii anni decemnouennales incipiunt et finiuntur.’ Incipit: ‘Anno decemnouennali primo a xvo kal. Mayi vsque nonas Aprilis . . .’ For a general explanation of Dionysius' table see Blackburn and Holford-Strevens, Oxford Companion to the Year, 778-9.

f6v ‘De initiis dierum naturalium secundum diuersas nationes hominum.’ Incipit: ‘Dies naturalis apud Hebreos a mundi constitutione . . .’ Note with accompanying schematic woodcut diagram.

f6v [Tables showing the possible dates of Easter.] ‘Portio kalendarii in quam semper incidit luna decimquarta Paschalis.’ In tabular form with printed marginal annotations.

f7r Godelof, Oliverius: [Statement affirming that the astronomical calculations are correct, according to the tables of Alphonsus X, King of Castile.] Incipit: ‘Quantum ad coniunctionem luminarium mediam supra positam et quo ad introitum solis . . .’ Explicit: Alfonsii exaratum Below the statement is a woodcut representation of Godelof's sign manual.

f7v ‘Versus vtiles vt aureus numerus kalendario Romano regulariter prenotetur.’ Incipit: ‘iii xi xix viii xvi v xiii ii x xviii | Ternus. vndi. nod. octo. sed. quinque. tred. ambo. decem. doct.'; 4 lines of verse.

f7v ‘Versus ostendentes in quibus casibus aureus numerus non regulariter decimo kalendario prenotatue.’ Incipit: ‘Februarius, Aprilis, Augustus | Est sine din Februus sine to pril Junius Augus'; 6 lines of verse.

f7v ‘Versus continentes duodecim signa zodiaci.’ Incipit: ‘Est Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo | Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius'; 3 lines of verse.

Imprint

Imprint: Louvain: Ludovicus Ravescot, [not before 1488]. Folio.

Collation

Collation: a–d8 e6 f8.

Illustrations: Woodcuts: see BMC and Conway 134-8.

References

ISTC: ip00534000

Hain: HC 12857 (incl. H 4256) = 12859;

Goff: Goff P‑534;

BMC: BMC IX 168;

Proctor: Pr 9312;

Others: Boekdrukkunst, 192; Campbell-Kronenberg 1405; CIBN P‑269; Hillard 1591; HPT II 440; ILC 1750; Oates 3825-7; Sheppard 7164.

LCN: 14110420

Copies

Copy number: P-215(1)

Wanting the blank leaf f8.

The title has been cut out and mounted, with the loss of the woodcut below it.

Binding: Eighteenth-century(?) parchment.

Size: 259 × 190 × 13 mm.

Size of leaf: 250 × 182 mm.

Occasional early marginal corrections. Bibliographical notes signed by Hand on the front pastedown.

Provenance: J. T. Hand (fl. 1834-1837), 1835; signature on the recto of the front endleaf dated 1835; bibliographical note in pencil on the front pastedown; sale (1837), lot 249; purchased 1837 for £0. 8. 0: see Books Purchased (1837), 31.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q inf. 1.44.


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