Bod-Inc: P-515
Psalterium
Psalterium ad usum Monialium S. Laurentii de Venetiis.
Analysis of Content
[*2r] [Calendarium.]
a1r [Psalterium, Ps 1-150.]
cc5v [Cantica.] See P‑495, nos 1-11, 15.
ff7r ‘Collecta post psalterium'.
gg1r ‘Letanie'. ‘Maria' first of every order of saints; ‘Ligori', ‘Barbare', ‘Platon', ‘Thoma', ‘Tabre Tabrate et Theoniste' among the martyrs; ‘Seuere', ‘Athanasi', ‘Vincenti', ‘Florenti et Vindemiale' (African saints whose relics were supposedly in Treviso) among the confessors; ‘Pater Benedicte' and ‘Pauli' among the monks; ‘Barbara', ‘Scolastica', ‘Apolonia', ‘Crestina', ‘Candida', ‘Ursula', ‘XI milia virginum' among the virgins.
hh5v ‘Letanie beate Marie'.
A1r ‘Liber hymnorum'. Incipit: ‘[P]rimo dierum omnium . . .’
Q7v [Colophon.]
ii1r ‘Officium feriarum'.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: [Bernardinus Stagninus, de Tridino, for Antonius de Zanchis], 30 Dec. 1495. 16°.
Remarks: As assigned by Rhodes,`Antonio Zanchi', 149 n. 2; unassigned in BMC and IDL; IGI, Sheppard, and CIBN assign to [Bernardinus Stagninus, de Tridino], Pr to [Antonius de Zanchis]. Entered in BMC and C as ‘Diurnale Romanum'.
Collation
Collation: [* **] a–z [et] [con] [rum] aa–hh A–Q ii–nn8.
Types: Types: 82 G, calendar; 95 G.
Leaves: 456 leaves, [*1], [**6-8], ff8 blank.
Line number: 15 lines (a2r).
Type area: Type area: 69 ×49 mm (a2r).
Remarks: Red-printed lombards, also capital spaces, with guide-letters. Leaf [*2r]: ‘(red) KL Ianuarius hēt di- | es xxxi . . .'; a1r: ‘(red) Pſalmus dauid. | b (black) Eatus vir [qui] | nō abijt in cō | ſilio impioꝝ: | . . .'; [A1r: ‘Incipit Liber hymnorum . . .']; Q7v, colophon: ‘Imp̄ſſuƺ venetijs āno dn̄i | Mcccclxxxxv. die xxx. de | cēbris. Regnāte dn̄o Agu | ſtino barbadico dux ve.'; ii1r: ‘(red) Incipit officiū feriaꝝ. fe= | ria ſecūda īuitatoriū. (black) Ve | nite exultemus dn̄o . . .'; nn8v, l. 5: ‘protege nos ſemper deus | noſter'.
References
ISTC: ip01051000
Hain: H 13495; C 2024;
Goff: Goff P‑1051;
BMC: BMC V 592;
Proctor: Pr 5617;
Others: Bohatta, Lit. Bibl., 926 = 641?; CIBN P‑664; IDL 3826; IGI 8161; Meyer-Baer p. 45; D. E. Rhodes, ‘Antonio Zanchi of Bergamo Printer or Publisher at Venice and Mantua', Gb Jb (1956), 141-44, repr. in Studies in Early Italian Printing, ed. D. E. Rhodes (London, 1982), 149-152, at 149 n. 2; Sheppard 3967-8.
LCN: 14063220
Copies
Copy number: P-515(1)
Wanting f5, i6, z2, gg1, and A1; also the blank leaves [*1], [**7], ff8, and Q8.
Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century blind-tooled morocco, with gilt- and gauffered-edged leaves, and floral paper pastedowns.
Size: 110 × 90 × 50 mm.
Size of leaf: 105 × 77 mm.
On a1r a six-line initial ‘B' is supplied in burgundy and azure with white pen-work decoration, on a square gold ground, now badly damaged; on the same leaf the text, edged by a gold frame, is surrounded by a full border made of burgundy, blue, and green floral decoration and gold dots (Venice?). A few other principal initials are supplied in the same style. Other principal initials are supplied in blue with red pen-work decoration.
Provenance and date of acquisition unknown.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 6.26.
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