Bod-Inc: R-144
Rudimentum Novitiorum
Rudimentum novitiorum [French] La Mer des histoires.
Analysis of Content
ā1r [Title-page.]
ā2r La Mer des histoires. [Preface.] Incipit: ‘[P]our esmouuoir les courages des humans et les encliner a viure vertueusement . . .’ See R‑143.
ā4r [List of contents of part I, by chapter.]
a1r La Mer des histoires. Incipit: ‘[I]n principio creauit deus celum et terram. Pour euiter les grans erreurs . . .’ See R‑142.
cc6r [First colophon.]
A1r [Second title-page.]
II1r ‘Martyrologe des sainctz'. Incipit: ‘[A]insi comme dit le pape Innocent . . .’
LL7v [Second colophon.]
ſſ1r [List of contents of part II, by chapter.]
Imprint
Imprint: Lyons: Jean Du Pré, 1491. Folio.
Remarks: In two parts, dated: (I) 20 Aug. 1491; (II) 23 Aug. 1491.
Collation
Collation: Part I: ā10 a–z8 aa8 bb cc6; part II: A–V AA–GG8 HH6 II–LL8 ſſ8.
Leaves: Part I: 214 leaves, 12-214 numbered ii–cciiii, not as C; part II: 254 leaves, 222 blank, i–ccxxi so numbered.
Illustrations: Woodcut borders, initials, and 2 maps; see Campbell, Maps, 217 and 218.
References
ISTC: ir00347000
Hain: C 3990 = 3992;
Goff: Goff R‑347;
Proctor: not in Pr;
Others: CIBN R‑222; Claudin III 493; Oates 3207; Rhodes 1536; Sheppard 6647. Microfiche: Unit 4: Chronicles and Historiography Part I, CH 85.
LCN: 14029894
Copies
Copy number: R-144(1)
Bound in two volumes.
Binding: Nineteenth-century gold-tooled red morocco, by Trautz-Bauzonnet, stamped with the arms of Seillière. Gilt-edged leaves, marbled pastedowns, and blue silk bookmark.
Size: 320 × 245/250 × 35/40 mm.
Size of leaf: 313 × 225/27 mm.
On cc6r-v a long note in French, dated 1611. A few marginal notes, mainly extracting key words, in the same hand.
Initials, paragraph marks, and chapter heading underlining are supplied in red. Capitals touched with yellow wash.
Provenance: On a1r of vol. 1: ‘Der Karolus auctor . . . Bernhardus(?) . . .' Baron Achille de Seillière (1813-1869): Bibliothèque de Mello; sale (1887), lot 178. Thomas Ryburn Buchanan (1846-1911). Presented in 1941.
SHELFMARK: Buchanan c.20,21.
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