Search

You Searched For

Search Results

1.
Bulla aurea

Creator:
Holy Roman Empire
Published / Created:
1474]
Call Number:
1973 +122
Image Count:
6
Description:
BEIN 1973 +122: For fuller description see collation slip in volume. and BEIN 1973 +122: Imperfect: ff. 25-26, blank, wanting; ff. 1, 2, and 10 mutilated and repaired.
Publisher:
Friedrich Creusner
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bulla aurea

3.
Horatius cum quattuor co[m]mentariis

Creator:
Horace
Published / Created:
1495 [i.e. 1496]
Call Number:
Zi +5306
Image Count:
5
Alternative Title:
Works. 1496 and Horatius cum quattuor commentariis
Description:
BEIN Zi +5306: Imperfect: Leaf [4] at end, Fontana's device, wanting. Armorial bookplate: Henrici Alani. Autograph: Joanis Bourgeois., Colophon: Qu. Horatii flacci opera: Venetiis Impressa. Anno salutis. M.CCCCXCV. die. xyi. februarii., and Commentaries by Antonio Mancinelli, Pseudo-Acro, Porphyrius, and Cristoforo Landino.
Publisher:
Philippus Pincius for Benedictus Fontana
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Horatius cum quattuor co[m]mentariis

5.
Missale Romanum

Creator:
Catholic Church
Published / Created:
[15 Oct., 1498]
Call Number:
1972 252
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Missal. 1498
Description:
BEIN 1972 252: For fuller description see collation slip in volume., Title and imprint from Incunabula short title catalogue., 32 sheets of North Italian paper watermarked with bull's head surmounted by crown, printed in red and black throughout., 35 lines in 2 columns, headline in red, Canon in 25 lines, one column; Gothic letter in black and red; black musical notations on red printed staves., Full-page woodcut by Venetian artist (Essling crucifixion cut VII), appearing for first time in this missal. Two-quarter woodcut border of Renaisance ornament on incipit-page. Publisher's device on title page printed in red (inked over in black by hand). Red-printed Lombards. White-on-black woodcut intials, many historiated., The only incunable Missal published by Giunta in octavo format., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0861: Imperfect: leaf CIX, with woodcut of Christ on the Cross with Mary and St. John. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Publisher:
Johannes Emericus de Spira for Lucantonio Giunta
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Missale Romanum

6.
Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m

Creator:
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440-1497
Published / Created:
anno salutis 1486 die xj Februarij.
Call Number:
Zi +156 2
Image Count:
11
Abstract:
An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route
Alternative Title:
Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam and Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ...
Description:
BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Rubricated throughout. Head- and tail-pieces hand-colored. Part of view of Jerusalem hand-colored., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Imperfect: wanting plates with view of Venice, view of Modon, middle [?] portion of view of the Holy Land, and final blank leaf. Some leaves and plates appear to have been supplied from another copy. Some plates mutilated. Complete view of Holy Land supplied in negative photostat., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Stamp: Ex Bibliotheca J. Richard D.M., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Bound in quarter old stamped leather over wooden boards, with clasps; lined with four leaves from a vellum 14th c. manuscript on canon law; the clasp hooks are missing., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Imperfect: Final blank leaf wanting., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Bookplate: Frank Altschul. Inscription: Pro Conventu Olomucensi ad S. Bernardinum. Illegible stamp., The first illustrated travel book printed, and the first to include images of real places. Also the first to include folding plates; the panorama of Venice is over five feet long. The view of Jerusalem is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on a contemporary eyewitness account., Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich., Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication., Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r)., Capital spaces without guide letters., Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075., 1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +156, and BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; clasps missing. Rubricated; with uncolored woodcuts. Inscribed: Monastery Baumburg.
Publisher:
P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori
Subject (Geographic):
Palestine, Sinai (Egypt), Venice (Italy), and Jerusalem
Subject (Name):
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, -1497
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Travel, and Travelers' writings, German
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m] in Iherusale[m] ...

7.
Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

Creator:
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Published / Created:
duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Call Number:
2012 Folio 154
Image Count:
8
Alternative Title:
Liber chronicarum, Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di, Libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m] de mu[n]di fabrica, and Nuremberg chronicle
Description:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: Imperfect: some lower margins bled and repaired., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: 47 cm. Imperfect: leaves 1, 17, 51, 58, 101, 259, 261, 264, 267, 285, 290 wanting., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: Title page and leaf 268 illuminated., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: Bookplate of A. Hachette., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 2012 Folio 154: 49 cm., in case 53 cm. For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN ZZi 2084: Provenance: Unidentified shelfmarks "1157," "1152," and "11019" (front pastedown). Armorial binding of Paul Petau, with motto: Non est mortale quod opto. Monogram of Alexandre Petau. Autograph and manuscript note of Charles duc de Croy. Autograph of Lalaing. Autograph and armorial bookplate of the Marquises of Ormonde (Ossory), with motto: Comme je trouve (recto front flyleaf). Bibliographical note in modern hand (recto second front flyleaf). Gift of Frank Altschul, 1969., BEIN ZZi 2084: Binding: 45 cm. Mottled calf over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled with arms of Paul Petau and monograph of Alexandre Petau. Spine title: Chronicarum., BEIN BrSides 2024 25: Imperfect: leaves LIIII and CCLXXII only, with text concerning the Persians and Constantinople. Leaves were trimmed with loss of text. Formerly used as end paper in former binding of Geiler von Kaysersberg, Das schiff der penitentz. To view title, search by call number Zg 16 G27 +514., Imprint from second colophon., Leaves printed on both sides., Unsigned gatherings., First colophon (CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. sint laudes infinite., Second colophon ([CCC]v): ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493., With two colophons, one dated 4 June 1493, marking the end of the work of Hartmann Schedel; the remainder of the text, with colophon dated 12 July 1493, was the work of Georg Alt. See Wilson, Adrian, The making of the Nuremberg chronicle, 1976, page 156., Printed on Imperial-sized paper; table and parts of text in 2 columns; 64 lines plus headline to a full page; area of text 352 (366) x 223 mm. Includes initial spaces in the table and on leaves i, cclxii, and leaf [iv] (third group); printed initials elsewhere. With foliation, without catchwords and signatures., Signatures (as given by BMC and others): *⁶ **⁶ ***⁸ a⁶ b-d⁴ e-h⁶ i² k⁴ l-n⁶ o² p-q⁶ r-y⁴ z⁶ 2a-2c⁶ 2d² 2e⁶ 2f⁴ 2m-2z⁶ A-K⁶ L⁶⁻² M⁶. The double-leaf map of Europe is printed on leaves L3 and L4, with presentation of the map on L3r and the second colophon on L4v; L5-6 are cancelled. M1r-5v (without foliation) contain "De Sarmacia regione Europe," with Latin sapphics on the exploits of Maximilian on M5v; M6 is blank., Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI are blank except for headlines to allow for readers' additions, as noted on CCLVIIIv., Contains 1809 woodcut illustrations (of which 1164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, and two woodcut maps., World map printed across leaves XIIv and XIIIr., Variants listed by W.B. Todd, The book collector, 1964, p. 497-98, and in Wilson., Disputed passage relating to alleged discovery of America by Behaim and Camus on CCXCr., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0675: Imperfect: three leaves only, including leaf [267]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Publisher:
Dominus Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit ...
Subject (Topic):
Chronology, Historical, World history, and Civilization, Ancient
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

8.
Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

Creator:
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Published / Created:
duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Call Number:
ZZi 2084
Image Count:
12
Alternative Title:
Liber chronicarum, Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di, Libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m] de mu[n]di fabrica, and Nuremberg chronicle
Description:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: Imperfect: some lower margins bled and repaired., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: 47 cm. Imperfect: leaves 1, 17, 51, 58, 101, 259, 261, 264, 267, 285, 290 wanting., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: Title page and leaf 268 illuminated., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: Bookplate of A. Hachette., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 2012 Folio 154: 49 cm., in case 53 cm. For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN ZZi 2084: Provenance: Unidentified shelfmarks "1157," "1152," and "11019" (front pastedown). Armorial binding of Paul Petau, with motto: Non est mortale quod opto. Monogram of Alexandre Petau. Autograph and manuscript note of Charles duc de Croy. Autograph of Lalaing. Autograph and armorial bookplate of the Marquises of Ormonde (Ossory), with motto: Comme je trouve (recto front flyleaf). Bibliographical note in modern hand (recto second front flyleaf). Gift of Frank Altschul, 1969., BEIN ZZi 2084: Binding: 45 cm. Mottled calf over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled with arms of Paul Petau and monograph of Alexandre Petau. Spine title: Chronicarum., BEIN BrSides 2024 25: Imperfect: leaves LIIII and CCLXXII only, with text concerning the Persians and Constantinople. Leaves were trimmed with loss of text. Formerly used as end paper in former binding of Geiler von Kaysersberg, Das schiff der penitentz. To view title, search by call number Zg 16 G27 +514., Imprint from second colophon., Leaves printed on both sides., Unsigned gatherings., First colophon (CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. sint laudes infinite., Second colophon ([CCC]v): ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493., With two colophons, one dated 4 June 1493, marking the end of the work of Hartmann Schedel; the remainder of the text, with colophon dated 12 July 1493, was the work of Georg Alt. See Wilson, Adrian, The making of the Nuremberg chronicle, 1976, page 156., Printed on Imperial-sized paper; table and parts of text in 2 columns; 64 lines plus headline to a full page; area of text 352 (366) x 223 mm. Includes initial spaces in the table and on leaves i, cclxii, and leaf [iv] (third group); printed initials elsewhere. With foliation, without catchwords and signatures., Signatures (as given by BMC and others): *⁶ **⁶ ***⁸ a⁶ b-d⁴ e-h⁶ i² k⁴ l-n⁶ o² p-q⁶ r-y⁴ z⁶ 2a-2c⁶ 2d² 2e⁶ 2f⁴ 2m-2z⁶ A-K⁶ L⁶⁻² M⁶. The double-leaf map of Europe is printed on leaves L3 and L4, with presentation of the map on L3r and the second colophon on L4v; L5-6 are cancelled. M1r-5v (without foliation) contain "De Sarmacia regione Europe," with Latin sapphics on the exploits of Maximilian on M5v; M6 is blank., Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI are blank except for headlines to allow for readers' additions, as noted on CCLVIIIv., Contains 1809 woodcut illustrations (of which 1164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, and two woodcut maps., World map printed across leaves XIIv and XIIIr., Variants listed by W.B. Todd, The book collector, 1964, p. 497-98, and in Wilson., Disputed passage relating to alleged discovery of America by Behaim and Camus on CCXCr., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0675: Imperfect: three leaves only, including leaf [267]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Publisher:
Dominus Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit ...
Subject (Topic):
Chronology, Historical, World history, and Civilization, Ancient
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

9.
Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

Creator:
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Published / Created:
duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Call Number:
1977 Folio 25
Image Count:
7
Alternative Title:
Liber chronicarum, Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di, Libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m] de mu[n]di fabrica, and Nuremberg chronicle
Description:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: Imperfect: some lower margins bled and repaired., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: 47 cm. Imperfect: leaves 1, 17, 51, 58, 101, 259, 261, 264, 267, 285, 290 wanting., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: Title page and leaf 268 illuminated., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: Bookplate of A. Hachette., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 2012 Folio 154: 49 cm., in case 53 cm. For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN ZZi 2084: Provenance: Unidentified shelfmarks "1157," "1152," and "11019" (front pastedown). Armorial binding of Paul Petau, with motto: Non est mortale quod opto. Monogram of Alexandre Petau. Autograph and manuscript note of Charles duc de Croy. Autograph of Lalaing. Autograph and armorial bookplate of the Marquises of Ormonde (Ossory), with motto: Comme je trouve (recto front flyleaf). Bibliographical note in modern hand (recto second front flyleaf). Gift of Frank Altschul, 1969., BEIN ZZi 2084: Binding: 45 cm. Mottled calf over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled with arms of Paul Petau and monograph of Alexandre Petau. Spine title: Chronicarum., BEIN BrSides 2024 25: Imperfect: leaves LIIII and CCLXXII only, with text concerning the Persians and Constantinople. Leaves were trimmed with loss of text. Formerly used as end paper in former binding of Geiler von Kaysersberg, Das schiff der penitentz. To view title, search by call number Zg 16 G27 +514., Imprint from second colophon., Leaves printed on both sides., Unsigned gatherings., First colophon (CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. sint laudes infinite., Second colophon ([CCC]v): ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493., With two colophons, one dated 4 June 1493, marking the end of the work of Hartmann Schedel; the remainder of the text, with colophon dated 12 July 1493, was the work of Georg Alt. See Wilson, Adrian, The making of the Nuremberg chronicle, 1976, page 156., Printed on Imperial-sized paper; table and parts of text in 2 columns; 64 lines plus headline to a full page; area of text 352 (366) x 223 mm. Includes initial spaces in the table and on leaves i, cclxii, and leaf [iv] (third group); printed initials elsewhere. With foliation, without catchwords and signatures., Signatures (as given by BMC and others): *⁶ **⁶ ***⁸ a⁶ b-d⁴ e-h⁶ i² k⁴ l-n⁶ o² p-q⁶ r-y⁴ z⁶ 2a-2c⁶ 2d² 2e⁶ 2f⁴ 2m-2z⁶ A-K⁶ L⁶⁻² M⁶. The double-leaf map of Europe is printed on leaves L3 and L4, with presentation of the map on L3r and the second colophon on L4v; L5-6 are cancelled. M1r-5v (without foliation) contain "De Sarmacia regione Europe," with Latin sapphics on the exploits of Maximilian on M5v; M6 is blank., Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI are blank except for headlines to allow for readers' additions, as noted on CCLVIIIv., Contains 1809 woodcut illustrations (of which 1164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, and two woodcut maps., World map printed across leaves XIIv and XIIIr., Variants listed by W.B. Todd, The book collector, 1964, p. 497-98, and in Wilson., Disputed passage relating to alleged discovery of America by Behaim and Camus on CCXCr., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0675: Imperfect: three leaves only, including leaf [267]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Publisher:
Dominus Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit ...
Subject (Topic):
Chronology, Historical, World history, and Civilization, Ancient
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

10.
Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.

Creator:
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Published / Created:
duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Call Number:
2012 Folio 153
Image Count:
11
Alternative Title:
Liber chronicarum, Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di, Libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m] de mu[n]di fabrica, and Nuremberg chronicle
Description:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: Imperfect: some lower margins bled and repaired., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: 47 cm. Imperfect: leaves 1, 17, 51, 58, 101, 259, 261, 264, 267, 285, 290 wanting., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: Title page and leaf 268 illuminated., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: Bookplate of A. Hachette., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 2012 Folio 154: 49 cm., in case 53 cm. For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN ZZi 2084: Provenance: Unidentified shelfmarks "1157," "1152," and "11019" (front pastedown). Armorial binding of Paul Petau, with motto: Non est mortale quod opto. Monogram of Alexandre Petau. Autograph and manuscript note of Charles duc de Croy. Autograph of Lalaing. Autograph and armorial bookplate of the Marquises of Ormonde (Ossory), with motto: Comme je trouve (recto front flyleaf). Bibliographical note in modern hand (recto second front flyleaf). Gift of Frank Altschul, 1969., BEIN ZZi 2084: Binding: 45 cm. Mottled calf over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled with arms of Paul Petau and monograph of Alexandre Petau. Spine title: Chronicarum., BEIN BrSides 2024 25: Imperfect: leaves LIIII and CCLXXII only, with text concerning the Persians and Constantinople. Leaves were trimmed with loss of text. Formerly used as end paper in former binding of Geiler von Kaysersberg, Das schiff der penitentz. To view title, search by call number Zg 16 G27 +514., Imprint from second colophon., Leaves printed on both sides., Unsigned gatherings., First colophon (CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. sint laudes infinite., Second colophon ([CCC]v): ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493., With two colophons, one dated 4 June 1493, marking the end of the work of Hartmann Schedel; the remainder of the text, with colophon dated 12 July 1493, was the work of Georg Alt. See Wilson, Adrian, The making of the Nuremberg chronicle, 1976, page 156., Printed on Imperial-sized paper; table and parts of text in 2 columns; 64 lines plus headline to a full page; area of text 352 (366) x 223 mm. Includes initial spaces in the table and on leaves i, cclxii, and leaf [iv] (third group); printed initials elsewhere. With foliation, without catchwords and signatures., Signatures (as given by BMC and others): *⁶ **⁶ ***⁸ a⁶ b-d⁴ e-h⁶ i² k⁴ l-n⁶ o² p-q⁶ r-y⁴ z⁶ 2a-2c⁶ 2d² 2e⁶ 2f⁴ 2m-2z⁶ A-K⁶ L⁶⁻² M⁶. The double-leaf map of Europe is printed on leaves L3 and L4, with presentation of the map on L3r and the second colophon on L4v; L5-6 are cancelled. M1r-5v (without foliation) contain "De Sarmacia regione Europe," with Latin sapphics on the exploits of Maximilian on M5v; M6 is blank., Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI are blank except for headlines to allow for readers' additions, as noted on CCLVIIIv., Contains 1809 woodcut illustrations (of which 1164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, and two woodcut maps., World map printed across leaves XIIv and XIIIr., Variants listed by W.B. Todd, The book collector, 1964, p. 497-98, and in Wilson., Disputed passage relating to alleged discovery of America by Behaim and Camus on CCXCr., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0675: Imperfect: three leaves only, including leaf [267]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Publisher:
Dominus Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit ...
Subject (Topic):
Chronology, Historical, World history, and Civilization, Ancient
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di.