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[Vitae sanctorum patrum]

[approximately 1482]

  • Title(s)

    [Vitae sanctorum patrum]

  • Additional Title(s)

    Vitae patrum. German.

  • Published/Created

    [Strasbourg] : [Printer of the "Antichristus" (Henrich Eggestein?)], [approximately 1482]

  • Physical Description

    [4], i-CC.xxx leaves : illustrations ; 31 cm (fol.)

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Leaf Collection no. 0253
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Title and imprint from Incunabula short title catalogue
    This work is attributed to Saint Jerome.
    Leaves numbered on both sides.
    Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00222000
    Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium bibliographicum, 8609*
    Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H222
    Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M50968
    Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, page168
    Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 4224
    BAC Leaf Collection no. 0253: Imperfect: leaves XXXIIII, LXXIII, and CXLVIII only, each with a woodcut illustration. Uncolored. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
  • Subject Terms

    Hermits. |
    Incunabula in Yale Library. |
    Saints. |
    Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.

  • Form/Genre

    Fragments (object portions) | Incunabula. | Woodcuts.

  • Contributors

    Jerome, -419 or 420

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