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Torquemada, Juan de, 1388–1468

Meditationes reuerendissimi patris domini Iohannis de Terrecremata sacrosancte Romane ecclesie cardinalis posite et depicte de ipsius mandato in ecclesie ambitu sancte Marie de Minerua Rome.

anno d[omi]ni millesimoquadringentesimoseptuagesimonono die tercia me[n]sis Septe[m]bris feliciter sunt consummate. [3 Sept. 1479]

  • Creator

    Torquemada, Juan de, 1388–1468

  • Title(s)

    Meditationes reuerendissimi patris domini Iohannis de Terrecremata sacrosancte Romane ecclesie cardinalis posite et depicte de ipsius mandato in ecclesie ambitu sancte Marie de Minerua Rome.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Title in ISTC: Meditationes seu Contemplationes devotissimae
    Meditationes

  • Published/Created

    [Mainz] : Impresse p[er] Iohannem Numeister clericum Maguntinu[m], anno d[omi]ni millesimoquadringentesimoseptuagesimonono die tercia me[n]sis Septe[m]bris feliciter sunt consummate. [3 Sept. 1479].

  • Physical Description

    [100] pages : 34 illustrations (metal cuts) ; 28 cm (fol.)

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Leaf Collection no. 0258
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Title from incipit on leaf [a]2r.
    Imprint from colophon.
    Signatures: [a-f⁸ g² (a1, g2 blank)].
    Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 155
    Mead, H.R. Incunabula in the Huntington Library, 47
    Incunabula short title catalogue, it00539000
    Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, T-539
    Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 15726
    Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M48255
    Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, p. 43
    Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 5395
    BAC Leaf Collection no. 0258: Imperfect: leaves [40], [41], and [43] only, each lacking the bottom third (with loss of text). Leaf [41] includes the metal cut depicting the genealogical tree of St. Dominicus; leaf [43] includes the metal cut depicting the Ascension. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
  • Subject Terms

    Incunabula in Yale Library. |
    Meditations -- Early works to 1800. |
    Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.

  • Form/Genre

    Fragments (object portions) | Incunabula. | Metal cuts.

  • Contributors

    Neumeister, Johann, active 1470–1495

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