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Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298

Dyt is dat Register unde tafele aver dyt boeck genomet dat Passionael esste Ieve[n]t unde Iydent der hyllighen.

[19 Nov. 1492]

  • Creator

    Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298

  • Title(s)

    Dyt is dat Register unde tafele aver dyt boeck genomet dat Passionael esste Ieve[n]t unde Iydent der hyllighen.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Legenda aurea. German (Low German)

  • Published/Created

    [Lübeck] : [Stephanus Arndes], [19 Nov. 1492]

  • Physical Description

    1 volume : [2], CCCCxviii leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 31 cm (folio)

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Leaf Collection no. 0660
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Title from head of leaf [*1]v.
    Imprint from colophon on leaf 418r which reads: Dorch dat beveel un[d] kunst Steffani arndes. inwaner un[d] borgher der keyserlike[n] stat Lubeck. Int yar unses here[n] M.cccc.xcii. up de[n] dach sunte Elizabeth.
    Signatures: [*²], a-g⁸ h-l⁶ m⁸ n-r⁶ [et]⁶ [long s]⁶ st⁶ v⁶ u⁶ x-z⁶ [et]⁶ [con]⁶ t⁸ [con with umlaut]⁶ c̈⁶ ;⁴ A⁸ B-U⁶ aa-pp⁶. Leaf o1 mis-signed n.
    Oates notes variations from Borchling & Claussen (eg. doer for door, leaf ccvi verso second column line 35; konynghes for konunghes on leaf ccccxviiir second column line 29).
    Each life begins with a woodcut and an ornamented capital.
    Borchling & Claussen, 202
    Oates, 1191
    Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00172600
    Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M11503
    Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 4324
    BAC Leaf Collection no. 0660: Imperfect: 10 leaves only. Includes seven full leaves with woodcut illustrations: [83], [102], [105], [128], [154], [348], and [370]; two cuttings, with woodcuts; and one leaf of text [21]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
  • Subject Terms

    Christian saints -- Biography. |
    Incunabula in Yale Library. |
    Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.

  • Form/Genre

    Fragments (object portions) | Incunabula. | Woodcuts.

  • Contributors

    Arndes, Stephan, -1519

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