Ars vitae contemplativae, 1473
- Title(s):
- Ars vitae contemplativae.
- Published/Created:
- [Nuremberg] : [Friedrich Creussner], 1473.
- Physical Description:
- [32] leaves : woodcuts ; 28 cm. (fol.)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0087Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17104986
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Leaves [1-4] and [31-32], with text and illustrations, are printed xylographically.
Incunabula short title catalogue, ia01140000
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 46
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-1140
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 1822
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 2672
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3365
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0087: Imperfect: leaf [3] only, with xylographically printed text. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Hybrid block book. This copy is illustrated with two leaves of images and text printed in block-book format. The xylographic illustrations contain 12 vignettes depicting lessons from the bible colored by contemporary hand. - Subject Terms:
- Incunabula in Yale Library.Meditation -- Early works to 1800.Werther, Frederick, 1881- -- Ownership.
- Form/Genre:
- Block books.
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions) - Export:
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- Ars & modus conte[m]platiue vite.
- Modus meditandi in generali.
- Ars memoratiua.
- Ars siue mod[us] p[rae]dica[n]di a Sancto Thoma de Aquino [com]posita, necno[n] alio[rum] sacro[rum] docto[rum] scripturis p[er]lustrata.
- Modus formandi arborem.
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