Gesta romanorum cum applicationibus moralisatis ac misticis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pigouchet, Philippe, active 15th century-16th century, printer.

Petit, Jean, active 1492-1530, bookseller.

Standardized Title:

Gesta Romanorum.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Tales, Medieval.

Exempla--Early works to 1800.

Exempla.

Genre:

Printers' devices (Printing) -- France -- Paris -- 15th century.

Wooden boards (Binding)

Clasps (Binding)

Clasp plates (Binding)

Centerpieces (Furniture)

Cornerpieces (Furniture) (Binding)

Manuscript waste (Binding)

Penn Provenance:

Ferguson, F. S. (Frederic Sutherland), 1878-1967 (bookplate)

Godessent, J. (autograph)

Heise, C. J(?). (autograph)

Physical Description:

clxvii leaves, 13 unnumbered leaves ; 15 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

sute nsp- e-tn fe*D (3) 1503 (R)

Place of Publication:

[Paris] : [Philippe Pigouchet] : Venduntur Parisius in vico diui Iacobi ad intersigniu[m] leonis argentei [by Jean Petit], Anno nostre salutis MCCCCCIII [1503]

Notes:

Printed by Philippe Pigouchet (device on leaf x8v) to be sold by Jean Petit (device on title leaf), whose address appears in the advertisement on leaf z4v, which reads: Venduntur Parisius in vico diui Iacobi ad intersigniu[m] leonis argentei. Cf. Mellot & Queval. Répertoire d'imprimeurs/libraires (vers 1500-vers 1810), no. 3941.

Imprint date from explicit on leaf x7v, which reads: Ex gestis romano[rum] cu[m] pluribus applicat[is] hystorijs de virtutibus & vicijs mystice ad intellectu[m] transsumptis recollectorij finis. Ex pari[siis?] Anno nostre salutis. M.ccccc.iij.

Signatures: a-h⁸ I⁸ k-l⁸ M-P⁸ q-y⁸ z⁴.

Leaf l1 signed "L.i."; the 3rd and 4th leaves of gatherings M-P are each signed with miniscules instead of majescules.

Woodcut devices.

Text printed in double columns with headline.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy bound with: Brulefer, Etienne. Opuscula reuere[n]di magistri fratris Stephani brulefer ordinis mino[rum] quo[rum] numerus in fine o[mn]i[u]m cuilibet patet. I[m]pressione castigatissime data Parisius : [Per] mag[ist]r[u]m Andrea[m] bocard : [For Jean Petit], die. xxiiij. mensis Aprilis. Anno. M.CCCCC. [24 April 1500].

Penn Libraries copy has bookplate ("EX LIBRIS F. S. FERGUSON") of Frederic Sutherland Ferguson, with ms. note ("Brulefer, Stephanus") in pencil, on front pastedown; autograph ("J Godessent") in brown ink at foot of title leaf; autograph ("C J[?] Heise") at foot of title leaf.

Penn Libraries copy: rubrication: underlines, paragraph marks and capital strokes supplied in red.

Penn Libraries copy has a few ms. marginal marks in pencil in text.

Penn Libraries copy bound in Flemish(?) full contemporary blind-tooled leather over beveled-edge wooden boards; brass furniture (left board has 1 intact centerpiece and 2 intact cornerpieces, with evidence of 2 more cornerpieces; right board has 1 intact centerpiece and 1 intact cornerpiece, with evidence of 3 more cornerpieces); remains of 2 leather and metal clasps (right board) with metal catchplates (left board); 3 raised bands on spine (rebacked); 2 parchment ms. leaves from cap. XII of Eberhard of Béthune's Graecismus used as binder's waste (front pastedown: l. 277-289; front free endpaper (recto): l. 291-300; front free endpaper (verso): l. 315-324; back free endpaper (recto): l. 58-67; back free endpaper (verso): 80-88, plus 2 lines at end; back pastedown: l. 68-79, plus one line after l. 70. The additions represent variant textual traditions; cf. notes to the relevant lines in J. Wrobel's edition of the poem (Hildesheim: Olms, 1987)).

Penn Libraries copy has leather finding tabs affixed to fore-edge of leaves a2 and x8.

Penn Libraries copy: leaf b8 has tear mended in fore-edge margin; leaf O1 mended at tail outer corner; 2 small holes in leaf z4.

Cited in:

Moreau I, p. 100 (no. 49)

Wellcome cat. of printed books 2818

OCLC:

249002882