Prima[-quarta] pars Postilla fratris Nicolai de Lyra de ordine mino[rum] ... cum additionibus Pauli episcopi Burgen[sis]. replicisq[ue] Mathie Dorinck cumq[ue] textu plano incluso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pablo de Santa Maria, Bishop of Burgos, approximately 1351-1435

Döring, Mathias, approximately 1400-1469

Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer.

Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1493.

Language:

Latin

Genre:

Incunabula.

Clasps (Binding)

Chained bindings (Binding)

Manuscript waste (Binding)

Wooden boards (Binding)

Penn Provenance:

Dominicans (Luxembourg) (former owner) (inscription) (copy 1)

Misenus, Andreas, fl. 1585-1586 (former owner) (inscription) (copy 2)

Haasenritter (autograph) (copy 2)

Physical Description:

4 volumes ; 34 cm (folio)

Other Title:

Goff title: Biblia Latina : cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering

Fingerprint:

lota o.i- oco- core (C) 1493 (R) v.1

isa- sire s.em suma (C) 1493 (R) v.2

fano eta- asie quct (C) 1493 (R) v.3

oco. i.in s-ci imce (C) 1493 (R) v.4

Place of Publication:

[Nuremberg] : [Anton Koberger], [12 Apr. 1493]

Contents:

Prima pars Postilla fratris Nicolai de lyra de ordine mino[rum] super Genesim Exocum Leuiticu[m] Numeri Deutronomu[m] Iosue Iudicu[m] Regum & Paralyppome non. cum additionibus pauli episcopi Burgen. replicisq[ue] Mathie dorinck cumq[ue] textu plano incluso

Secunda pars Postilla fratris Nicolai de lyra cu[m] addit[i]onibus pauli episcopi Burge[n]sis replicisq[ue] Mathie dorinck super libros Esdre, Nemia[m], Thobia[m], Iudith Hester Iob Libru[m] psalmoru[m] Ecc[les]iasten Cantica canticoru[m] Sapientie & ecc[les]iasticum cum textu incluso

Tercia pars Postilla fratris Nicolai de lyra super Esaia[m], Hieremia[m], ezechiele[m] & daniele[m] duodecimq[ue] prophetas mi[n]ores necno[n] et libros Machabeorum cum textu incluso

[Quarta pars].

Notes:

Includes the Postillae perpetuae and Contra perfidiam Judaeorum of Nicholas of Lyra, the Additiones of Pablo de Santa María (with M. Döring's replies) and the Expositiones of Guillelmus Brito on the prefaces of St. Jerome.

Imprint from colophon on leaf 2x1v, which reads: Exactu[m] est Nuremberge insigne hoc: ac inusitatu[m] opus biblie vnacu[m] postillis venera[n]di viri ordinis minoru[m] fratris Nicolaie de lyra: cu[m][que] additio[n]ibus [per] venerabile[m] episcopu[m] Paulu[m] burge[n]sem editis: ac replicis magistri Mathie dorinck eiusde[m] ordinis mino[rum] fratris & theologi optimi: charactere [ver]o imp[re]ssum habes iucu[n]dissimo: impensis[que] Anthonij kobergers p[re]fate ciuitatis incole. Anno incarnate deitatis. M.ccccxciij. die [ver]o duodecima Aprilis. Be quo honor inuictissime trinitati necno[n] intemerate virgini Marie iesu christi gerule: Amen.

Median folio, printed in double columns (text surrounded by gloss). Leaf Aa2r: 71 lines to a full column, plus headline; area of text: 263 (276) x 172 mm.; col. width: 83 mm. (Number of lines to a full column varies: "57-58 bzw. 70-72 Z."--GW.) Initial spaces with guide letters; spaces for paragraph marks. With signatures; without foliation or catchwords. Part 1 contains 28 and pt. 3 16 woodcut illustrations; for a full description, cf. Schreiber 3475, Schramm XVII, p. 9.

Signatures: pt. 1: Aa-Az⁸ Ba-Bz⁸ Ca-Cg⁸ ; pt. 2: Da-Dz⁸ Ea-Es⁸ Et¹⁰ ; pt. 3: A-2P⁸ 2Q⁶ 2R⁸ (leaf 2R8 blank) ; pt. 4: a-2x⁸ (leaves a1 and 2x8 blanks).

Foliation: pt. 1: [424] leaves ; pt. 2: [338] leaves ; pt. 3: [318] leaves (the last leaf blank) ; pt. 4: [352] leaves (the first and last leaves blanks).

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy 1: leaf size: 332 x 221 mm.

Penn Libraries copy 1: rubrication: a few large initials supplied in blue with red penwork or red and blue without penwork; smaller initials in red or blue; paragraph marks supplied in red or blue and capital strokes in red (except in v. 3, leaves 2O8-2R7, which are without paragraph marks or capital strokes); woodcut illustrations hand-colored.

Penn Libraries copy 1 has some early ms. notes, underlines and marginal marks in text; v. 4 has a few early ms. manicules in brown ink in text and 2 early ms. sketches (1 of a man's head on leaf f8v, 1 of a woman's head(?) on leaf 2a1r) in brown ink.

Copy 1 purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1908.

Penn Libraries copy 1: v. 4 has early ms. ownership inscription ("Conventus Luxemb: FF Ord: Praed.") of a Dominican convent in Luxembourg (possibly that associated with the church of St. Michael) in brown ink at head of leaf a2r.

Penn Libraries copy 1: each volume bound in modern full tan cloth with two gold-stamped black leather spine labels, one with author, title and place and date of printing ("NICOLAS OF LYRA POSTILLA NUREMBERG 1493"), the other with volume number; evidence of finding tabs in all volumes (v. 2 has remains of parchment tab affixed to fore-edge of leaf Em8; v. 3 has remains of parchment tab affixed to fore-edge of leaf 2E7).

Penn Libraries copy 1 imperfect: v. 3: leaf R8 (blank) wanting; v. 4: leaves a1 and 2x8 (blanks) wanting.

Penn Libraries copy 1: v. 1: portion of leaf Aa1 (title leaf) with letterpress title excised and mounted on a blank leaf; worming in tail margin throughout (leaves Aa2-Ad6 mended with blank leaves; leaves Aq6-At4 and Bs1-Bt3 mended).

Penn Libraries copy 1: v. 2: leaf Da1 (title leaf) mounted on a blank leaf (verso visible in full; opening torn in blank leaf to reveal letterpress title on recto) and mended at tail margin; a few wormholes in leaves Da1-Ds8 and Eq5-Et10; leaves Da2-Da4, Di6-Dl1, Dm7-Dn1, Dn3-Dn5, Dn6-Do4 mended at fore-edge margin; wormhole in head outer corner of leaves Eb2-Eb7.

Penn Libraries copy 1: v. 3: leaf A1 (title leaf) mounted on a blank leaf (verso visible in full; opening torn in blank leaf to reveal letterpress title on recto); some leaves dampstained at head and fore-edge margins; leaves A1-E8 lightly wormed; wormhole in inner margin of leaves I8-L5; wormhole in fore-edge margin of leaves D8-S4, 2G3-2G8 and 2N1-2O7; wormhole in head margin of leaves L8-M6; leaves 2O8-2K7: fore-edge and tail margins torn off and replaced with blank leaves and head margin closely cropped.

Penn Libraries copy 1: v. 4: leaves a2-d6 lightly wormed; wormhole in inner margin of leaves b2-q8; some leaves dampstained at head margin.

Penn Libraries copy 2: leaf size: 345 x 236 mm.

Penn Libraries copy 2: rubrication: initials, paragraph marks, underlines and capital strokes supplied in red ink.

Penn Libraries copy 2 has some early ms. notes in more than one hand (one of which is probably that of Andreas Misenus the younger) in brown ink in text; early ms. notes (probably in the hand of Andreas Misenus the younger) in brown ink on front free endpaper and back pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy 2 has dated 16th-century inscription ("Andreae Miseni, ex liberalitate praefecti aerarij paupe[rum] 1557.") recording the gift of this volume to Andreas Misenus (probably Andreas Misenus the younger, pastor of Edersleben in the mid-1580s) in brown ink on front pastedown; dated 19th-century ms. autograph ("Haasenritter. 1826") at foot of front free endpaper.

Penn Libraries copy 2 formerly part of the Caspari Library.

Penn Libraries copy 2 bound in full blind-tooled pig(?) over square-edge wooden boards; evidence of furniture (cornerpieces and bosses) on boards; evidence of chain hasp at head of right board; evidence of two fore-edge clasps and catchplates; 4 raised bands on spine; partially illegible ms. paper spine label ("Postilla Nicolai de Lyra T. III [...] II. Ma[...]"); all edges yellow; portion of early parchment ms. leaf used as binder's waste (reinforcement between leaves A4 and A5.

Penn Libraries copy 2 imperfect: v. 3 only, from which leaf 2R8 (blank) is wanting.

Penn Libraries copy 2: boards, pastedowns, endpapers and some leaves at beginning and end of volume wormed (boards mutilated at tail outer corners).

Cited in:

Goff B-618

BM 15th cent. II, p. 436 (IB.7447, IB. 7448)

GW 4293

BN cat. des incun. B-433

BSB-Ink. B-469

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 725

ISTC ib00618000

Contains:

Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349. Postillae perpetuae.

Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349. Contra perfidiam Judaeorum.

OCLC:

844451128