Quadruuium Ecclesie : quattuor prelatorum officium quibus omnis anima subijcitur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hug, Johannes, approximately 1470-approximately 1507.

Contributor:

Eustace, Guillaume, -1538, printer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

German Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Government--Early works to 1800.

Catholic Church.

Church--Authority--Early works to 1800.

Church.

Catholic Church--Clergy--Early works to 1800.

Emperors--Early works to 1800.

Emperors.

Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Clergy.

Church--Authority.

Political science.

Holy Roman Empire--Kings and rulers--Early works to 1800.

Holy Roman Empire.

Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800.

Authority.

Physical Description:

lxxxiiii leaves, 2 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 20 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Quadruvium Ecclesie

Fingerprint:

o-r- ornc ecs. acci (3) 1509 (T)

Place of Publication:

[Paris] : [Guillaume Eustace], [1 August 1509]

Notes:

Author from dedicatory epistle.

Imprint from colophon on leaf l6v, which reads: Se present liure a este acheue de imprimer le premier iour daoust lan mil. v.c. & neuf pour Guillaume eustace marcha[n]t de liures demoura[n]t a Paris en la Rue de la iuirie a lenseigne des deux sagiteres ou au palles au troisieme piller du cote de la chapelle ou on chante la messe de messieurs les presidens.

Signatures: a-k⁸ l⁶.

Woodcuts: 10 illustrations (including title illustration) from 5 different blocks; printer's device (Renouard 309) on leaf l6v.

Initial spaces.

Printed marginalia.

Local Notes:

Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1960.

Penn Libraries copy bound in full calf(?) with binder's stamp ("BOUND BY W. PRATT") in gold on tail turn-in of left board; boards tooled in gold; 5 raised bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; leather spine label with brief title ("QUADRUVIUM") stamped in gold; gold-tooled cover edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt.

Penn Libraries copy has bookplate ("C. Inglis, M.D.") of Dr. Cornelius Inglis, son of the book collector John Bellingham Inglis, on front pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy has 4 ms. leaves ([8] p.) inserted at end of volume: p. [1] has ms. inscription in Greek characters at head followed by partially effaced ms. inscription ("Liber [...] [...] De Spoleto Anno domini"); p. [2] is blank; p. [3-5] contain a series of Latin prayers headed (on p. [3]) "Forma ab+solutio[n]is ab homicidio vel exicatio[n]is" (i.e. "excommunicationis"?); p. [6-8] contain a series of Christian credal statements and affirmations in Italian(?) headed (on p. [6]) "Interrogatio de 12 articulis fidei".

Penn Libraries copy: imprint date supplied in Arabic numerals in ms. at foot of leaf l6v; last two printed leaves foliated in ms.; a few faded early ms. marginal notes in text; bookseller's ms. note in purple ink on verso of front free endpaper; bookseller's ms. notes in pencil on leaf preceding title leaf.

Penn Libraries copy has cut-out engraving of the arms and motto ("Sic ad nos supera virtus serenitatem et fulgorem")of an unidentified priest affixed to front pastedown; cut-out woodcut of an enthroned Holy Roman Emperor wearing the Imperial Crown of Austria and holding its associated sceptre and orb, with a shield bearing the Habsburg arms at his feet, affixed to back pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy has paper slip with bookseller's printed description of a different edition of this work affixed to back pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy: leaves cropped at fore-edge margin with minor damage to ms. marginalia.

Penn Libraries copy: spine damaged at head; boards and spine detached.

Cited in:

BM STC French, 1470-1600, p. 233

Ed. Paris. 1501-1510, 1509.119

OCLC:

83788370