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Postilla venerabilis fratris Nicholai de Lyra super psalterium feliciter incipit.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349
- Standardized Title:
- Postilla super Psalterium
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Psalms--Commentaries.
- Bible.
- Bible. Psalms.
- Genre:
- Incunabula.
- Wooden boards (Binding) -- 15th century.
- Clasps (Binding) -- 15th century.
- Physical Description:
- 250 unnumbered leaves (the first leaf blank) ; 25 cm (4to)
- Place of Publication:
- [Lyons] : [Guillaume Balsarin], quarta die May 1487.
- Notes:
- Includes the text of the Psalms.
- Caption title.
- Date from colophon; assigned to Balsarin by IGI.
- Leaf [249]a: Explicit postilla supra libru[m] psalmoru[m] edita a fratre Nicolao de lyra ex ordine minoru[m] sacre theologie doctore excellentissimo. Impressumq[ue] Anno domini .M.cccc.lxxxvij. quarta die May.
- Signatures: a-z⁸ [et]⁸ A-F⁸ G¹⁰ (leaf a1 blank).
- Median quarto, printed with commentary surrounding the text. Leaf a3r: 45 lines of commentary; area of text: 178 x 117 mm. Initial spaces with guide-letters. With signatures; without foliation or catchwords.
- Local Notes:
- Yarnall Library of Theology (Saint Clement's Church, Philadelphia, Pa.) copy; on permanent deposit at the University of Pennsylvania Library.
- Leaf size: 235 x 169 mm.
- Without rubrication.
- Original 15th century binding: quarter bound in leather over uncovered wooden boards; 3 raised bands on spine; 3 clasps, all wanting; leather on spine mostly wanting; leather on boards mostly covered with paper; both boards detached from spine.
- Pinpoint wormholes throughout, resulting in minor loss of text.
- Cited in:
- GW M26612
- Copinger 3712
- IGI 6837
- Contains:
- Bible. Psalms. Latin. 1487.
- OCLC:
- 71249172
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