Melliflui deuotiq[ue] doctoris sancti Bernardi abbatis Clareuallen[sis] Cistercien[sis] ordinis opus preclaru[m] suos : co[m]plecte[n]s sermones de te[m]pore, de sanctis & su[per] ca[n]tica ca[n]tico[rum] alios[que] plures eius sermones & sententias nus[quam] hactenus impressas, eiusdem insu[per] ep[isto]las, cetera[que] vniuersa eius opuscula : D[omi]ni quoq[ue] Gilleberti abbatis de Hoilandia in Anglia prelibati ordinis su[per] cantica sermones / omnia [secundu]m seriem hic inferius annotatam collocata, vigilanter et accurate su[per] vetustissima Clareuallis exemplaria apprime correcta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153.

Contributor:

Petit, Jean, active 1492-1530, publisher.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Works. 1508

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Malachy, Saint, 1094?-1148.

Malachy.

Genre:

Printers' devices (Printing) -- France -- Paris -- 16th century.

Penn Provenance:

W., P. (bookplate)

Lille, B. O. (Bengt Olof), 1807-1875 (inscription, 1880)

Physical Description:

22 unnumbered leaves, CCCxxxvii leaves, 27 unnumbered leaves, 24 unnumbered leaves, 46 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 35 cm (folio)

Fingerprint:

e-es teu- j.t. cuse (3) 1508 (T)

Place of Publication:

[Paris] : Venales habes sub leone arge[n]teo Vici diui Iacobi, Pridie cale[n]das Apriles anno incarnationis d[omi]nice Millesimo quinge[n]tesimooctauo [31 Mar. 1508]

Notes:

Date of printing from colophon on leaf X7v, which reads: Deuoti melliflui[que] doctoris diui Bernardi Clareuallis abbatis, seraphica scripta dilige[n]tissime cu[m] archetypis bibliothece clareuallis a q[ui]busda[m] eiusde[m] domus monachis emendata ... sedula[que] ac dilige[n]ti cura et i[n]dustria mag[ist]ri Andree Bocardi viri bonaru[m] artium eruditissimi: et artis impressorie peritissimi: impe[n]sis aut[em] honesti viri Ioha[n]nis parui: alme vniuersitatis Parisien[sis] bibliopole iurati insignibus characteribus fidelissime, ad laude[m] dei [Christ]i[que] fideliu[m] vtilitate[m]: pridie cale[n]das apriles. Anno incarnationis d[omi]nice Millesimo quinge[n]tesimooctauo exoptatu[m] sortita sunt [com]pleme[n]tu[m].

Signatures: aa-bb⁸ cc⁶ a-q⁴ r⁶ s-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ A-H⁸ I⁶ K-X⁸ AA-CC⁸ Aa-Dd⁸ Ee⁶ Ff⁸.

Title leaf printed in red and black.

Woodcut device of Jean Petit flanked by floriated and inhabited woodcut panels on title leaf; large woodcut illustration on leaf aa1v of the Madonna and Child on a pedestal, flanked by St. Bernard and St. Malachy on pedestals, with Christ in heaven above and standing and kneeling figures (male and female) in a landscape beneath.

Woodcuts initials throughout; some initial spaces with guide letters.

Text printed primarily in double columns.

First section (aa-cc) contains the Vita sancti Bernardi and the Vita sancti Malachie.

"Deuoti patris d[omi]ni gilleberti abbatis de hoila[n]dia in anglia ordi[ni]s cisterciensis. Sermones su[per] ca[n]tica canticoru[m] ab eo loco, quo beatus Bernardus morte p[re]ue[n]tus finierat, inseq[ue]ndo de vicino eiusde[m] Bernardi sp[iritu]m et stilu[m].": Leaves Aa1-Ff7.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Yarnall Library of Theology (Saint Clement's Church, Philadelphia, Pa.) copy; on permanent deposit at the University of Pennsylvania Library.

Penn Libraries copy: gatherings AA-CC ("Tabula amplissima") misbound after leaf cc6.

Penn Libraries copy bound in full brown leather; boards tooled in gold(?) around gold-stamped central figure of a saint holding a sword and a book (St. Paul?); 5 raised bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; all edges gauffered and gilt.

Penn Libraries copy has bookplate with monogram ("PW") on front pastedown; ms. inscription ("Auktionspr. 62 pni. (B.O. Lilles.) Hfors [i.e. Helsinki] 18 13/iij 80.") at head of back pastedown.

Rubrication: capital strokes and a few underlines supplied in red; 7 large floriated initials in red, blue and green with red pen-work extensions (f. aa2r, a1r, r6r, A5r, K4r, O2r, Aa1r); 3 large blue initials (f. S4r, S5r, S6r); 2 large blue decorated initials (f. N4r, S2v); 1 large decorated initial in red, brown(?), blue, black and white with red pen-work extensions (f. bb4v); 1 large decorated initial in red, brown(?) and blue with red pen-work extensions (f. bb5r); 1 large decorated initial in red and black on a black-stippled yellow ground (f. L7r); 1 large floriated initial in red, green and brown on a blue ground (f. O5r); 1 large floriated initial in red, blue and grey (f. Q3r). Initial spaces on leaves R6v and Ff5v without rubrication.

Penn Libraries copy has ms. shelf marks (1 struck through) on front pastedown; ms. bibliographical note in pencil on front pastedown; place and date of printing ("Parisiis 1508.") supplied in ms. on title leaf; date in colophon underlined and supplied in ms. ("1508.") at foot of leaf X7v; a few early ms. underlines, corrections to text, marginal marks and annotations.

Penn Libraries copy: title leaf mended at all margins; leaves c3, c4, c6, q8 and N4 mended at tail margin; leaf A5 mended at fore-edge; leaf N4 torn vertically down inner column and mended (partially covering ms. initial); leaf N4 mended at head inner corner; leaf O4 torn and mended across central portion; ms. initial on leaf O5r offset on leaf O5v with minor damage to text.

Cited in:

Janauschek, L. Bibliographia Bernardina, 350

Contains:

Gilbert, of Hoyland. Sermones super Cantica canticorum.

OCLC:

79790960