tib00566000

Text-inc Id:

tib00566000

Bod-inc Id:

B-275

Headings:

Biblia Latina

Analysis of content:

1. a1r Hieronymus: [Letter addressed to] Paulinus. ‘Prologus in Bibliam'. Pref. no. 1.
2. a3r [Gn–IV Rg.] Ios preceded by ‘argumentum'.
3. m10r ‘Alius prologus' [to I–II Par]. Pref. no. 2; preceded by ‘Prefatio sancti Hieronymi in librum Dabreiamin, qui est Paralypomenon'. Slight variation in the incipit of the first preface to I–II Par.
4. m10v [I–II Par.]
5. p1v [OrMan.]
6. p1v [I–II Esr.]
7. q5v [III–IV Esr.]
8. r3v [Tb–Est.]
9. s5v ‘Alius prologus' [to Iob]. Pref. no. 3; preceded by ‘Prologus in Iob'.
10. s6r [Iob–Ps (G)]. Iob preceded by ‘argumentum'. Ps (G) preceded by the first of Jerome's prologues only.
11. x1r ‘Prologus' [to Prv]. Pref. no. 4; preceded by ‘Epistola sancti Hieronymi presbiteri ad Chromatium et Heliodorum episcopos, de libris Salomonis'.
12. x1r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 5.
13. x1v [Prv.]
14. x8v ‘Prologus' [to Ecl]. Pref. no. 6.
15. x8v [Ecl–Ct.]
16. y2v ‘Prologus' [to Sap]. Pref. no. 7.
17. y2v [Sap–Is.] Is preceded by ‘argumentum'.
18. 3₇^v Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Ier.] Pref. no. 8.
19. 3₇^v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 9; preceded by ‘Prologus'.
20. 3₇^v [Ier.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
21. 5₆^r [Introduction to Lam.] Incipit: ‘[E]t factum est postquam in captiuitate . . .’
22. 5₆^r [Lam.]
23. 5₈^r ‘Prefatio' [to Bar]. Pref. no. 10.
24. 5₈^r [Bar–Dn.]
25. 8₂^r ‘Alius prologus' [to Twelve Prophets]. Pref. no. 11; preceded by ‘Prologus in librum duodecim prophetarum'.
26. 8₂^v ‘Prologus' [to Os]. Pref. no. 12.
27. 8₂^v [Os.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
28. 8₅^r ‘Prologus' [to Ioel]. Pref. no. 13.
29. 8₅^r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 15.
30. 8₅^r [Ioel]; preceded by ‘argumentum' (pref. no. 14).
31. 8₆^r ‘Prologus' [to Am]. Pref. no. 17.
32. 8₆^r ‘Alius prologus'. Incipit: ‘[S]ic Amos propheta pastor . . .’
33. 8₆^r ‘Argumentum'. Pref. no. 18; in other editions called ‘Alius prologus', and printed before the prologue, which, in this edition, precedes it.
34. 8₆^v [Am.]
35. 8₈^r ‘Prologus' [to Abd]. Pref. no. 20.
36. 8₈^r ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 20.
37. 8₈^v [Abd.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
38. 8₈^v ‘Prologus' [to Ion]. Pref. no. 21.
39. 8₉^r [Ion.] Preceded by ‘argumentum' (pref. no. 22).
40. 8₉^v ‘Prologus' [to Mi]. Pref. no. 23.
41. 8₉^v [Mi.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
42. 8₁₁^r ‘Prologus' [to Na]. Pref. no. 24.
43. 8₁₁^r [Na.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
44. 8₁₂^r ‘Prologus' [to Hab]. Pref. no. 25.
45. 8₁₂^v [Hab.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
46. 9₁^r ‘Prologus' [to So]. Pref. no. 26.
47. 9₁^r [So.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
48. 9₂^r ‘Prologus' [to Agg]. Pref. no. 27.
49. 9₂^v [Agg.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
50. 9₃^r ‘Prologus' [to Za]. Pref. no. 28.
51. 9₃^r [Za.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
52. 9₅^v ‘Prologus' [to Mal]. Pref. no. 29.
53. 9₅^r [Mal.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
54. 9₆^r Hieronymus: ‘Prologus' [to Mcc]. Pref. no. 31.
55. 9₆^r [I–II Mcc.]
56. 11₁^v ‘Alius prologus' [to Four Evangelists]. Pref. no. 33; preceded by ‘Epistola beati Hieronymi ad Damasum Papam in quatuor Euangelia'.
57. 11₁^v ‘Prologus' [to Mt]. Pref. no. 35.
58. 11₂^r [Mt.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
59. 12₂^v ‘Prologus' [to Mc]. Pref. no. 36.
60. 12₂^v [Mc.]
61. 12₉^r Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Lc]. Incipit: ‘[L]ukas Syrus natione Antiocens . . .’
62. 12₉^r [Lc.] Verses 1-4 here called ‘Prohemium'.
63. 13₁₀^r ‘Prologus' [to Io]. Pref. no. 38.
64. 13₁₀^v [Io.]
65. 14₈^v ‘Prologus' [to Rm]. Pref. no. 39; preceded by ‘Prefatio sancti Hieronymi in omnes epistolas sancti Pauli'.
66. 14₉^v [Rm.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
67. 15₁^v ‘Prologus' [to I Cor]. Pref. no. 40.
68. 15₁^v [I Cor.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
69. 15₅^v ‘Prologus' [to II Cor]. Pref. no. 41.
70. 15₆^r [II Cor–Hbr]. Each letter preceded by ‘argumentum'.
71. 16₁₀^v Hieronymus: ‘Prefatio' [to Act]. Pref. no. 42.
72. 16₁₀^v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 43.
73. 17₁^r [Act.]
74. 18₂^r ‘Prologus' [to Canonical Epistles]. Pref. no. 44, followed by ‘argumentum'.
75. 18₂^r [Iac–Iud.] Each letter preceded by ‘argumentum'.
76. 18₇^r [Gilbertus Pictaviensis]: ‘Prologus' [to Apc]. Pref. no. 49.
77. 18₇^v ‘Alius prologus'. Pref. no. 50.
78. 18₇^v [Apc.] Preceded by ‘argumentum'.
79. 18₁₂^v [Colophon.]
80. A1r [Langton, Stephen]: ‘Interpretationes hebraicorum nominum'. Pref. no. 65.

Imprint:

Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1480. Folio and 4°. Format of gatherings: a–o folio; p mixed folio and 4°; q 4°; r–s mixed; t-y 4°; 1-2 mixed; 3 folio; 4-10 mixed; 11 folio; 12-14 mixed; 15-18 folio; A–C mixed; D folio. C. F. Bühler, ‘Chainlines versus Imposition in Incunabula', Studies in Bibliography, 23 (1970), 141-5 implies 4° and 8°, but BMC also records this edition as folio and 4°; see, in addition, Paul Needham, ‘Aldus Manutius's Paper Stocks: The Evidence of Two Uncut Books', Princeton University Library Chronicle, 55 (1994), 287-307, at 291-2.

Collation:

a–h¹⁰ i–l¹² m–s¹⁰ t v¹² x y 1-6¹⁰ 7-10¹² 11-13¹⁰ 14¹² 15-17¹⁰ 18 A–D¹².

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ib00566000 GW 4241; HC *3078; Goff B‑566; BMC V 195; Pr 4177; BSB‑Ink B‑437; Copinger, Incunabula Biblica, 46; Darlow–Moule 913; Oates 1674; Sheppard 3356. LCN: 13908366

Copies:

1. B-275(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaf D12. Binding: Eighteenth-century English calf, c.1790; bound for the Bodleian Library; single fillets form a border on both covers; on the spine six compartments defined by single gilt fillets; edges yellow; the gold stamp of the Library on both covers; marbled pastedowns. Size: 255 × 185 × 60 mm. Size of leaf: 245 × 164 mm. Marginal notes, some in an early hand in red ink. On a1r a fifteen-line initial ‘F' is supplied in reserved white, within a red pen-work border, decorated with stylized Maiblumen and with extensions into the guttering. Other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue. Provenance: Venice, Benedictines; inscription on D11v: ‘Iste liber est monachorum congregationis S. Justine de Padua deputatus in S. Georgii Maioris Venetiarum. 773'. Maffeo Pinelli (1735-1785); Morelli (1787), I no. 132; sale (1789), lot 5041. Purchased through Peter Elmsley for £1. 10. 0; see the annotated sale catalogue and Books Purchased (1789), 1. SHELFMARK: Auct. M 2.12.