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Creator:
Catholic Church
Title(s):
Etsi prius hec breuiaria eme[n]date impressa fuerint Erhardus t[ame]n Ratdolt Augustensis reuerendi Johannis de Werdenberg episcopi Augustensis ac Comitis splendidissimi obseruantissimus : maximo in eum amore ac canonicos eius venerandos ductus : nec no[n] & patrie. Minio rubricis et co[m]modiori magisq[ue] approbato ordine nullis relictis mendis proprijs impensis impressit Venetijs.
Additional Title(s):

Etsi prius hec breviaria emendate impressa fuerint Erhardus tamen Ratdolt Augustensis reverendi Johannis de Werdenberg episcopi Augustensis ac Comitis splendidissimi observantissimus ... proprijs impensis impressit Venetijs

Breviarium Augustanum (Augsburg)

Breviary (Augsburg)
Published/Created:
Impressu[m] Venetijs : Arte & impensis Erhardi Ratdolt de Augusta, anno anno salutifere incarnatio[n]is domini .M.cccc.lxxxv. pridie kalendas Maij. [30 April 1485]
Physical Description:
[16], 585, [8] leaves : woodcuts: initials ; 170 mm (8vo)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0433
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from title page on leaf [a1] recto.
Imprint from colophon on leaf G9 verso, which reads in full: Explicit liber horaru[m] s[ecundu]m chorum ecclesie Augusten[sis] per totu[m] annu[m] tam de tempore q[uam]q[ue] de sanctis cu[m] psalterio hymnis co[m]mune sanctor[um] ac historia beate marie virginis Gaude nuncupatu[m]. Impressu[m] Venetijs arte & impensis Erhardi Ratdolt de Augusta anno salutifere incarnatio[n]is domini .M.cccc.lxxxv. pridie kalendas Maij.
Dedicated to Johann Graf von Werdenberg, bishop of Augsburg (1469-1486), his arms and episcopal insignia printed below title on leaf [a1] recto.
Printed in black and red; woodcut initials in black.
Signatures: [a⁸ b-c⁴] a-c¹² d¹⁰ e¹² f⁴ g-y¹² aa-cc¹² d¹⁰ ee⁸ ff-yy¹² A-B¹² C-D⁸ E-F¹² G¹⁰ [chi]⁸. Leaf [a8] unsigned and blank; leaves f4, ee8, D8 and G10 unsigned and blank, but foliated; leaf tt4 signed "ss4."
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog, B-844, B-845
Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library, Cambridge, 1759
Incunabula short title catalogue, ib01146900
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3792 = 3796*
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 5265
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0433: Imperfect: title leaf only, with woodcut coat of arms printed in red and black. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Incunabula in Yale Library.
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Werdenberg, Johann II, Graf von, 1431–1486, dedicatee.
Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 1528, printer.
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  • [Ratdolt's dedication to Johann von Werdenberg, bishop of Augsburg], [a1]r; [Calendarium], [a2]r-[a7]v; [tables of contents], [b1]r-[b4]v; "Regule in aduentu", [c1]r-[c4]r; [Psalterium], a1r-f3r (ff. 1-61), including "Letania", d8v-d9v (ff. 44v-45v); "Feriale breviarij" [Proprium de tempore. Pars hyemalis and estivalis], g1r-x11v, x11v-ee7v (ff. 63-141v, 141v-307v); "P[ro]priu[m] de sanctis", ff1r-D7v (ff. 309-551v); "Commune sanctorum", E1r-B5r (ff. 553-581); [Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis parvum], B5v-G9v (ff. 581v-585v); [other offices], [chi1]r-[chi8]v.

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