Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298
Title:
[Leben der Heiligen] : [Sommerteil und Winterteil].
Alternate Title(s):
Leaf 1a, v. 1, begins: Hie hebet sich an das Summer teil der heiligen leben ...
Published / Created:
[Urach] : [Konrad Fyner], [Nov. 12 (Montag nach Sant Martins tag) 1481]
Physical Description:
2 volumes ([1], 240 leaves; [1], 268 leaves) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 32 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0312
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Based on the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Varagine.

Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00159000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J159

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 9974*

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M11425

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 4304

Schramm, A. Der Bilderschmuck der Frühdrucke, v. 9, p. 5-10

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0312: Imperfect: two leaves only. With: [1] incipit leaf, with a woodcut illustration of St. Ambrose; [2] leaf xlviii, with woodcuts of Saint Petronella and Saint Marcellino. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Saints. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions) | Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298. Legenda aurea. German. | Fyner, Konrad, active 1472–1488, printer.