Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Ars vitae contemplativae.

Published / Created:

[Nuremberg] : [Friedrich Creussner], 1473.

Physical Description:

[32] leaves : woodcuts ; 28 cm. (fol.)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0087
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Leaves [1-4] and [31-32], with text and illustrations, are printed xylographically.

Incunabula short title catalogue, ia01140000

Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 46

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-1140

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 1822

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 2672

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3365

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0087: Imperfect: leaf [3] only, with xylographically printed text. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.

Hybrid block book. This copy is illustrated with two leaves of images and text printed in block-book format. The xylographic illustrations contain 12 vignettes depicting lessons from the bible colored by contemporary hand.

Contents:

Ars & modus conte[m]platiue vite. -- Modus meditandi in generali. -- Ars memoratiua. -- Ars siue mod[us] p[rae]dica[n]di a Sancto Thoma de Aquino [com]posita, necno[n] alio[rum] sacro[rum] docto[rum] scripturis p[er]lustrata. -- Modus formandi arborem.

Subject Terms:

Meditation -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.

Form/Genre:

Block books. | Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions)

Contributors:

Creussner, Friedrich, active 1472–1499, printer.