Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Torquemada, Juan de, 1388-1468
Title:
Meditationes reuerendissimi patris domini Iohannis de Terrecremata sacrosancte Romane ecclesie cardinalis posite et depicte de ipsius mandato in ecclesie ambitu sancte Marie de Minerua Rome.
Alternate Title(s):
Title in ISTC: Meditationes seu Contemplationes devotissimae
Published / Created:
[Mainz] : Impresse p[er] Iohannem Numeister clericum Maguntinu[m], anno d[omi]ni millesimoquadringentesimoseptuagesimonono die tercia me[n]sis Septe[m]bris feliciter sunt consummate. [3 Sept. 1479].
Physical Description:
[100] pages : 34 illustrations (metal cuts) ; 28 cm (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0258
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from incipit on leaf [a]2r.

Imprint from colophon.

Signatures: [a-f⁸ g² (a1, g2 blank)].

Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 155

Mead, H.R. Incunabula in the Huntington Library, 47

Incunabula short title catalogue, it00539000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, T-539

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 15726

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M48255

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, p. 43

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 5395

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0258: Imperfect: leaves [40], [41], and [43] only, each lacking the bottom third (with loss of text). Leaf [41] includes the metal cut depicting the genealogical tree of St. Dominicus; leaf [43] includes the metal cut depicting the Ascension. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Meditations -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula. | Metal cuts. | Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Neumeister, Johann, active 1470–1495, printer.