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.
Alternate 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
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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]
Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0433Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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-845Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library, Cambridge, 1759Incunabula short title catalogue, ib01146900Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3792 = 3796*Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 5265BAC 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.
Contents:
[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.
Subject Terms:
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.