Incipit tabula epistolarum beati Bernardi primi Clareuall[ensis] abbat[is]
Bernard,of Clairvaux, Saint,1090 or 1091-1153.
Bernard,of Clairvaux, Saint,1090 or 1091-1153.Sermones in natali Sancti Victoris.1481
Brothers of the Common Life,printer.
Brussels : [Fratres Vitae Communis],
11 April 1481.
Imprint from ISTC.
Leaves [1], [6], and [176] blank.
Les Sermones in natali Sancti Victoris sont ici subdivisés en sept paragraphes intitulés Lectio II à VIII et ajoutés à l'Epistola ad Guidonem abbatem et monachos arremarenses (CCCXCVIII) qui clôt la série des Epistolae et qui, elle, porte le sous-titre Lectio prima--BN cat. des incun.
In two columns, 40 lines. Type: 100 B. Capital spaces, some with guide-letters.
Colophon: Explicit i[n]signe opus ep[isto]la[rum] eximie doctrine viri b[ea]ti Bernardi p[ri]mi Clareuall[ensis] abbat[is] in i[n]clito Bruxellensium ducat[us] Braba[n]tie oppido i[m]pressum ac a[n]no d[omi]ni M.cccc.lxxxi tercio ydus Aprilis [April 11] i[n] festo s[an]c[ti] Leonis P[ri]mi Pape feliciter terminatum.
In some copies the first words of the colophon read: Eplicit insigne--BM 15th cent.
Signatures: [1⁶ 2-23⁸ 24¹⁰].
BM 15th cent. gives first signature as [a⁴].
Rubricated. Initial on leaf 8 supplied in blue with decorative red penwork extending length of gutter margin.
Hain-Copinger
GW
Goff
BM 15th cent.,
Bodleian Lib. 15th cent.,
ISTC
Campbell
Rosenwald
Pellechet
BN cat. des incun.,
Polain
IBP
IDL
Madsen
Oates
Proctor
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Unidentified arms painted at foot of first leaf. Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
19th-century half leather with marbled paper over boards, spine with five raised bands forming five gilt tooled compartments and one with gilt stamped red leather title label, red stained edges.
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153
Victor, Saint, Confessor
Belgium Brussels.