Lactancij Firmiani De diuinis institutionibus aduersus gentes rubrice primi libri incipiunt.
Lactantius,approximately 240-approximately 320.
Antonio,da Rho,active 15th century.
Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus,approximately 540-approximately 600.De resurrectione Christi.
Hamilton, Gavin,1703-1767,bookseller.StEdNL
[Rostock] : ... per fratres presbiteros et cl[er]icos co[n]gregationis domus viridisorti ad s[an]c[te]m Michaelem in opido Rostockcen[si] p[ar]tium inferioris Sclauie. ...,
Anno incarnationis dominice. Millesimo qnadringe[n]tesimo septuagesimosexto. Quinto idus Aprilis. [9 April 1476]
Signatures: [a¹² b-i¹° k¹²₊¹ l-v¹°].
The first and last leaves are blank.
Title from incipit of table of contents of first work on [a2r] (leaf [2r]).
Imprint details from colophon (printed in red) on [v9r] (leaf [204r]). In some copies, the colophon is printed in black.
With table of contents: [a2r]-[a10v] (leaves [2r]-[10v]).
With a list of errors in the works of Lactantius by Antonio da Rho: [a10v]-[a12v] (leaves [10v]-[12v]).
Includes Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus: De Resurrectione Christi carmen (also known as 'Carmen de pascha'): [v8r]-[v9r] (leaves [203r]-[204r]). For a full breakdown of contents, see Bodleian 15th Cent., L-0068.
Initial spaces; spaces are also left in the text for Greek quotations.
With washed out marginal annotations.
Initials supplied in red. Rubricated.
ISTC
Goff
GW
BM 15th cent.,
Bodleian 15th cent.,
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Hillyard, B. Acquisitions of Incunables by the Advocates Library before 1808,
Ink inscription on recto of initial blank leaf: liber monasterij beate marie virginis in hymensis ordinis canonicoru[m] regulatu[m] ip[s]e ostenberg mogu[nt]ij dyocesis. Bought by the Advocates Library from Gavin Hamilton on 22 December 1730 for £0-18-0.
18th-century gilt tooled red morocco on front and back boards, gilt tooled spine with five raised bands, gilt rolled board edges and marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Advocates Library ex libris dated 1733 on front flyleaf may suggest binding date.
Apologetics
Theology
Germany Rostock.