Liber biblie moralis expositionum interpretacionumq[ue], historiarum ac figura[rum], veteris nouiq[ue] testamenti peroptimus incipit feliciter.
Bersuire, Pierre,approximately 1290-1362.
Zainer, Johannes,-1541?,printer.
[Ulm] : Per industriu[m] Iohanne[m] Zeiner de Reutlingen,
anno incarnatio[n]is d[omi]ni millesimoq[ua]dringentesimoseptuagesimoq[ua]rto. ... aprilis nona. [9 April 1474]
Signatures: [a-f¹⁰ g⁸ h⁹ i¹¹ k-p¹⁰ q-r⁸ A-C¹⁰ D¹²]
Colophon: Infinita dei clementia. Finitus est liber moralizationum biblie in eiusdem laudem & gloriaz compilatus.́ ac per industriũ Iohannẽ zeiner de Reutlingen artis impressorie mgr̃m (non penna sed stagneis caracterib⁹) in opido vlmensi artificialiter effigatus. Anno incarnatiõis dñi millesimoq̃dringentesi-moseptuagesimoq̃rto.́ die 'vo aprilis nona.).
Woodcut border on [a]2r; woodcut capitals; printed in double columns.
Genesis and part of Exodus rubricated.
Hain
Proctor
Goff
GW
BM 15th cent.,
ISTC
Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books,
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Ink inscription at foot of first leaf: FF meminge[n]siu[m] ord[inis] s[ancti] sp[iritus] recording the ownership of a monastery in Memmingen, Germany. Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
Early blind stamped leather over wooden boards with clasps and later reback.
Bible
Germany Ulm.