Epistolare beati Hieronymi.
Jerome,Saint,-419 or 420.
Laelius, Theodorus,1427-1466.
Dürer, Albrecht,1471-1528.
Kessler, Nikolaus,printer.
Adler, Johann Christoph,active 1571,former owner.StEdNL
Wieland, Johann,active 1571,former owner.StEdNL
Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr,Marquis of,1882-1940,former owner.StEdNL
Lothian family,former owner.StEdNL
Kloster Niederschönenfeld, cistercians,former owner.StEdNL
[Basel : Nicolaus Kesler,
8 Aug. 1492]
Imprint from colophon (in verse), v. 2, leaf 2Q5 verso.
Vol. 1: [7], CCVIII, [1] leaves [i.e. 214 leaves]; v. 2: [6], CCLXXI, [1] leaves.
Signatures, v. 1: a⁸ b-2d⁸/⁶ 2e-2g⁸ (last leaf blank).
Signatures, v. 2: j⁶ A⁸ B-L⁸/⁶ M⁶ N-2P⁸/⁶ 2Q⁶ (last leaf blank).
ISTC
Goff
Hain
GW
BM 15th cent.,
Thacher
Title page woodcut illustration of St. Jerome in v. 1, unsigned but by Albrecht Dürer; small woodcut of St. Jerome kneeling before Christ on the Cross, v. 2, leaf j1 verso.
Capital spaces with guide letters; text printed in 2 columns.
Tabula by Theodorum Laelius.
Printer's device at colophon.
Vol. 1: Title page with Dürer's woodcut, [a1]r; [Theodorus Laelius]. [Preface, table of contents, and note on the division of the text in two volumes], a2r-a4v; [Pseudo-Sebastianus Casinensis, i.e. Cassinensis]. Vita Hieronymi, a5r-a7v; Hieronymus. [Epistolae], including treatises and epistles by Hieronymus, Tyrannius Rufinus, Pelagius, Tiberianus Hereticus, Eucherius Lugdunensis, Augustinus, Gennadius, Isidorus, Epiphanius, Theophilus, Pammachius, Oceanus, Anastastius I, Damasus, Paschasius Radbertus, and Petrus Paulus Vergerius, a8r-gg7v. Detailed lists of contents in Bod-inc, H-090, and GW, 12433.
Vol. 2: Title page, [j1]r; Hieronymus. [Verse], caption "Narrat beatus Hieronymus vitam quam tenuit in heremo", inc. "Qui fui sacre fidei coruscans / Lumen: & [Christi] modulatus hymnos", 22 sapphic stanzas, [j1]v; [Theodorus Laelius]. [Table of contents], j2r-j6v; Hieronymus. [Epistolae], including treatises and epistles by Hieronymus, Origenes, Paschasius Radbertus, Paula, Julia Eustochium, Gennadius, Damasus, Augustinus, Paulinus Nolanus, Therasia, Martinus V, Lupus de Oliveto, Bachiarius, Walter Mapes, and Tyrannius Rufinus, A1r-QQ5v; printer's device, QQ5v; verse colophon, QQ5v. Detailed lists of contents in Bod-inc, H-090, and GW, 12433.
Ink ownership inscription on recto of front free endpaper: Hunc librum una cum secunda eius parte, nobilitate, prudentia et pruditione ornatissimus vir, dominus Ioannes Christophorus Adlerus Senior, in sui perpetuum ...procuror[?], meique novi muneris (cum in Parochum ad S[anctum] Michaelem forem datus et vocatus) auspicium dono dedit mihi M: Ioanni Wielando Hallensi. 18 die Iuly: Anno D[omi]ni 1571. Ink inscription at foot of title leaf: B... Mariae virginis monasterium Niderschenenfeld. Part of the Newbattle collection, bequeathed to the Library by Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian and acquired in 1950.
Blind stamped pigskin over wooden boards, once with clasps of which no trace remains.
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
Christian saints
Theology
Switzerland Basel.