Incipit ordo breuiarij [secundu]m [con]suetudine[m] romane curie. ... .
Catholic Church.
Philippus,de Rotingo, Frater,active 15th century.
Nicolaus,von Frankfurt,active 1473-1516,printer.
Hook, Walter Farquhar,1798-1875.
Sharp, Thomas,1770-1841,former owner.StEdNL
Bernard Quaritch (Firm),bookseller.StEdNL
[Venice] : Impressum arte [et] impensis. Nicholai de Franckfordia.,
anno d[omi]ni. M. cccc. lxxxix. xv. kalendas septembris. Venetijs. [18 August 1489]
Title from text at head of recto of g1.
Imprint from colophon on recto of leaf 440.
Colphon reads: Explicit breuiariu[m] [secundu]m ordine[s] sancte romane ecclesie: magna cum diligentia reuisum [et] fideli studio emendatum per fratrem philippum de Rotingo Mantuanu[s] ordinis minoru[m] de obserua[n]tia.
Printed in black and red.
Signatures: a-e¹² f⁸ g-y¹² 1-8¹² 9¹⁴ 10¹⁰ 11¹² 12¹⁰ 13-14¹² 15¹⁴ [maltese cross]⁴ A-C⁸ D¹² E⁸ F⁶.
On recto of g1 are a border and initial illuminated in gold and colours, and the initials on recto and verso of a1, recto of x1 and recto of 13 1 are similarly illuminated. Other initials supplied in blue where there are not printed red Lombards, capitals coloured in yellow.
Between quires f and x are bound 12 leaves ruled in double column, on the first three of which is written the office of Saint Nicholas in a 15th-century hand, the initials in blue and red.
Letter of 29 June 1833 from W. F. Hook to Thomas Sharp insterted as front free endpaper.
Quires a-f (with printed foliation 1-67 and blank) are misplaced between quires v and x (that is, between the leaves with printed foliation 236 and 237), and quire [maltese cross] containing the office of S. Bonaventura is between quires 15 and A (that is, after the leaf with printed foliation 440).
BSB-Ink
Hain
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ISTC
Beattie, W. Supplement to the hand-list of incunabula in the National Library of Scotland,
Ink inscription on recto of front flyleaf: Thos Sharpe Esqr. Ink inscription on recto of front flyleaf: Thomae Sharpe hunc librum DD. Gualterus Farquhar Hook Φιλιασ και εγνοιασ χαριν pridie calendas Julii 1833. Anonymous bookpile bookplate of Thomas Sharp on front pastedown, with what appears to be an earlier bookplate underneath.  Quaritch collation note on rear pastedown. Bought by the Library from the Lauriston Castle Fund 18 November 1943.
16th-century brown leather over wooden boards, extensively gold tooled on boards and spine, remains of clasps and with gauffered gilt edges. S Bonaventura stamped on front board.
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Breviaries
Italy Venice.