[Speculu[m] exemplorum ex diuersis libris in vn[um] laboriose collectum]
Contributors: Aurifaber, Aegidius, attributed name; Koelhoff, Johann, -1493, printer; Van Ess Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary)
Publisher: Per ... Iohanne[m] Koelhof
Published: 1485
Place of publication: [Cologne]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: Exempla; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Incipit tabula exemplorum libri sequentis
Work titles: Speculum exemplorum
Notes: Title from Prologus: Incipit prologus in speculu[m] exemplorum ex diuersis libris in vnu[m] laboriose collectum.

No title page; begins A₂ recto: Incipit tabula exemplorum libri sequentis ...

Sometimes attributed to Aegidius Aurifaber; per ISTC, the author is probably Johannes Busch.

Colophon: Ad laudem [et] gloria[m] sempiterne i[n]diuidue q[ue] trinitatis beatissime marie virginis omnium sancto[rum] [et] angelorum finitu[m] est [et] [com]pletum hoc Speculu[m] exemplo[rum] per me Iohanne[m] koelhof cive[m] Colonie[n]sem in profesto s[an]cti Michaelis anno d[omi]ni. M.cccclxxxv.

Signatures: A-D⁸ E¹⁰ a-z⁸, ²A-²E⁸ F-2D⁸; Q₃, R₁ and R₂ signed P₃, K₁ and K₂ respectively.

First and last leaves blank.

Printed in two columns, 43 lines.

Burke Library copy: Imperfect: First leaf (blank) and all after leaf [234] (²A8) wanting.

Burke Library copy: Inscription on front pastedown: Liber Monasterij b[ea]tae Mariae Virginis quod est in Huisseburg prope Halberstadium.

Burke Library copy: Some marginal annotation throughout, and a prayer to St. Francis Xavier on rear endpaper.

Burke Library copy: Rubricated throughout, with large initials in red.

Burke Library copy: Binding: Blind-tooled leather over wooden boards; metal clasps, removed; leather tab indexes.

Burke Library copy: Not in Gatch Van Ess catalog.

BM 15th cent., I, p. 226 (IB3578)

Goff, S-652

Hain, *14916

ISTC is00652000

GW M42951