Rudime[n]tum nouicioru[m]
Contributors: Burchard, of Mount Sion, -1285, attributed name; Colonna, Giovanni, 1298?-1343 or 1344, attributed name; Van Ess Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary)
Publisher: [Lucas Brandis]
Published: 1475
Place of publication: Lübeck]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 948
Subjects: World history; Early works to 1800; Historical Chronology; History; Chronology; Church history; Papacy; Charts, diagrams; Kings and rulers; Catholic Church; Bible
Other titles: Rudimentum nouiciorum; Rudimentum noviciorum; Chronicarum et historiarum epitome, rudimentum novitiorum nuncupata
Work titles: Rudimentum novitiorum
Notes: Title and imprint from colophon.

This work has been wrongly attributed to Giovanni Colonna (1298?-1343 or 1344, author of a different work entitled Mare historiarum), and to Burchard of Mount Sion. Formerly attributed also to another Giovanni Colonna (1205-1263) Cf. DBI v.27, p. 330.

Colophon: Anno [secundum] carnem filij dei a natiuitate M.cccclxxvo. ipso die sa[n]ctissimi regis & martiris Oswaldi. qui est v. augusti ... Im[per]iali nobili in vrbe Lubicana arte im[pre]ssoria ... Q[uod] placuit rudime[n]tum nouicioru[m] intitulari ... per m[a]g[ist]r[u]m Lucam Bra[n]dis de schass feliciter e[x] excusu[m] at[que] finitu[m] ...

No pagination, signing, or catchwords.

Includes numerous genealogical or chronological tables illustrating biblical history and the succession of popes, Christian rulers and theologians.

Burke Library copy: Imperfect: Hain gives 474 leaves; Burke copy has 451 unnumbered leaves, beginning with's Hain's Fol. 13; [2] leaves containing the world map also wanting; initial and final extant leaves damaged, repaired, with slight loss of text.

Burke Library copy: Woodcuts handcolored throughout in multiple colors.

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

Burke Library copy: Inscription on first leaf: Monasterij B.M. in Cameno[rum].

Burke Library copy: Rebound; music manuscript waste in spine.

Hain 4996*

Incunabula short title catalogue, ir00345000

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M39062

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R-345

Gatch. Van Ess catalog B-386