Liber meditationu[m] beati Bernardi
Contributors: Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153; Mittelhus, Georg, printer
Publisher: [Georg Mittelhus]
Published: 1493
Place of publication: Paris]
Language: ita
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Meditations; Early works to 1800; Devotional literature; Conduct of life
Other titles: Liber meditationum beati Bernardi.; Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Work titles: Meditationes de interiori homine
Notes: Wrongly attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux.

Imprint derived from colophon (leaf d8 recto): Explicit liber meditationu[m] beati Bernardi. primi abbat[is] clareualle[n]s[is]. Exaratu[m] p[ar]isi[us] p[er] Georgiu[m]. Mittelh[us] Anno. M.cccc.xciij.

Signatures: [a]́ı b-d́ı.

In some copies, final gathering incorrectly signed 'c'.

Chancery octavo; b1 recto: 27 lines plus headline, 102 (107) x 64 mm; types: 150G (title, first word of colophon), 107GR (headlines, headings), 75G (text); initial spaces with guide letters.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VIII, 126

Goff, F.R Incunabula in American libraries, B406

Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00406000

cataloged 20190725 jm

condition reviewed 20191209 cl

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.19 no.3 imperfect: gathering c (i.e. leaves 17-24) wanting. Gathering d signed 'c'. Blind impressions from bearer types on c (i.e. d)8. Leaf dimensions: 137 x 95 mm.

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.19 no.1 is the third of six items bound into a single volume, which contains: 1. Vinetum amenissimum ac fertilissimum Anne sanctissime. Cologne: Martin von Werden, 1507 -- 2. Nider, Johannes. Consolatorium timorate. Cologne: Cornelius de Zierikzee, 1506 -- 3. Pseudo-Bernardus. Liber meditationum beati Bernardi. Paris: Georg Mittelhus, 1493 -- 4. Zerbolt, Gerard. De reformatione virium animae. Paris: Georg Mittelhus, 1493 -- 5. Alphabetum divini amoris. Paris: Georg Mittelhus, 17 April 1493 -- 6. Giovanni, Nanni. Glossa siue expositio super Apocalypsim. Cologne: Martin von Werden, 1 December 1507.

PROVENANCE: See Q.405.19 no.1 for full description.

BINDING: See Q.405.19 no.1 for full description.