Opera Diui Hieronymi in hoc volu[mine] co[n]tenta
Contributors: Gadolo, Bernardino, 1463-1499; Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735; Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636; Gregori, Giovanni de', active 15th century, printer; Gregori, Gregorio de', active 1480-1528, printer; Van Ess Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary)
Publisher: [Giovanni and Gregorio de' Gregori]
Published: 1497
Place of publication: Venice]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 845
Subjects: Commentaries; Early works to 1800; Hebrew Names; Bible
Work titles: Commentaria in Bibliam
Notes: The Harvard copies are imperfect; title from BM 15th cent.

Edited by Bernardinus Gadolus.

First colophon (leaf y6r): Finiunt explanationes Beati Hieronymi in duodecim Prophetas ... Impresse Venetiis per ioanne[m] [et] Gregoriu[m] de Gregoriis fratres Anno domini .1497.

Second colophon (leaf PPp7r): Finiu[n]t i[n]signia haec atq[ue] p[re]clarissima Diui Hieronymi op[er]a: ...Habes itaq[ue] studiossime lector Ioan[n]is & Graegorii de Gregoriis fretus officio ea nouiter i[m]praessa co[m]mentaria ... Venetiis p[er] praefatos fratres Ioanne[m] & Gregoriu[m] de Gregoriis. Anno d[omi]ni .1498. die .25. Augusti ...

Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁸, chi-2chi⁶, a-c⁸ d¹⁰ e⁸ f⁶ g-h¹⁰ i⁸ k⁶ l-u⁸ x-y⁶, A-R⁸ S¹⁰ T-Z⁸ AA-BB⁸ CC⁶ DD-HH⁸, DDD-EEE⁸ FFF-HHH⁶, DDDD-GGGG⁶ HHHH⁴, II⁸ KK-LL⁶, aa-ff⁸, ll-ss⁸ tt¹⁰ uu-zz⁸ &&¹²(-&&9), ²a⁸ b-c⁶, AAa-NNn⁸ OOo⁶ PPp⁸ QQq⁶, ²AA-BB⁶ (tt1, yy8, AAa1 blank); chi2-3 signed '2', '3', 2chi1-3 signed '4', '5', '6 respectively.

Woodcut white-on-black border on leaf AAa2r, with inset at top of a faun preparing to sacrifice a goat, and inset at bottom of Hercules at the parting of the ways, with initials "S.C.P.I." on a loom.

Woodcut initials; some initial spaces.

In some copies, the word "possit" is inserted after "afferre" in the last line of the second colophon.

Includes: Vita Sancti Hieronymi, the Interpretatio hebraicorum nominum of St. Jerome, the Prooemia in libros veteris et novi testamenti and De ortu et obitu sanctorum virorum sacrae scripturae of Isidore of Seville, the De nominibus locorum de actibus apostolorum of the Venerable Bede, and De formis hebraicarum litterarum. Cf. BSB-Ink.

Burke Library copy: Imperfect: v.1 contains signatures[superscript pi]A-y; signatures A-LL, probably bound as a separate volume, wanting; v. 2 contains aa-PPp; all after signature PPp8 wanting.

Burke Library copy, v.1: Rubricated throughout, and woodcut initials decorated in red, blue, green and/or yellow.

Burke Library copy, v.1: Binding: Blind-tooled leather over wooden boards; intact metal clasps and cornerpieces; leather tab indexes.

Burke Library copy, v.1 and 2: Inscription on front endpaper: Liber b[ea]tissime Marie virginis Mo[na]sterii S[an]c[t]i Benedicti in Huisborch, et emptus per Venerabile[m] p[at]rem d[omi]ni Johanne[m] abbate[m] hui[us] mo[naster]ii tricesimu[m].

Burke Library copy, v.2: Rubricated throughout, and woodcut initials decorated in red.

Burke Library copy, v.2: Some marginal annotation throughout, and additional annotations on front endpaper.

Burke Library copy, v.2: Binding: Blind-tooled leather over wooden boards; metal clasps broken; metap cornerpieces partially intact; leather thumb indexes.

Hain, 8581*

Copinger-Reichling, 2952

Proctor, 4558

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-160

Sander, 3386

BSB-Ink, H-259

BM 15th cent., V, 350 (IB.21135)

Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00160000

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 2032-2033

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 12419

Gatch. Van Ess catalog B-150 (v.1), B-151 (v.2)