[Biblia Germanica]
Publisher: [Heinrich Quentell
Published: 1478
Place of publication: Cologne
Language: nds
Number of pages: 542
Work titles: Bible. Low German. 1478
Notes: Printed in Low German.

Title from BM 15th cent.; imprint from ISTC; extent from Hain.

With glosses from Nicolas de Lyra.

See BM 15th cent. for signature statements and collation.

In double columns of 57 lines.

Three-, ten-, and fourteen-line initial spaces with and without guide letters.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, vol. I, page 264

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-637

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, entry 3141*

Incunabula short title catalogue, entry ib00637000

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is comprised of 265 leaves in total and is bound in ca. 19th-century diced Russia double-panelled in blind. The spine is title-stamped in gilt. In this copy, the first six leaves, as well as leaves [271-544] are wanting. After B8 verso, which ends in II Paralipomenon 32, the quires are misbound in the following order: [F]-[G]́ı [D]-[E]́ı [H]-[I]℗£́ʻ [C]℗£́ʻ [K]́ı. In the preceding sequence, quires H, I, and K (The Psalms of David) are inserted from a different, undated edition of the Low German Bible printed by Quentell during approximately the same time period (ISTC ib00636000). The verso of the final front flyleaf contains a lengthy pencil inscription in Dutch. An unidentifiable blue ink stamp is present in the lower margin of leaf [7]. In-text capitals are highlighted in red. Three-line initials are rubricated in blue and red. Ten- and fourteen-line initials are rubricated in combinations of red, blue, purple, green and yellow. The pages are washed such that the blue rubrication is largely faded.