Das Passional
Subtitle: oder Der Heiligen Leben durch das gantz Iar
Contributors: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: [Johann Otmar]
Published: 1482
Place of publication: Reutlingen
Language: ger
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Christian saints; Early works to 1800; Legends
Work titles: Legenda aurea. Pars aestivalis
Notes: Title extracted from incipit (leaf [3a]).

Colophon: Also nympt ein End das Summerteyl der Heyligen Leben vnd volgt nach das Winterteyl von Sant Michael biss vff Ambrosium zu Reutlingen flyssiglich volbracht vff Zinstag nach Oculi Anno lxxxij. Does not include the Pars hiemalis (Winterteil) mentioned in the colophon and described by Goff as pt. II of this ed.

Signatures: [a-p⁸ q-r⁶ s-z⁸ A-B⁶ C⁸].

LC copy imperfect: the first and last leaves (both blank?) wanting; some leaves mutilated. Illustrations colored. Original blind-stamped pigskin over boards; clasps; covers lined with conjugate leaves from Breviarium Constantiense (Reutlingen, J. Otmar, 1482).

Rosenwald 85

Goff J-160

Hain 9976

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