Monumenta Ordinis Minorum.
Contributors: Rincʹon, Antonio del.; Medina, Antonio de, 16th cent.; Ledesma, Francisco de.; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Per mandatu[m] reuerendi fratis Francisci de Ledesma ... co[m]pilatu[m] ibide[m]q[ue] etia[m] anno D[omi]ni M.cccccvj. mense Iulij. op[er]e spensisq[ue] ... Ioannis de Porras i[m]pressu[m]
Published: 1506
Place of publication: Fuit presens liber ... in nobili ciuitate Salmantina
Language: lat
Subjects: Franciscans -- Early works to 1800.; Franciscans -- Rules.; Franciscans -- History -- Sources.
Notes: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald; bookplates of Rosenwald and C.W. Dyson Perrins mounted on front pastedowns of v. 1-2.
Rosenwald 1269
Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 179890
Compiled by Antonio del Rincon, Antonio de Medina and Francisco de Ledesmda. Cf. Rosenwald.
Imprint from colophon (v. 2, leaf 293v).
"Tabula" bound in before t.p. of v. 1.
Pts. 1 and 3 printed mostly on vellum; pt. 2 largely printed on paper. Ms. corrections and additions to pt. 2 authenticated by Petro del Enzina, notary public. Cf. Rosenwald.
Vol. 1 consists of pts. 1 and 2; v.2, pt. 3.
Vol. 1: [30], 66, 9 [i.e. 10], 133, [1] leaves; v. 2: 293, [1], 294-303 leaves.
Illustrated initials throughout text; printed annotations in margins throughout text.
Register for all 3 pts.: v. 1, p. [54] (1st sequence).
The [pi] octavo gatherings of v. 1 have in each the first four leaves numbered: ¹[pi] has leaves 1-4,²[pi] has leaves 5-8,³[pi] has leaves 9-12, and ⁴[pi] has leaves 13-15.
In v. 1, some leaves are misnumbered, e.g., leaf 9 of the 4th sequence is misnumbered as 10 and leaf 10 is misnumbered as 9; in v. 2, leaf A2 is signed "iiA".
Signatures: v. 1: [pi]-³[pi]⁸ ⁴[pi]⁶ A¹⁰ B-G⁸ H¹⁰ 2a¹⁰ a-q⁸ r₆ (leaves ⁴[pi]6 and a1 are blank); v. 2: A-2N⁸ 2O⁶ 2P¹⁰.
LC copy imperfect: leaves H2, b7, and r1 of v. 1 are damaged.