Legende sancto[rum]
Contributors: Zainer, Johannes, -1541?, printer
Publisher: Johannes Zainer
Published: 1478
Place of publication: Ulm
Language: lat
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Legends; Christian saints; Calendar; Church calendar; Biography
Other titles: Legende sanctorum; Legenda sanctorum; Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Work titles: Legenda aurea
Notes: Title and imprint derived from colophon on [2́] verso: Legende sancto[rum] quas compillauit frater Jacob[us] Ianuensis natione de ordine fratru[m] predicato[rum] bene registrate [secundu]m alphabeti ordine[m] Impressi per Iohannem Zainer in opido Vlm. Finiunt feliciter.

Signatures: [1-47́ı 48-49́œ 50-52́ı] ([1́] and [2́]=blank; all leaves unsigned).

Chancery folio; 41 lines per page; initial spaces without guide letters.

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J87

Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00087000

Cataloged 20170830 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early/contemporary blind tooled pigskin over bevelled wooden boards. Spine labeled at head in early manuscript. All text block edges stained red. Medieval manuscript waste hinges. Bookplate of the BPL Schofield Fund. Modern pencil bibliographic inscriptions at front, with autograph of Charles D'arcoles[?] on front flyleaf recto. Leaf [1́] (blank) wanting. Blind impressions from bearer types on [2́]. Initials, headings, and capital strokes rubricated in red. Early/contemporary marginalia. Gathering [44́ı] is sewn between the third and fourth leaves. Leaf dimensions: 251 x 181 mm. Date of acquisition undetermined (likely post 1970).