Prologus Ludolphi carthusie[n]sis in meditationes Jesu Christi
Contributors: Van Ess Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary)
Publisher: [Printer of the 1483 'Vitas Patrum']
Published: 1483
Place of publication: Strasbourg]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 662
Subjects: Biography; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Meditationes Jesu Christi; Vita Cristi
Work titles: Vita Christi
Notes: Title from incipit.

Publication place and date from colophon; publisher from Goff.

Colophon: Presens opus vite Christi s[e]c[un]d[u]m seriem euangelij per Leutolphum de Saxonia patrem deuotu[m] Argentine in carthusia [pro]fessu[m] ob laude[m] dei [et] [pro]fectu[m] [pro]ximi est effectu[m]. et in inclita ciuitate Argentina bene visum sic efficiatum ... in die sancti Luce euangeliste cuius etiam euangeliu[m] in hoc libro cum ceteris trib[us] eua[n]gelijs [per]fectissime exponit[ur] et declarat[ur] Millesimo quadringentesimo octogesimotercio eiusdem [Christi] [Ihesu] incarnationis anno.

Printed in two columns, 61 lines.

Signatures: A¹⁰ B-E⁸ F¹⁰ G¹⁰( -G10) H-K⁸ L¹⁰ M-S⁸ T⁶ V⁸ X⁶ a-t⁸ v⁸.

First and last leaf blank; A2-A5 signed A[1]-A4, respectively.

Burke Library copy: Inscriptions on first leaf: Nicolaus postelm hunc s[e][par]auit libr[orum]; Conventus Halberstad. Ff. Min. Strict. Obsae.

Burke Library copy: Rubricated throughout, with large initials in red and blue. Large initial at beginning of main text (leaf A4) illuminated in multiple colors and cold.

Burke Library copy: Binding: Blind-tooled leather over wooden boards; title lettered in blind on front board: Vita Cristi; clasps broken; metal cornerpieces intact.

Hain 10293*

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L-343

Proctor 2037

Incunabula short title catalogue, il00343000

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M19227

Gatch. Van Ess catalog B-382