tib00023000

Text-inc Id:

tib00023000

Bod-inc Id:

B-012

Headings:

Balbus, Johannes Catholicon.

Analysis of content:

1. [a2r] [Balbus], Johannes: Catholicon. Incipit: ‘[P]rosodia quedam pars grammatice nuncupatur, partes siquidem grammatice sunt quattuor . . .’

Imprint:

[Strasbourg: The R‑Printer (Johann Mentelin and Adolf Rusch), c.1470]. Folio. As dated by GW and Sheppard.

Collation:

[a–c¹⁰ d⁸ e¹⁰ f g⁶ h⁸ i–x¹⁰ y⁶ z A–E¹⁰ F⁸ G H¹⁰ I⁸ K⁶ L–P¹⁰ Q R⁸].

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ib00023000 HC *2251; Goff B‑23; BMC I 65; GW 3185; Pr 246; BSB‑Ink B‑11; CIBN B‑16; Oates 102-3; Rhodes 246; Sheppard 211. LCN: 13956424

Copies:

1. B-012(1) Copy Binding: Contemporary south German blind-tooled calf over bevelled wooden boards, remains of two metal clasps with the inscription ‘Aue Maria gracia'. On both covers triple fillets form a frame; the inner rectangle is filled with merrythoughts; in the compartments, three different floral stamps; see, for example, Schwenke–Schunke 69, no. 9 (Straubing); at each point of intersection, a small rosette stamp. In the frame, stamped scrolls with the inscription ‘Maria hilf'; see Schwenke–Schunke 291, no. 357 (Augsburg Hirsch am Zaun K 80). In the corners, a round stamp with a stag. Size: 487 × 340 × 120 mm. Size of leaf: 462 × 307 mm. On front pastedown, the title of the book, a note, and the name of the owner in Greek characters. Heavily erased inscription under the colophon on [R7v]. On [a2r] a south German ten-line initial is supplied in blue with white highlighting on burnished gold grounds, the gilt with punch-dotting, within an intersected frame of red and light green; foliate extensions in the same palette with some gold-dotting into the inner and upper margins. Other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red. Provenance: Burkhard von Horneck (c.1440-1522); on [h6r]: ‘Est burkardi de hornek'; on front pastedown, ’ βιρκαρτ φον ὁρνεκ δοκτορ &c'. Purchased from Payne and Foss for £21; see Library Bills (1828-9), no. 92 and Books Purchased (1829), 2. Former Bodleian shelfmark: Auct. Y 2.6, Auct. Y 2.11. SHELFMARK: Auct. Q sub. fen. 1.10.