Officium beate Marie virginis ad vsum Romane Ecclesie

Item Information

Title:
Officium beate Marie virginis ad vsum Romane Ecclesie
Title (alt.):
Officium beate Marie virginis ad usum Romane Ecclesie
Title (uniform):
Book of hours. Latin
Creator:
Catholic Church
Printer:
Suigus, Jacobinus, active 1484-1499
Printer:
Benedictis, Nicolaus de, active 1481-1519
Printer:
Bonini, Bonino, approximately 1450-1528
Former owner:
Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980
Former owner:
Hornby, Charles Harry St. John, 1867-1946
Binder:
Adams, Katharine, active 20th century
Date:
[March 20, 1499]
Format:
Books
Genre:
Metal cuts
Woodcuts
Illuminations
Incunabula
Incunabula--France
Books of hours
Vellum printings (Printing)
Bookplates (Provenance)
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
France > Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region) > Lyons
Extent:
[152] leaves : ill. ; 16 cm (8vo)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/0z70bd481
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Lyons] : [Jacobinus Suigus and Nicolaus de Benedictis, for Boninus de Boninis, de Ragusia]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Imprint derived from colophon (T8 recto): Explcit [sic] officium beate Marie virginis cu[m] multis laudibus & deuotissimis orationibus. Impressum Lugduni expensis Bonini de boninis dalmatini Anno domini. Mcccc. lxxxxix. die. xx.Martij.
For full list of contents, see: Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Notes (ownership):
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.23 with bookplates of Eric Sexton and C.H. St. John Hornby. Hornby's autograph on front flyleaf recto. Dealer's description tipped onto second front flyleaf. Early inscription in lower margin of title page, "Di Agostino [...]" Date of acquisition unknown. Former call numbers Q.499.C210 and BX2025.A2 1499x.
Notes (date):
The edition seeems to be dated in the modern style (see Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum).
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VIII, 324
Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, H158
Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00399360
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, O48
Notes (object):
Signatures: pi-3pi⁸ A-I⁸ k⁸ L-T⁸.
Octavo; 3pi1 (i.e., fol. 17) recto: 21 lines, 86 x 57 mm, type: 83G; A2 recto: 18 lines, 86 x 58 mm, type: 98G; woodcuts: 17 medium (65 x 58 mm), 37 small (31 x 21 mm); metalcut borders throughout.
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.23 imperfect: E1, L4, L5, and L6 wanting. Many portions of text hand colored and illuminated. Leaf dimensions: 154 x 101 mm.
BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.23 bound by Katharine Adams in olive goatskin. Housed in a tan four-flap wrapper.
Identifier:
06_01_016841
Call #:
RARE BKS Q.406.23
Barcode:
39999086835970