[I]ncipiunt ce[n]tum meditaciones passione[m] d[omi]ni n[ost]ri ihesu christi ac compassione[m] b[ea]te marie virginis exp[ri]me[n]tes

Item Information

Title:
[I]ncipiunt ce[n]tum meditaciones passione[m] d[omi]ni n[ost]ri ihesu christi ac compassione[m] b[ea]te marie virginis exp[ri]me[n]tes
Title (alt.):
Incipiunt centum meditaciones passionem domini nostri ihesu christi ac compassionem beate marie virginis exprimentes
Centum meditaciones
Title (uniform):
Centum meditationes
Creator:
Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366
Printer:
Sensenschmidt, Johann, -1491?
Translator:
Jordaens, Wilhelm
Former owner:
Schab, William H.
Former owner:
Kartause Gaming
Date:
[ca. 1470–1472]
Format:
Books
Genre:
Marginalia (Provenance)
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Octavos
Incunabula--Germany
Incunabula
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Jesus Christ--Passion--Meditations--Early works to 1800
Mysticism--Early works to 1800
Mystical union--Early works to 1800
Meditations--Early works to 1800
Places:
Germany > Bavaria > Nuremberg
Extent:
[38] leaves ; 16 cm (8vo)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qb98qk911
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Nuremberg] : [Johann Sensenschmidt]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Title from caption on [1]₂ recto; author, translator, imprint, and date from ISTC.
Notes (ownership):
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.129 no.2 with inscription dated 1506 on [4]₇ recto. For full description of provenance, see cataloged record for Q.405.129 no.1.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, 403
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M429
Incunabula short title catalogue, is00877600
Notes (object):
Signatures: [1-3¹⁰ 4⁸] ([4]₈=blank; all leaves unsigned ).
Octavo on divided sheets; [1]₁ verso: 18 lines, 102 x 61 mm; type: 114; incipit printed in red; initial spaces with guide letters.
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.129 no.2 rubricated in red and blue. Early/contemporary manuscript correction on [4]₂ recto, line 10 ("dona" to "dono[rum]"). Printed on sheets with bull's head, anchor, and crown watermarks, with watermarks present on [2]₁-[2]₄, [3]₃, [3]₄, [4]₁, and [4]₄. Leaf dimensions 157 x 110 mm.
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.129 no.2 is the second of three items bound together in a single volume. This volume includes: 1. Horologium devotionis / Bertholdus von Freiburg (ISTC ib00506000) -- 2. Centum meditationes / Heinrich Seuse (ISTC is008776000) -- 3. De spiritualibus ascensionibus / Gerardus de Zutphania (ISTC ig00177000). Each item is cataloged separately.
BINDING: see cataloged record for Q.405.129 no.1 for full description.
Identifier:
06_01_016854
Call #:
RARE BKS Q.405.129 no.2
Barcode:
30000008282121