Beschreibung
Imperial folio, binding 48 x 33 x 7.5 cm (18-7/8 x 13 x 2-15/16 in.), pages 46 x 31.5 cm (18-1/8 x 12-3/8 in.). 206 (of 208) ll., the first half of the Catena aurea (comprising 436 ll. overall), the commentaries on Matthew and Mark, printed on laid paper watermarked with 6-petal flower 3 cm dia. on 8 cm vertical line with two lower cross lines 4 cm and 3 cm, above an equilateral triangle 4 cm on each side (overall 14.5 x 4 cm), in two columns of 57 lines (32.8 x 10.2 cm) set with Koberger's type 2:115G [M4A] (GfT 262, TW ma02047), rubricated throughout with 44 inserted Lombard initials (mostly 6-line, six with descenders, a few 4-line and one each 9-line and 3-line), flourishes, paragraph marks, initial strokes and underlining, chapter headnotes throughout in red manuscript, 12-line blank spaces for illuminated initials, not supplied, opening Matthew and Mark. Collates 203 (of 205) ll. text, initial blank and two closing blanks: [a-b]^8 [c-i]^10 [k]^8 [l-n]^10 [o-p]^8 [q]^10 [r]^6 [A-D]^10 [E]^12 (missing text leaves 47 and 54 = f2 and f9, otherwise correct and complete); waste pastedowns front and rear being index leaves from an earlier incunable of equal size, 66-line double columns and rubricated; front free endleaf assembled from waste comprising a Latin ms. index leaf on vellum (recto and verso) and a two-fold portion of Hebrew ms. on vellum (verso), pasted together with three scraps of other Hebrew mss. on vellum; front blank (old label in English affixed verso) and two rear blanks present, being a1 and E11-12. Contemporary full monastic blind stamped pigskin over boards, from the workshop of Wien Predigerkloster (EBDB w002390, active 1453-1486, its stamp at top center of both covers), spine in six compartments separated by five double raised bands over the sewing supports, single sewing supports at head and tail bands, applied paper lettering piece on front cover lettered in dark brown ink, corner and center ornaments and clasps no longer present (save one clasp base on front cover and stub of its paired leather strap on rear cover); clamshell case in gilt-lettered olive cloth (somewhat edge-worn and soiled). The binding with overall wear, tearing, scratching, staining and soiling, the skin partially perished at spine head and foot and over the sewing loops of the head and tail bands, the rest of the spine crinkled with use, perished paper spine label missing in top compartment, two long scratches on front cover, one cutting the skin, all ornaments lacking except for base of one clasp, the front lettering-piece worn with holes and over-writing. One leaf detached and at least seven others loosening (attached by the sewing in only one or two compartments), neat closed tear on bottom leaf 57 and possibly neatly repaired tear on bottom leaf 98, both extending into text, several leaves with stains, soiling, edge wear and/or creasing, two text leaves missing (ll. 47, 54). Occasional marginalia in neat hands. Detailed collation and condition worksheet and analysis of binding and tooling available upon request. General references: ISTC it00227000; GW online M40691; BSB-Ink T-197; Bod-inc T-132; Hain 1331; Goff T227; BMC II 413; Proctor 1969; and others therein cited. Provenance: Library of the Conventus beate Marie virginis ordinis fratrem predicatorum (the Dominikanerkonvent), Wien (according to the inscription at top of 1r); [partially effaced inscriptions bottom 1r and 205v, "- cventm wienn ordinis frtm prdicatoru -"]; [with John M Stark, Hull (fl. 1851-1888), his minuscule ticket upper left corner front pastedown]; Theodore Cohn (1923-2021). Although lacking two text leaves, this volume presents a magnificent Koberger printing on fine thick laid paper, overall well-margined, bright and clean, crisply printed and entirely rubricated, bound by the workshop at the Dominikanerkloster Wien (founded 1226) for the friars preachers there, with particularly intriguing binder's waste at the pastedowns and the front free endleaf. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1671116468589
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