Imitatio Christi
ISTC No.ii00004000
TitleImitatio Christi
Imprint[Augsburg] : Günther Zainer, [before 5 June] 1473
Formatf°
NotesOften found with Goff A1089, A1225, A1333 (incl. A1337), E106, G221, H179, H192 and P1001, in any combination. Some copies of the set (e.g. Windsor RL) have a separate small leaf with a collective title of the ten tracts (see BMC, reprint). The collection has H192 with rubricator's date of '72' in a private collection in USA (Roland Folter); previously dated before 5 June 1473 from the rubrication date ('1473 vigil pentec') of the Sammelband in Munich
On the attribution to Thomas à Kempis see A. Ampe, L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ et son auteur (Roma, 1973) and R.R. Post, The Modern Devotion (Leiden, 1968) pp.520-536 (CIBN)
Language of itemlat
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Fac: London, Stock, 1893:
Holdings
AustriaBregenz, Mehrerau
Graz, UB
Innsbruck, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol
Klosterneuburg, Chorherren, Stiftsbibliothek
Kremsmünster, Benediktiner (Ink 2°227)
Salzburg, UB
St. Florian, Chorherren
St. Paul, Benediktiner
Wien, Schotten
Wilhering, Zisterzienser (Ink 114-2)
BelgiumBrugge, BGS
DenmarkCopenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek
FranceChantilly, Musée Condé
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (2)
Strasbourg, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire
Tours, Bibliothèque Municipale
Germany Oldenburg, Landesbibliothek
Amberg SB
Annaberg-Buchholz St.AnnaKirche
Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek
Bamberg MetropolitanKap
Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek (2)
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek (2)
Beuron, Bibliothek der Erzabtei St. Martin
Freiberg Geschwister-SchollGym
Freising, Dombibliothek (I32)
Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek
Heilbronn, Stadtarchiv, Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek
Kempten, St.Mangkirche
Köln USB
Leipzig BVerwG
Leipzig DB/BuchM
Leipzig Universitätsbibliothek
Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek
Metten, Bibliothek der Benediktinerabtei
Mettingen, Draiflessen Collection (Liberna, Inc 59 - imperfect)
München, Universitätsbibliothek (2)
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (4)
Neuburg/Donau, Staatliche Bibliothek
Schulpforte LandesSch
Schweinfurt Otto-SchäferB
Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek (4)
Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek
Würzburg UB
HungaryBudapest Univ
Budapest, National Library
IrelandDublin, Milltown Park (imperfect)
ItalyCasale Monferrato, Biblioteca del Seminario vescovile
Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (D'Elci 764)
Parma, Biblioteca Palatina
JapanHiroshima University of Economics
Suita, Kansai UL
The NetherlandsAmsterdam, University Library, Allard Pierson, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica
Den Haag, Huis van het Boek (II 256)
Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland (169 C 14-16)
Utrecht, University Library
PolandŁowicz Kap
RussiaSt Petersburg, National Library of Russia
SlovakiaBratislava Akad
SloveniaLjubljana, Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica
SwitzerlandEngelberg, Stifstbibliothek
Genève (Cologny), Fondation Martin Bodmer
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek (2)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCambridge, St John's College (2)
Cambridge, Trinity College
Cambridge, University Library (acquisition 1987, ULC 876.5, not in Oates)
London, British Library (C.10.c.16 = IB.5542)
London, British Library (G.12084 = IB.5543)
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (10209)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (2)
Windsor, Royal Library
United States of AmericaBloomington IN, Indiana University, Lilly Library
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (2)
Collection of the late Phyllis and John Gordan, New York NY
Dallas TX, Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library
Fort Worth TX, Texas Christian University, Mary Couts Burnett Library
Middletown CT, Wesleyan University, Olin Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (2, 1 var)
New York NY, Public Library, Berg Collection
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum
Princeton Univ., Scheide Library
Provo UT, Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library
Roland Folter, New York NY
San Marino CA, Huntington Library
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division
Williamstown MA, Williams College, Chapin Library
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Stamp.Ross.2137)
Number of holding institutions87
Last Edit2023-11-01 12:00:00.00
