Biblia latina, 42 lines
ISTC No.ib00526000
TitleBiblia latina, 42 lines
Imprint[Mainz : Printer of the 42-line Bible (Johann Gutenberg) and Johannes Fust, about 1455]
Formatf°
Notes2 parts
Sheets were seen by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini some time before his letter of 12 Mar. 1455 (E. Meuthen in Gb Jb 1982, pp.108-18). Aeneas's letter is printed in the edition of ther Hoernen about 1480, Voull(K) 967 (M. Davies in The Library, 18 (1996), 193-201, with plate). Copies at München BSB and Vienna ÖNB have a printed rubrication guide in four leaves
For single leaves see Goff (Noble Fragment leaves), P. Needham in BSA 79 (1985) pp.362-69 and E.M. White in Gb Jb 2002 pp.19-36
Language of itemlat
Reference worksGoff B526; H 3031*; GfT 1527; DeR(M) 34; Pell 2265; CIBN B-361; Hillard 369; Parguez 179; Zehnacker 432; Polain(B) 640; IBP 982 & Tab. VII; Sajó-Soltész 610; IDL 809; IBE 1002; IJL2 75; IBPort 296; SI 620; Mendes 198; Sallander 2091; Coll(S) 200; Madsen 661; Bodmer 259; Günt(L) 1808; Voull(Trier) 881; Voull(B) 1511; Ernst(Hannover) 109; Hubay(Augsburg) 355; Ohly-Sack 505; Sack(Freiburg) 608; Kind(Göttingen) 660; Schäfer 49; Pad-Ink 106; Döring-Fuchs B-174, [B-175]; Walsh 3, 4, 5; Oates 14, 15; Bod-inc B-237; Sheppard 15-17; Pr 56; BMC I 17; BSB-Ink B-408; Fac.: ed. Paul Schwenke, Insel-Verlag, 1913-14, reprint New York, 1960; Idion-Verlag, München, 1979, with a census of copies by I. Hubay; Editions les Incunables, Paris, 1985 (Mazarine copy); GW 4201
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (I)
Electronic facsimile : Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (II)
Electronic facsimile : Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (Tabula rubricarum)
Electronic facsimile : Bibliothèque d'agglomération de Saint-Omer
Electronic facsimile : British Library, London
Electronic facsimile : British Library, London (G.12226, vol. 1)
Electronic facsimile : British Library, London (G.12226, vol. 2)
Electronic facsimile : British Library, London (IC.56a)
Electronic facsimile : Keio UL, Tokyo
Electronic facsimile : Rare Book Room (Library of Congress copy)
Electronic facsimile : Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt (Main)
Electronic facsimile : SUB Göttingen
Electronic facsimile : Sächsische Landes-, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (fragment)
Electronic facsimile : Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris (vol. 1)
Electronic facsimile : Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris (vol. 2)
Electronic facsimile : Cambridge University Library
Electronic facsimile : Boston Public Library
Electronic facsimile : Library of Congress, Washington DC
Electronic facsimile : National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Electronic facsimile : Aschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek (I)
Electronic facsimile : Aschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek (II)
Electronic facsimile : Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg (fol. 310 only)
Electronic facsimile : New York, Morgan Library and Museum
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1992, 1992 & 2003. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 1 - Printing in Mainz to 1480, MA 7; Unit 1 - Printing in Mainz to 1480, MA 8; Unit 58 - Bibles and Commentaries Part III, BC 54
IISTC. Copy: London BL, C.9.d.3-4
Holdings
AustraliaSydney SL (1 leaf (Ezekiel 43, 27-45, 16))
AustriaKlagenfurt, UB (fragment of 1 leaf, vellum)
Wien, ÖNB (Ink 3.B.14: with tabula rubricarum. GW 4201 Anm.: T.1, ff.129-158 2.Druck. Hub.27)
BelgiumLeuven, Univ. (copy destroyed 1 leaf only)
Mons, BU FP (I, imperfect, Hub.1)
DenmarkCopenhagen RL (imperfect: Hub.13)
FranceLyon BM (ff. 129-138 . - Bibliothèque des Fontaines)
Lyon MIB (1 leaf only)
Paris BN (2, 1 on vellum: Hub.15. 1 on paper: Hub.17 imperfect)
Paris Mazarine (Hub.16)
Saint-Omer (BM imperfect. Hub.18)
Strasbourg BM (3 leaves)
GermanyAschaffenburg HB (Hub.7, imperfect)
Augsburg SStB (1 leaf only, fol. 310, vell)
Berlin SB (2, Hub.3, vellum, imperfect)
Coburg LB (1 leaf only, vell)
Dortmund StLB (1 leaf only)
Dresden SLUB (3 leaves only, vell)
Ermlitz ApelscheB (fragments, 4 leaves only, copy lost)
Frankfurt(Main) UB (Hub.6)
Freiburg i.Br. UB (3 leaves only)
Fulda HLB (Hub.4, vellum, I)
Göttingen SUB (Hub.2, vellum)
Hannover KestnerM (1 leaf only, vell)
Jena ULB (1 leaf only)
Karlsruhe GLArch (1 leaf only, vell)
Kassel LB Dlg. EvKirchenGem Immenhausen (Hub.12, I, imperfect)
Leipzig DB/Buch (vellum, now Moscow)
Leipzig DB/BuchM (1 leaf only)
Leipzig UB (vellum, imperfect: Hub.14, 2nd copy lost)
Mainz GM/StB (2, Hub.8 and 9, imperfect (GM-Ink.129,GM-Ink.130) and fragments, single leaves (GM-Ink.137,138,415,1043)
Mettingen Draiflessen Collection (Liberna, Inc 130 - 1 leaf only)
München BSB (Hub.5)
Nürnberg GNM (2 leaves only, vell)
Paderborn EAB (1 leaf only, vell)
Schweinfurt Otto-SchäferB (4 leaves only)
Stuttgart WLB (Hub.10, imperfect, and 1 single leaf)
Trier PriesterSem (2 leaves only)
Trier StB (Hub.11, imperfect)
ItalyVenezia C (fragment)
JapanMino, Osaka Aoyama Junior College (bifolio: 142 and 145 of vol. I; sold 2012)
Nishinomiya, Kwansei Gakuin UL (bifolio: 145 and 146 of vol. II)
Tokyo, Keio UL (I, Hub.45 [Doheny])
Tokyo, Keio UL (f.230 of vol. I, vellum)
Tokyo, Waseda University Library (f.221 of vol. I, vellum)
The NetherlandsHaarlem Museum Enschedé 13 (1 leaf)
The Hague MMW (039 C 010 [03]-[04]) (2 leaves)
PolandPelplin Sem (Hub.28)
PortugalLisboa BN (Hub.29)
RussiaMoscow Lomonosov UL (Hub.49, Leipzig UB copy)
Moscow SL (vellum, Hub.48, Leipzig DB/BuchM copy)
St Petersburg Akad (only 1/4 leaf, on vellum)
SpainBurgos BP (imperfect: Hub.31)
Sevilla BU (II: Hub.32)
SwedenStockholm RL (19 leaves, some on vell, and few fragments)
Uppsala UB (leaf 234 only of I)
SwitzerlandGenève Bodmer (imperfect: Hub.30)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandBlackburn Museum (1 leaf)
British Library (IC.56a) (Leaf [DD]7 with English illumination from another vellum copy, not in BMC (from Bagford and Sloane: E. König in British Library Journal, 9 (1983), 32-50))
British Library (G.12226 = IC.56) (On vellum, Hub.19)
British Library (C.9.d.3,4 = IC.55) (Hub.21)
Cambridge UL (2, 1 being a copy of leaf 209 only; Hub.22)
Coleraine, Ulster UL (1 leaf)
Edinburgh NLS (Inc.1: Hub.26)
Eton College (Hub.23)
Liverpool UL (1 leaf)
London, Lambeth Palace (II NT only, vellum: Hub.20)
Manchester JRL (3069: Hub.25)
Oxford Bodley (Hub.24, with a fragment of 2 leaves)
United States of AmericaBoston Public Library (fragment (leaf only))
Cambridge MA, Harvard College Library, Houghton Library (Hub.40, plus 12 ff. frag., Hub.47)
Duke Univ. Library (fragment (1 leaf), vellum)
Indiana Univ., The Lilly Library (II, -: Hub.46/3)
Library of Congress, Rare Book Division (vellum: Hub.35)
New York Public Library, Rare Book Division (-: Hub.42)
New York, The Morgan Library and Museum (3, 1-, vellum: Hub.37. 2 on paper, Hub.38 and 44, the latter -)
Princeton Univ., Scheide Library (-) (Hub.43)
San Marino CA, Huntington Library (vellum, wanting 2 leaves: Hub.36)
Southern Methodist Univ., Bridwell Library (33 ff., Jeremiah-Baruch, & 1 f., vell)
Univ. of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (Hub.39)
Yale Univ., Beinecke Library (Hub.41)
Vatican CityVaticano BAV (2: Stamp.Barb.AAA.IV.16-17; Stamp.Ross.612, 1 vellum, both imperfect)
Number of holding institutions82
Last Edit2023-03-31 11:39:48
