Biblia latina, 42 lines
idib00526000
titleBiblia latina, 42 lines
imprint[Mainz : Printer of the 42-line Bible (Johann Gutenberg) and Johannes Fust, about 1455]
dimensionsf°
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
languageofitemlat
referencesGoff 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
relatedresources_digitalElectronic 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
Electronic facsimile : Kassel, Universitätsbibliothek, Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek
relatedresourcesMicrofiche: 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, State Library of New South Wales (1 leaf (Ezekiel 43, 27-45, 16))
AustriaKlagenfurt, Universitätsbibliothek (fragment of 1 leaf, vellum)
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Ink 3.B.14: with tabula rubricarum. GW 4201 Anm.: T.1, ff.129-158 2.Druck. Hub.27)
BelgiumMons, BU FP (I, imperfect, Hub.1)
KU Leuven, Special Collections (copy destroyed 1 leaf only)
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek (imperfect: Hub.13)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (2, 1 on vellum: Hub.15. 1 on paper: Hub.17 imperfect)
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine (Hub.16)
Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale (ff. 129-138 . - Bibliothèque des Fontaines)
Lyon MIB (1 leaf only)
Saint-Omer (BM imperfect. Hub.18)
Strasbourg, Médiathèque André Malraux (3 leaves)
GermanyAschaffenburg, Hofbibliothek (Hub.7, imperfect)
Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek (1 leaf only, fol. 310, vell)
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek (2, Hub.3, vellum, imperfect)
Coburg, Landesbibliothek (1 leaf only, vell)
Dortmund, Stadt- und Landesbibliothek (1 leaf only)
Dresden, Sächsische Landes- und Universitätsbibliothek (3 leaves only, vell)
Ermlitz ApelscheB (fragments, 4 leaves only, copy lost)
Frankfurt a. M., Universitätsbibliothek (Hub.6)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Universitätsbibliothek (3 leaves only)
Fulda, Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek (Hub.4, vellum, I)
Göttingen, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (Hub.2, vellum)
Hannover, Museum August Kestner (1 leaf only, vell)
Jena, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (1 leaf only)
Karlsruhe GLArch (1 leaf only, vell)
Kassel LB Dlg. EvKirchenGem Immenhausen (Hub.12, I, imperfect)
Leipzig, Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum (1 leaf only)
Leipzig, Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum (vellum, now Moscow)
Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek (vellum, imperfect: Hub.14, 2nd copy lost)
Mainz, Gutenberg-Museum (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, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Hub.5)
Nürnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Bibliothek (2 leaves only, vell)
Paderborn EAB (1 leaf only, vell)
Schweinfurt, Bibliothek Otto Schäfer (4 leaves only)
Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek (Hub.10, imperfect, and 1 single leaf)
Trier, Bibliothek des Priesterseminars (2 leaves only)
Trier, Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek der Stadt Trier / Stadtarchiv (Hub.11, imperfect)
ItalyVenezia, Biblioteca del Museo Correr (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 University Library (I, Hub.45 [Doheny])
Tokyo, Keio University Library (f.230 of vol. I, vellum)
Tokyo, Waseda University Library (f.221 of vol. I, vellum)
The NetherlandsHaarlem Museum Enschedé 13 (1 leaf)
Den Haag, Huis van het Boek (039 C 010 [03]-[04]) (2 leaves)
NorwayOslo, Katedralskole (2 leaves from two different copies)
PolandPelplin, Seminary Library (Hub.28)
PortugalLisboa, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Hub.29)
RussiaMoscow Lomonosov UL (Hub.49, Leipzig UB copy)
Moscow, Russian State Library (vellum, Hub.48, Leipzig DB/BuchM copy)
St Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences (only 1/4 leaf, on vellum)
SpainBurgos, Biblioteca Pública del Estado (imperfect: Hub.31)
Sevilla, Biblioteca Universitaria (II: Hub.32)
SwedenStockholm, Kungliga Bibliotheket (19 leaves, some on vell, and few fragments)
Uppsala, Universitetsbibliotek (leaf 234 only of I)
SwitzerlandGenève, Fondation Martin Bodmer (imperfect: Hub.30)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1 leaf)
Cambridge, University Library (2, 1 being a copy of leaf 209 only; Hub.22)
Coleraine, Ulster University Library (1 leaf)
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland (Inc.1: Hub.26)
Eton, Eton College Library (Hub.23)
Liverpool, University Library (1 leaf)
London, Lambeth Palace Library (II NT only, vellum: Hub.20)
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (3069: Hub.25)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (Hub.24, with a fragment of 2 leaves)
London, 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))
London, British Library (G.12226 = IC.56) (On vellum, Hub.19)
London, British Library (C.9.d.3,4 = IC.55) (Hub.21)
United States of AmericaDurham NC, Duke University, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library (fragment (1 leaf), vellum)
Boston MA, Public Library (fragment (leaf only))
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (Hub.40, plus 12 ff. frag., Hub.47)
San Marino CA, Huntington Library (vellum, wanting 2 leaves: Hub.36)
Bloomington IN, Indiana University, Lilly Library (II, -: Hub.46/3)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division (vellum: Hub.35)
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (-: Hub.42)
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (3, 1-, vellum: Hub.37. 2 on paper, Hub.38 and 44, the latter -)
Dallas TX, Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library (33 ff., Jeremiah-Baruch, & 1 f., vell)
Austin TX, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center (Hub.39)
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (Hub.41)
Princeton Univ., Scheide Library (-) (Hub.43)
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (2: Stamp.Barb.AAA.IV.16-17; Stamp.Ross.612, 1 vellum, both imperfect)
Number of holding institutions83
Last Edit2024-05-03 12:00:00.00
