Cambridge, University Library (GB)
: Keynes.P.7.21
ISTC No.ij00219000
AuthorJerung, Henricus
TitleElucidarius scripturarum
ImprintNuremberg : Friedrich Creussner, 6 June 1476
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectTheology-biblical
Periodcontemporary
Description of Copy
Copy Id00558431
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionKeynes.-T
ShelfmarkKeynes.P.7.21
NoteTitle from caption at incipit on leaf [a2] recto.
Imprint from colophon on leaf [A9] verso, which reads in full: Opus ( elucidari[us] scripturarum ) . Impressum ad laude[m] & gloriam sancte ac indiuidue trinitatis. Intemerateq[ue] virginis marie feliciter finit. In regia ciuitate Nur[i]mbergen[si]. per Fridericum Creussner incolam ciuitati eiusdem Anno incarnatio[n]is dominice .M.CCCC.LXXVi Tercia feria ante festum penthecostes die sexta Juny. Laus Deo Clementissimo.
A Latin dictionary, to assist the understanding of the Bible.
Text in two columns.
Spaces left blank for initials.
Signatures: [a¹⁰ b-c⁸ c-f¹⁰ g-l⁸ m⁶ n⁸ o¹⁰ p-y⁸ z¹⁰ A¹⁰]. Last leaf [A10] unsigned and blank.
Preface, [a1]v; Henricus Jerung. Elucidarium scripturarum, [a2]r-[A9]v; colophon, [A9]v.
BM 15th cent., II, 447
BN cat. des incun., J-153
Bod-inc, J-095
BSB-Ink, I-135
Goff, J219
GW, M11920
ISTC, ij00219000
Hain, 9371*
Illumination: Large initial in colour and gold with penwork decoration extending into the margins supplied by hand on leaf [a2] recto, Germany, late 15th century. Initials in alternating blue and red, and highlighting of printed capital letters in red, supplied by hand, Germany, late 15th century.
Not in Oates.
[204] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 2432408
Provenance
fl. 1460-1482
Provenance
d. 1809
Provenance
1809
Provenance
1779-1830
Provenance
1820-1895
Provenance
1864-1912
Provenance
1887-1982
Provenance
Provenance
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
NoteInscribed 'Liber Cartusien[sium] in Buchshaim p[ro]pe Me[m]ming[e]n in quo [con]tinet[ur] Elucidari[us] scripturar[um] que ex Biblia trahu[n]t fundamentum M[a]g[ist]ri Hanirici [sic] Gerung quond[am] Syndici Nur[i]nb[er]gen[sis] Donat[us] ab honorabili d[omi]no Joh[ann]e Waltheri pl[e]b[a]no ecc[les]ie Ma[r]ie i[n] Me[m]mingen oret[ur] p[ro] eo' on leaf [a1] recto, and 'Cartusien[sium] in Buchshaim' on leaves [a1] recto and [A9] verso, identified as Buxheim Charterhouse of S. Maria, near Memmingen in the diocese of Augsburg, ca. 1479. Armorial bookstamp 'Bibl. Buxheim' on leaf [a2] recto, 18th century [?]. The Buxheim Charterhouse was founded in 1402, dissolved in 1803. Following the dissolution of the monastery, the library became the property Graf Maximilian von Ostein in 1803, his sister GraÌfin von Hatzfeld in 1809, their cousin Graf Friedrich Carl Rudolp von Waldbott- Bassenheim in 1810. Sold with the rest of the library by his son, Hugo Philipp von Waldbott-Bassenheim by auction through the bookseller Karl Fr. Mayer, Munich, September 1883, lot 3180. George Dunn of Woolley Hall, Maidenhead, his booklabel on upper pastedown, and note 'G.D. Jan. 1895' with price in Greek 'X m' in pencil on leaf [a1] recto; his sale, III portion, Sotheby's, London, 22-29 November 1917, lot 3340. Listed in Francis Jenkinson, A list of the incunabula collected by George Dunn : arranged to illustrate the history of printing, [Oxford] : Printed at the Oxford university press for the Bibliographical society, 1923, p. 15, no. 301. Geoffrey Keynes, his inscription in pencil on Dunn's booklabel on upper pastedown; listed in G. Keynes, Bibliotheca Bibliographici. London : 1964, p. 6, no. 28. Acquired with much of the Keynes library in 1982.
Binding noteHalf blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, with fragments from 14th- and 15th-century manuscripts on parchment and paper used as spine and quire guards, brass catches at fore-edge of upper board, and stubs of pigskin straps fixed to the fore-edge of the lower board by brass plaques, Germany, late 15th century. Old manuscript title erased in upper spine compartment and old shelfmark, possibly 'S 220' or 'O 220', in red ink in lower spine compartment.
Decoration NoteIllumination: Large initial in colour and gold with penwork decoration extending into the margins supplied by hand on leaf [a2] recto, Germany, late 15th century. Initials in alternating blue and red, and highlighting of printed capital letters in red, supplied by hand, Germany, late 15th century.
Manuscript notesTitle 'Ti[tulus] Elucidarius scripturaru[m] M[a]g[ist]ri Henrici Gerung' on leaf [a1] recto, Germany, Buxheim, around 1500. Old shelfmark 'R 5' in ink on upper right corner of leaf [a1] recto, Buxheim, 16th century. Marginal manuscript notes in cursive hand, Germany, late 15th and 16th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
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