Cambridge, University Library (GB)
: SSS.5.1
ISTC No.io00123000
AuthorOtto von Passau
TitleDie vierundzwanzig Alten, oder Der goldne Thron
ImprintStrassburg : Johann Schott, 28 Mar. 1500
Formatf°
Languageger
SubjectTheology-moral
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id00561291
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionSSS
ShelfmarkSSS.5.1
NoteTitle from title page on leaf a1 recto.
Imprints from colophon on leaf t6 recto, which reads in full: Getruck vnnd volendet durch Johanne[m] schot zů Strassburg Am samstag vor halbfasten. Anno [et]c[etera] .M.ccccc. jar.
A reprint of Martin Schott's edition of 6 November 1483 (ISTC io00121000), with additions to the half-page woodcuts: see BM 15th cent., I, 167.
Woodcuts include a full-page illustration of Christ in glory and two half-page illustrations of a princess instructed by an elder.
Text in two columns of 46 lines.
Spaces left blank for initials.
Signatures: a⁸ b⁶ c⁸ d-t⁶. First leaf a1 unsigned.
Title page, a1r; woodcut, a1v; table of contents, a2r-v; [A preface addressed by the book to the reader], a2v-a4r; Otto von Passau. Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder Der goldne Thron, a4r-t6r, including prologue, a4r-v; colophon, t6r.
BM 15th cent., I, 167
Bod-inc, O-035
BSB-Ink, O-106 (with digital facsimile)
Goff, O123
GW, M28512 (with digital facsimile)
Hain-Copinger (+ Addition), 12130*
ISTC, io00123000
Oates, 271
Schreiber, Manuel, V, 4883
Aquisition number 215.
[118] leaves :
Original item identifier in source database: 5556037
Provenance
1823-1894
Provenance
1837-1894
Provenance
Provenance
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
NoteInscribed 'Ex bibl. Wisensteigensi', 17th [?] century, i.e. the collegiate church of St Cyriacus at Wiesensteig, WuÌrttemberg, southern Germany. James Elwin Millard of Magdalen College Oxford. Samuel Sandars; his bequest in 1894.
Binding noteHalf blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, Germany, 16th century; the upper board lined with a leaf from a 15th-century manuscript in German, the lower with a fragment from a 16th-century printed hymnal, with music.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
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