Incipit ep[isto]la sancti hieronymi ad paulinu[m] presbite[rum] de omnib[us] diuine historie libris.
Saint Jerome (circa 347-420)
Category
Books
Date
1477
Materials
Place of origin
Nuremberg
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3069896
Summary
Bibliographic description
[468] leaves ; fol. Running number: 6935. Imperfect: New Testament only, consisting of leaves [Q1-bb10], [cc2] and [cc5] (ff. 366-462, 464, 467); wanting all of Old Testament and part of final gathering, i.e. leaves [a1-P6], [cc1], [cc3-4] and [cc6] (ff. 1-365, 463, 465-466, 468). Running headings written in brown ink on upper right corner of recto of leaves, mostly cropped off by binder. Major initials supplied in red or blue; minor initials supplied alternately in red and blue; paragraph marks and capital strokes supplied in red. Initial washed-out on [S2]v, [bb1]r. Doodle in red ink of man's head wearing a hat on [T6]r. Manuscript marginal note in fifteenth-century hand on [X2]r. Large stain on [X3-Y3]. Initial washed-out and replaced with ink-written initial on [X7]r, [Z2]r, [Z5]r. Beginning of printed text of New Testament on leaf [Q]1 has been censored, the words "papa[m]" and "pape" in the second and third lines of text have been crossed-out in ink, the latter also partially erased; presumably this censorship happened during the Reformation and indicates that this copy was owned by someone living in a Protestant country. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Binding: eighteenth-century[?] quarter-bound sheepskin, with red brocade paper (Brokatpapier) embossed with gilt metal floral leaf design over thin pasteboards; recessed cords; smooth spine; gilt spine title 'Novum Testament: Heronymi. Ed. Ima'; all edges gilt.
Makers and roles
Saint Jerome (circa 347-420), translator Menardus, Monachus, editor Koberger, Anton, printer