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Publilii Optatiani Porphyrii Panegyricus dictus Constantino Augusto : ex codice manuscripto Paulli Velseri Patricij Aug. Vind.

Porfyrius, P. Optatianus, active 325, author.; Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337.; Welser, Paul, 1555-1620.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
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Title
Publilii Optatiani Porphyrii Panegyricus dictus Constantino Augusto : ex codice manuscripto Paulli Velseri Patricij Aug. Vind.
Created/published
Augustae Vindelicorum ad insigne pinus : [s.n.], anno MDCV [1595]
Description
[28] leaves ; 32 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Porfyrius, P. Optatianus, active 325, author.
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337.
Welser, Paul, 1555-1620.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
Collection of poems printed in columns of unseparated words with patterned lines highlighted in red ink containing hidden verses (versus intexti), meant to be discovered and interpreted, with instructions on facing pages.

"Epistola Porphyrij ad Constantinum" on B1r; "Epistola Constantini ad Porphyrium" on B1v.

Signatures: A² B-F⁴ G-I².

Title vignette with motto: "Honos erit huic quoque pomo"; initials.
Cited/described in
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), O 818
Genre/form
Ties (Binding)
Sammelbands.
Place of creation/publication
Germany -- Augsburg.

Call number
STC 13582 copy 1 item 4 (folio)
Folger-specific note
In contemporary reinforced vellum laced-case binding; gold-stamped leather labels on spine; blue-stained edges; remains of ties. Indecipherable signature on t.p. Harmsworth copy. Bound last in a volume of four titles.
Folger accession
HH113/26

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