Comencia la uita del glorioso sancto Hieronimo doctore excellentissimo.
Lavagna, Filippo da, printer.; Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.; Eusebius, of Cremona, Saint, -approximately 423. Epistola ad Damasium. Italian. 1480.; Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Epistola ad Cyrillum. Italian. 1480.; Cyril, Saint, Bishop of Jerusalem, approximately 315-386. Epistola ad Augustinum. Italian. 1480.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Title
Comencia la uita del glorioso sancto Hieronimo doctore excellentissimo.
Uniform title
Vita et transitus Sancti Hieronymi. Italian.
Created/published
Impressum Mediolani : [Filippo da Lavagna], anno Domini 1480 die septimo decimo Luliii [sic]
Description
[160] p. ; 25 cm (4to and 8vo)
Associated name
Lavagna, Filippo da, printer.
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Note
Translation of Vita et transitus Sancti Hieronymi (i.e. Eusebius of Cremona's Epistola de morte Hieronymi).
Title from incipit (leaf a2r).
Leaf a6r reads: "Comincia la epistola del beato Eusebio, la quale ma[n]do al beato Damasio uescouo di Portuense, et a Theodonio senatore di Roma del transito del barbato Hieronymo padre de eloquentia et di sanctita excellentissimo". Leaf e7r reads: "Comincia la epistola del Aurelio Augustino uescouo de Hipponense: la qual lui ma[n]do al uenerabile Cirillo uescouo de Ierusalem de le magnifice[n]tie et laude del glorioso Hieronymo". Leaf f5r reads: "Comincia la epistola del uenerabile Cyrillo uescouo de Ierusalem ch[e] mando a sancto Augustino de miracoli di sancto Hieronymo".
Signatures: a-k⁸ (a1, k8 blank); (a3 signed d3).
Capital spaces with guide letters.
Title from incipit (leaf a2r).
Leaf a6r reads: "Comincia la epistola del beato Eusebio, la quale ma[n]do al beato Damasio uescouo di Portuense, et a Theodonio senatore di Roma del transito del barbato Hieronymo padre de eloquentia et di sanctita excellentissimo". Leaf e7r reads: "Comincia la epistola del Aurelio Augustino uescouo de Hipponense: la qual lui ma[n]do al uenerabile Cirillo uescouo de Ierusalem de le magnifice[n]tie et laude del glorioso Hieronymo". Leaf f5r reads: "Comincia la epistola del uenerabile Cyrillo uescouo de Ierusalem ch[e] mando a sancto Augustino de miracoli di sancto Hieronymo".
Signatures: a-k⁸ (a1, k8 blank); (a3 signed d3).
Capital spaces with guide letters.
Cited/described in
Hain-Copinger 8643
BM 15th cent. VI, p. 707 (IA.26184)
GW 9463
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-254
BM 15th cent. VI, p. 707 (IA.26184)
GW 9463
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-254
Includes
Eusebius, of Cremona, Saint, -approximately 423. Epistola ad Damasium. Italian. 1480.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Epistola ad Cyrillum. Italian. 1480.
Cyril, Saint, Bishop of Jerusalem, approximately 315-386. Epistola ad Augustinum. Italian. 1480.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Epistola ad Cyrillum. Italian. 1480.
Cyril, Saint, Bishop of Jerusalem, approximately 315-386. Epistola ad Augustinum. Italian. 1480.
Genre/form
Illuminations.
Goatskin bindings (Binding)
Goatskin bindings (Binding)
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Milan.
Item Details
Call number
INC H232
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: leaves a1, blank, a8, k1, and k8, blank, lacking; leaf a4v, stained, slightly affecting text. Handpainted initial with margin extension and owner's coat of arms on leaf a2r, both illuminated; other initials provided in blue throughout the book. Owner's coat of arms at foot of leaf a2r (azure, on a saltire argent, 3 fleur-de-lis or); purchased in 1916. Rebound in 1978 using original leather sides and one of the original wooden boards; original goatskin blind tooled with diamond design in central panels and a scroll roll around the panel lines; evidence of 2 clasps on fore-edge (floral design catches on front cover); watermark reproduction loosely inserted in the book; in a tailored box.