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Libra Esoterica

Lombardica hystoria

by Jacobus de Voragine

  • First published:
  • 15th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source

[14], CCLXVI leaves ; 21 cm (4to) Title from title leaf (leaf pi1r) Incipit of text (leaf B1r) reads: Incipit lege[n]da sancto[rum] que Lombardica no[m]i[n]at[ur] hystoria. Et primo de festiuitatib[us] q[uae] occurru[n]t infra t[em]pus renouat[i]onis q[uod] rep[rese]ntat ecc[lesi]a ab aduentu vs[que] ad natiuitatem domini Printer's name from ISTC. Place and date of printing from colophon on leaf k10v, which reads: Expliciunt quoru[n]dam sanctorum legende adiu[n]cte post lombardicam historia[m]. Impresse Basilee. Anno domini. M. q[ua]dringentesimononogesimo Chancery quarto, printed in double columns. Leaf B1v: 50 lines to a full column, plus headline; area of text: 161 (167) x 105 mm.; col. width: 50 mm. Initial spaces; spaces for paragraph marks. With signatures and foliation; without catchwords Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi⁶ B⁸ C⁸ ²C⁸ D-Z⁸ a-i⁸ k¹²; the signatures in the first C gathering are in roman type; G3 is missigned 'G4'; k4-6 is missigned 'k3-5' Leaves pi3 and pi4 signed 3 and 4; leaves 2pi1-4 signed 11, 22, 33, and 44; leaves k4, k5, and k6 signed k3, k4, and k5, respectively Errors in foliation: leaf LXXXI numbered "LXI"; leaf XCIII, "CXIII"; leaf XCV, "CXV"; leaf XCVI, "LXXXVI"; leaf CXIII, "CXIIII"; leaf CXIIII, "CV"; leaf CXVI, "CVI"; leaf CXXXV, "CXXXVI"; leaf CLIIII, "CLIII"; leaf CLXXXVII, "CLXXXVI"; leaf CLXXXVIII, "CXC"; and leaf CCLIX, "CCLXIII." Includes index

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

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1490-01-01T00:00:00ZImpresse Basilee : [Michael Wenssler]LatinPublic digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
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