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Prosper de uita co[n]te[m]platiua de uita actuali deq[ue] uitiis a[n]nexis uirtutibus

by Saint Prosper of Aquitaine, Peter Drach, Julianus. De vita contemplativa Pomerius & of Aquitaine Prosper

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

Title from title page on leaf a1 recto Date of printing from colophon on leaf g7 recto, which reads in full: Expliciunt tres libri Prosperi .doctoris p[rae]clarissimi! materiam cuiq[ue] valde vtile[m] at[que] necessariam .stilo m[u]ltu[m] facu[n]do (de vita sc[ilicet] [con]te[m]platiua . de vita actuali deq[ue] v[ir]tutibus acvitijs) satis succincte tracta[n]tes .Anno n[ost]re salut[is] .M.cccclxxxvi. The author of the text is probably Julianus Pomerius: see ISTC ip01022000 Signatures: a-c⁸ d-f⁶ g⁸ (g8=blank). Chancery quarto; printed in double columns, a2 recto: 36 lines plus headline, 137 (148) x 90 mm; types: 156 (title, headlines, and headings), 78 (text); initial spaces with guide letters. Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, 495 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P1022 Incunabula short title catalogue, ip01022000 Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.8 bound in ca. 19th-century vellum. Red leather spine label. Bookplate of the BPL James Lyman Whitney Fund. Small ink stamp (lion salient within escutcheon) on a1 recto. Initial on a2 rubricated and illuminated with shell gold. Rubricated in red throughout. Leaf dimensions: 199 x 135 mm. Purchased from G.W. Stuart in 1999. Former call number Q.486.P77D.

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1486[Speyer : Peter Drach]; Peter Drach]LatinPublic

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  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
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