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Title
[Biblia.]
Publication
[Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, ca. 1478.]

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Ger. 1478+Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349.
  • Quentell, Heinrich, -1501
Description
542 leaves in 2 v. illus.; 40 cm (fol.)
Alternative Title
Hijr beghynt Genesis dat erste boeck der vijff boeckere Moysi ...
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Incunabula – Germany – Cologne.
  • Woodcuts – Germany – 15th century.
  • Bookbinding (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.
  • Blind tooled bindings (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.
Note
  • Gothic type (Proctor 1253); 2 columns, 56-57 lines. Rubricated.
  • Collation: [v. 1:] 271 leaves, leaf 1 blank. [v. 2:] 272-542 leaves, leaf 542 blank.
  • "The text is clearly taken from No. 4182 [Quentell's 1478 Bible in the western dialect of Low German], though it has throughout been adapted to the Low Saxon dialect."--Darlow and Moule. British and Foreign Bible Soc. Historical catalogue, v. 2, p. 484. Gerhard Ising, in Die niederdeutschen Bibelfrühdrucke (1961-1976) considers the present dialect version to be the earlier of the two, distinguishing the versions as "unde" (Low Saxon or East Westphalian) and "ende" (West Low German or West Westphalian).
  • With glosses according to Nicolaus de Lyra's postils.
  • Illustrations: 113 woodcuts, comprising 90 cuts (Schramm, v. 8, no. 357-375, 377-394, 396-448, including one repeat) in v. 1, and 23 cuts (Schramm, v. 8, no. 449-462, 464, including nine repeats) in v. 2. Historiated borders (cf. Kautzsch, p. 6-7) on leaf 2a (preface), leaf 5a (Genesis), leaf 272a (Proverbs), leaf 436a (New Testament) and leaf 535a (Apocalypse).The borders, 21 cuts in v. 1 and all cuts in v. 2 are colored by hand. Because of a misunderstood passage in the preface it has been thought that the designs were copied from paintings in churches and monasteries, but Kautzsch has traced them to a manuscript. The cuts were probably made in Cologne by a woodcutter trained in France.
Indexed In (note)
  • ISTC
  • GW
  • Hain-Copinger
  • BMC
  • Pellechet
  • Voulliéme
  • Schreiber
  • Darlow and Moule. British and Foreign Bible Soc. Historical catalogue
  • Walther
  • Schramm
  • Schramm, A. Die illustrierten Bibeln der deutschen Inkunabel-Drucker
  • Kautzsch, R. Die Holzschnitte der Kölner Bible von 1479
Additional Formats (note)
  • Electronic facsimile (UB Köln copy) available via Verteilte digitale Inkunabelbibliothek
Provenance (note)
  • The Stolberg-Wernigerode copy, with bookplate of Christian Ernst Graf zu Stolberg.
Binding (note)
  • Binding, contemporary, of brown calf, blind tooled, over wooden boards, with eighteenth century labels. Clasps wanting from [v. 1-2] and metal bosses and corner pieces from [v. 2]. The tooling, which includes religious names and symbols, differs in v. 1 and 2.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Ger. 1478+
OCLC
131742287
Title
[Biblia.]
Imprint
[Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, ca. 1478.]
Indexed In:
ISTC ib00636000
GW 4307
Hain-Copinger 3142
BMC I, 264.IC.4411
Pellechet 2378
Voulliéme 256
Schreiber 3465
Darlow and Moule. British and Foreign Bible Soc. Historical catalogue, 4183
Walther, v. 3, col. 655-671
Schramm, v. 8, p. 9-10
Schramm, A. Die illustrierten Bibeln der deutschen Inkunabel-Drucker, p. 10-15
Kautzsch, R. Die Holzschnitte der Kölner Bible von 1479
Additional Formats
Electronic facsimile (UB Köln copy) available via Verteilte digitale Inkunabelbibliothek
Binding
Binding, contemporary, of brown calf, blind tooled, over wooden boards, with eighteenth century labels. Clasps wanting from [v. 1-2] and metal bosses and corner pieces from [v. 2]. The tooling, which includes religious names and symbols, differs in v. 1 and 2.
Local Note
With ms. notes throughout, and ms. table of the Epistles and Gospels for the church year on leaf 542.
Incomplete: Leaves 1-4 wanting.
Provenance
The Stolberg-Wernigerode copy, with bookplate of Christian Ernst Graf zu Stolberg.
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Added Author
Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349.
Quentell, Heinrich, -1501, printer.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Ger. 1478+
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