Research Catalog

Title

Biblia uulgar historiata.

Publication

Stampata nelalma citta de Venetia : Per maestro Guiglielmo da Trino de Monferato nominato Anima mia, sotto gli anni de la nostra rede[m]ptio[n]e, MCCCCLXXXXIII a di xxiii de aprile [23 April 1493]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Malermi, Niccolò, 1422-
• Fonte, Bartolommeo, 1445-1513
• Guglielmo, da Trino, active 1486-1494
• Classic Designer, active 1493-approximately 1500
• Bordon, Benedetto, 1450-1530

Description

[8], CCX [that is, CCII], CCXII leaves : illustrations; 29 cm (fol.)

Uniform Title

• Bible. Italian. Malermi. 1493.
• Letter of Aristeas. Italian.

Alternative Title

• Biblia vulgar historiata
• Bibia uulgare hystoriata
• Bibia vulgare hystoriata
• Comincia il prologo uerame[n]te epistola del beato Hieronymo sopra di la Bibia dignamente uulgarizata per il clarissimo religioso duon Nicolo [de] Mallermi ...
• Proverbii. Incomincia la epistola de Sancto Hieronymo a Cromatio et Eliodoro episcopi meli Libri de Salomone
• Malermi Bible
• Bibbia Malermi
• Lege[n]da del glorioso patriarcha et co[n]fessore Sancto Ioseph sposo dela gloriosa uergine Maria.
• Vita del sanctissimo & uergine [per]petuo Ioseph sposo della intemerata Vergine Maria matre dilecta de Dio.
• Leggenda di San Joseph.

Subjects

• Joseph, Saint > Legends
• Saints > Legends > Early works to 1800
• Woodcuts > Italy > 15th century
• Incunabula > Italy > Venice

Genre/Form

• Incunabula – Italy – Venice.
• Woodcuts – Italy – 15th century.

Note

• Imprint from colophon (leaf CCVIa, 2nd count), which begins: A laude & gloria del omnipotente Idio & dela gloriosissima uergine Maria: & di sancto Ioa[n]ne Baptista. Qui finisse la Bibia uulgare hystoriata ...
• "Vulgarizata per il clarissimo religioso duon Nicolo [de] Mallermi uenetiano & dil monasterio de Sancto Michele de Lemo abbate dignissimo"--Prelimary leaf 5b. The Malermi translation was originally published, without illustrations: Venice : Vindelinus de Spira, 1 August 1471; first illustrated edition published under title Biblia uulgare istoriata, Venice : Giovanni Ragazzo for Lucantonio Giunta, 15 October1490.
• This translation sometimes referenced as: Malermi Bible or Bibbia Malermi.
• Signatures: a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]¹⁰ 2A-2Z⁸ 2&⁸ 3A⁸ 3B-3C⁶. See "Registro," on title page verso.
• Many errors in foliation.
• Printed in 2 columns (tables, 3 columns). Roman and Gothic type (Proctor 5116A); 60-61 lines.
• Illustrations in Spencer Coll. copy: In pt. 1, 233 woodcuts, comprising a full-page group of six small vignettes on preliminary leaf 8b (the 6 days of Creation), and 227 cuts (including 26 repeats) in the text; in pt. 2, 210 woodcuts, comprising 1 large cut on leaf [I]a, and 209 cuts (including 14 repeats) in the text. Number of cuts in pt. 1 differs from that recorded in Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke (226), and in pt. 2 from Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke (214) and Essling and Sander (206). All cuts except that in pt. 2, leaf LXXXVIIIb, column 1, within two- or four-piece historiated borders. Historiated woodcut border on preliminary leaf 8b, leaf [I]a of part [1], and leaf [I]a of pt. 2. Many cuts signed: N, possibly representing the cutter or his workshop. Many are based on cuts in the Giunti editions of the Malermi Bible, 1490 and 1492, on which the present edition is closely modeled. For comparison of the cuts in the 1490 Giunti edition and the present 1493 edition, see Hind, Arthur. An introduction to a history of woodcut. London, 1935, v. 2, pages 464-475; the historiated borders in the two editions are described in Hind, page 503, no. A1a and A5a. See also: Pollard, Alfred W. "Two illustrated Italian Bibles," in The library, 2nd series, v. 3, no. 11 (July 1902), pages 226-242.
• Artists of the 1490 and 1493 editions of the Malermi Bible are called respectively the "Popular Designer" and the "Classic Designer" by Hind. Some works in Hind's "classic" style are attributed by some recent authorities to the miniaturist Benedetto Bordon. See Armstrong, Lilian. Studies of Renaissance miniaturists in Venice, 2003, pages 269-270.
• For reproductions of the cuts, see Barbieri (cited below), v. 2, Tav. C1-C398.
• Historiated and ornamental woodcut initials in several sizes, including a large N on leaf [I]a and a large F on leaf CLXXXVIIIIa [that is CLXXVIIIIa] of pt. 1. Device of Guglielmo da Trino (Anima Mia), pt. 2, leaf CCXIIa, here incorporating the letters G A. See variants in Kristeller, P. Die Italienischen Buchdrucker- und Verlegerzeichen bis 1525, figs. 324-325. "The device of Anima Mia here incorporates the letters GA, presumed to indicate a partnership with his kinsman Antonio da Trino"--Incunabula short title catalogue; called "second state" in Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, v. 5, page 410.
• Includes the Letter of Aristeas, translated by Bartolommeo Fonte, pt. 1, leaves CCVIa-CCXb [i.e. CLXXXXVIa-CCIIb], and an anonymous life of Saint Joseph, pt. 2, leaves CCVIa-CCVIIb. Latter begins: "Prohemio nella uita del sanctissimo & uergine [per]petuo Ioseph sposo della intemerata Vergine Maria matre dilecta de Dio ... Incomi[n]cia la lege[n]da del glorioso patriarcha et co[n]fessore Sancto Ioseph sposo dela gloriosa uergine Maria ..."; referenced in Incunabula short title catalogue as: Leggenda di San Joseph. See Barbieri, v. 1, pages 213-214.
• "Tabula de la prima parte de la Bvblia [sic]": pt. 1, preliminarly leaves 2a-5b. "Tabula de la seconda parte de la Byblia": pt. 2, leaves CCVIIb-CCXIIa.
• Also available online (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana copy) via DigiVatLib website.

Indexed In (note)

• Incunabula short title catalogue
• Universal short title catalogue
• Barbieri, E. Bibbie italiane del Quattrocento e del Cinquecento
• Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum
• Essling, V. M., prince d'. Livres à figures vénitiens de la fin du XVe siècle et du commencement du XVIe
• Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
• Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries
• Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society
• Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d'Italia
• Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum
• Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum
• Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530

Provenance (note)

• An early inscription on leaf CCXIIa has been erased.

Binding (note)

• Modern vellum, from a manuscript antiphonal. In modern slipcase of off-white calf with floral paper sides.
• Modern half off-white calf and tan cloth.

Publications (note)

• Weitenkampf, Frank. "The Malermi Bible and the Spencer Collection," in Bulletin of the New York Public Library, v. 33, no. 11 (November 1929), pages 779-788.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ital. 1493 (Bible. Italian. 1493)

OCLC

23448322

Title

Biblia uulgar historiata.

Publisher

Stampata nelalma citta de Venetia : Per maestro Guiglielmo da Trino de Monferato nominato Anima mia, sotto gli anni de la nostra rede[m]ptio[n]e, MCCCCLXXXXIII a di xxiii de aprile [23 April 1493]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Physical Medium

folio rdabf

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy: Typescript list of "Incorrect folio numbers" tipped in at beginning.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy: Typescript list of "Repetition of cuts" (location of 30 repeated cuts and their repetitions; 26 cuts repeated once; 1 repeated 6 times, 1 repeated 4 times, 2 repeated twice) tipped in at beginning.

Indexed In:

Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00646000 https://data.cerl.org/istc/ib00646000

Universal short title catalogue, 999843 https://www.ustc.ac.uk/editions/999843

Barbieri, E. Bibbie italiane del Quattrocento e del Cinquecento, 13.B.1493.Ani

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, v. 5, pages 412-413 (IB. 23096)

Essling, V. M., prince d'. Livres à figures vénitiens de la fin du XVe siècle et du commencement du XVIe, 1re part., t. 1, pages 132-135, entry 135

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4319 https://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de/docs/GW04319.htm

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-646

Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 5576, note

Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d'Italia, 1706

Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 5116A

Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 838

Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 992

Publications

Weitenkampf, Frank. "The Malermi Bible and the Spencer Collection," in Bulletin of the New York Public Library, v. 33, no. 11 (November 1929), pages 779-788.

Provenance

An early inscription on leaf CCXIIa has been erased.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy imperfect: signature b wanting; signature b of the edition printed at Venice by Bartolomeo de Zanni in 1502 inserted in its place. Accompanied by a photostat reproduction of signature b from the British Museum/British Library copy (8 leaves ; 31 cm).

Binding

Modern vellum, from a manuscript antiphonal. In modern slipcase of off-white calf with floral paper sides. NN

Photostat reproduction of signature b: Modern half off-white calf and tan cloth. NN

Place of Publication

Italy Venice.

Added Author

Malermi, Niccolò, 1422- translator.

Fonte, Bartolommeo, 1445-1513, translator.

Guglielmo, da Trino, active 1486-1494, printer, publisher.

Classic Designer, active 1493-approximately 1500, illustrator.

Bordon, Benedetto, 1450-1530, illustrator, attributed name.

Added Title

Letter of Aristeas. Italian.

Lege[n]da del glorioso patriarcha et co[n]fessore Sancto Ioseph sposo dela gloriosa uergine Maria.

Vita del sanctissimo & uergine [per]petuo Ioseph sposo della intemerata Vergine Maria matre dilecta de Dio.

Leggenda di San Joseph.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ital. 1493 (Bible. Italian. 1493)