Salemonis ecclesie Constantiensis ep[iscop]i glosse ex illustrissimis collecte auctoribus incipiunt foeliciter

The Resource Salemonis ecclesie Constantiensis ep[iscop]i glosse ex illustrissimis collecte auctoribus incipiunt foeliciter

Label

Salemonis ecclesie Constantiensis ep[iscop]i glosse ex illustrissimis collecte auctoribus incipiunt foeliciter

Note

The text consists primarily of extracts from the Liber glossarum and the Abavus maior, and has been falsely attributed to Salomo III, Bishop of Constance. Cf. BN cat. des incun. S-52
Title from col. 2 of recto of leaf [2]
Imprint from ISTC
Column 1 of leaf [2] begins: Epistola prelibaticia in sequentis operis commendationem breuibus absoluta incipit foeliciter
Signatures: [1]l℗ [2-14]l° [15]€ [16-28]l° [29]€ (leaf a1 blank)
Royal folio printed in double columns. 55 lines to a full column; area of text: 281 x 176 mm.; col. width: 79 mm. Without foliation, signatures, and catchwords. Ornamental woodcut initials and some initial spaces. Two pinholes

Control code

000105307

Dimensions

43 cm. (fol.).

Extent

[288] leaves (first leaf blank)

Note

Rubrication: Woodcut initials hand colored in green, purple, blue and red; some initials supplied in red; capital strokes, paragraph marks in red.
Acquired from Voynich by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia prior to April 5, 1920. With the bookplate of: Ioannes Egolphus ex Familia Nobilium a Knoeringen, electus & confirmatus Episcopus Augustanus (Bishop of Augsburg 1573-1575). With Voynich's typewritten description pasted at front.
Binding: contemporary pigskin over wooden boards with blind-stamped ornaments on cover (Agnus Dei, eagles, conventional leaf, acorn, bird, etc.). Remains of two leather clasps; four raised bands on spine. Fragment of very early ms. on vellum used as guard. "Vocabularius Salemonis" written in brown ink on lower edge. Spine now detached from binding. Housed in a clamshell.
Leaf size: 404 x 281 mm.
Photostat NOT available.

Record ID

u103601

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