Hier beghinnen de titelen d[er] sijn de namen der boeken daer men af spreke[n] sal en[de] oec die capittelen der eerwaerdighen mans bartolome[us] engelsman en[de] een gheoerdent broeder van sinte franciscus oerde. Ende heest xix. boeke[n] die sprekende sijn vande eygenscappen der dingen ...

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The instance Hier beghinnen de titelen d[er] sijn de namen der boeken daer men af spreke[n] sal en[de] oec die capittelen der eerwaerdighen mans bartolome[us] engelsman en[de] een gheoerdent broeder van sinte franciscus oerde. Ende heest xix. boeke[n] die sprekende sijn vande eygenscappen der dingen ... represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

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Hier beghinnen de titelen d[er] sijn de namen der boeken daer men af spreke[n] sal en[de] oec die capittelen der eerwaerdighen mans bartolome[us] engelsman en[de] een gheoerdent broeder van sinte franciscus oerde. Ende heest xix. boeke[n] die sprekende sijn vande eygenscappen der dingen ...

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• Hier beghinnen de titelen d[er] sijn de namen der boeken daer men af spreke[n] sal en[de] oec die capittelen der eerwaerdighen mans bartolome[us] engelsman en[de] een gheoerdent broeder van sinte franciscus oerde. Ende heest xix. boeke[n] die sprekende sijn vande eygenscappen der dingen ...

Publication

• Haarlem, Jakob Bellaert, 24 Dec. 1485

Note

• Title from incipit of table (leaf [2]r)
• Imprint from Goff
• Colophon reads: Hier eyndet dat boeck welck ghehieten is bartholomeus vanden proprieteyten der dinghen inden iaer ons heren M.CCCC. en[de] lxxxv. opte[n] heylighen kersauent. Ende is gheprint ende oeck mede voleyndt te haerlem in hollant ter eren godes ende om leringhe der menschen van mi Meester IACOP BELLAERT ghebore[n] van zerixzee
• Signatures: aa¡ bb♯ a-r€ [rounded r]€ [long s]€ s-t€ v€ u€ w€ x-z€ [z with crossbar]€ 9¡ ē¡ A-V€ W€ X-Y€ 2A-2B€ 2C-2D¡ 2E€. (aa1, ē6, and 2E8 blank); aa2-3, A2-4, and Q1 missigned aa1-2, A1-3, and N1
• Leaves [1], [246], [247r], and [466] are blank
• Chancery folio, text printed in double columns; 40 lines per col.; col. width: 66 mm.; area of text: 200 x 141 mm. With initial spaces, guide-letters, and signatures; without foliation and catchwords
• Includes 11 full-page woodcuts (approx. 200 x 140 mm. each): Almighty seated in glory (a1v), the creation of angels and fall of demons (a8v), the creation of Eve and anatomical man (c4v), the ages of man, a physician and a surgeon attending patients (m7v), the earth and the spheres ([long s]7v), occupations of the months (u2v), birds (y7v), fishes ([z with crossbar]7v), a landscape showing a river and towns, etc. (A1v), trees and plants (F1v), animals and reptiles (Q2v)
• Printer's device (2E7r) is a gryphon, supporting a blank shield; above, a smaller shield bearing the arms of Haarlem suspended by a loop from white interlacing strap-work on a black ground. Device is surrounded by a four-piece border decorated with birds, foliage, and grotesques. Cf. BM 15th cent., IX, p. 101

Control code

000097649

Dimensions

27 cm. (fol.).

Extent

[466] leaves

Note

• Imperfect: 17 leaves wanting (aa1, aa6, a1, a8, c4, m7, u2, y7, ē6, A1, F2, Q2, 2D1, 2E1-2, and 2E7-8), including 3 blanks (aa1, ē6, and 2E8), 8 full-page woodcut illustrations (a1v, a8v, c4v, m7v, u2v, y7v, A1v, and Q2v), and printer's device (2E7r).
• Rubrication: Initials and occasional capital strokes in red; with a few initials in blue. Woodcuts hand-colored in blues, greens, reds, and browns.
• With library stamp of "Biblioth. Acad: Borussicae Rhen." on leaf aa2.
• Purchased from Davis & Orioli, 12 March 1920.
• Bound in old half calf, supplemented by new turkey Morocco corners, over marbled paper boards.
• Leaf size: 262 x 196 mm. With red-stained book tabs and blue speckles on edges. Minor insect damage and damp-staining throughout.
• Photostat NOT available.

Other physical details

ill. (woodcuts)

Record ID

u96006

System control number

• (Sirsi) 97649
• 97700
• (OCoLC)ocm19403194