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| Author:
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Theobaldus, Episcopus |
| Short
Title: |
Physiologus de naturis duodecim animalium
(1494) |
| Title:
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Phisiologus Theobaldi Episcopi de naturis duodecim animalium.
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| Imprint:
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Cologne: Impressus per Henricu[m] Quentell in sancta ciuitate Coloniensi, [before 16 May 1494] |
| Comments
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A metrical bestiary, with interlinear variant readings and an unattributed later prose commentary.
Caption title (leaf a2 recto), from incipit, reads: De naturis animalium.
Place of publication and name of publisher from colophon (leaf c5 verso).
Date of publication from Goff; Copinger suggests a date of [1500] and Proctor gives a range of dates from March 1489 to Sept. 1492.
Leaves printed on both sides; 20 lines of text and 44 lines of commentary per page.
Signatures: a-c6.
Final leaf (c6) is blank; wanting in Dibner Library copy.
Spaces for initials.
Imperfect: Leaves a1 and a6 are wanting; photostatic versions from another copy have been inserted in their place.
Sparsely rubricated.
Old ms. annotations and animal sketches in margins; some affected by cropping.
Bookseller's printed catalog description of this copy on front free endpaper.
Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner.
Bound in modern grey paperboard; title inked on spine.
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| Smithsonian
Call Number: |
BJ1550 .T38 1494 |
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ISTC
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Goff
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Hain-Copinger
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GW
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Proctor
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Polain
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UKBYIT00138000-B
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T-0138
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