[Biblia Germanica], 1483
- Title(s):
- [Biblia Germanica].
- Additional Title(s):
- Bible. German. 1483.
- Published/Created:
- Nürenberg : Gedruckt durch anthonium koburger [Anton Koberger] ..., 1483.
- Physical Description:
- [1], iv, [1], v-ccxcv, [2], ccxcvi-cccclxxxiii, [1] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 39-40 cm (fol.)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0350Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17228737
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Title supplied from BM 15th cent.
Imprint statement from colophon.
Ninth German Bible.
109 woodcuts borrowed from H. Quentell's Low German Bible.
Colophon: Disz durchleuchtigist werck der gantzen heyligen geschrifft. genant dy bibel für all and' vorgetrücket teutsc bibl⁻e. lauterer. clarer. und warer nach rechter gemeyner teutsch. mit hohem und grossem vleyss. geg⁻e dem lateynischen text gerechtuertigt. und'schidlich punctirt. mit uberschrifften bey dem meysten teyl der capitel und psalm. iren inhalt und ursach. anzaygende. V⁻n mit schönen figuren dy hystori⁻e bedeut⁻ede. hat hie ein ende. Gedruckt durch anthonium koburger in der löblichen keyserlichen reychstat Nürenberg. Nach der geburt cristi des gesetzs der genaden. vierzehen hundert und in dem dreyundachtzigst⁻e iar. am montag nach Invocavit. V⁻m wellich volbr⁻igung. sey lob. glori. und ere. der hohen heylige dryualtigkeit. u⁻n eynigem wesen. dem vater u⁻n dem sun unnd dem heyligen geyst. der da lebt unnd regiret gott ewigklich amen.
Signatures unmarked; (from BM 15th cent.): pt. 1-[a¹² b-c⁸ d⁶ e-z⁸ A-N⁸ O⁶]; pt. 2-[2a-2z⁸ 2A-2L⁸ 2M-2O⁶].
Unnumbered leaves are blanks.
Errors in foliation: LXI, CXXVIII, CXLII, CCLII, CCCCXL and CCCCLXVII misnumbered XLI, CXXIX, CXLIIII, CCLI, CCCCLX and CCCCLXVIII respectively.
Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00632000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B632
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3137*
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4303
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, 424 (IC7283)
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3461
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0350: Imperfect: nine leaves only. Includes: six full leaves bearing large woodcuts (XI, LXII, LXXXIV, XCIX, CXVII, and CXXXIII); one leaf of text only (CCXXIX); and two cuttings (the crossing of the Red Sea and the judgment of Solomon). The woodcuts are hand-colored. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink. - Subject Terms:
- Incunabula in Yale Library.Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
- Form/Genre:
- Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Hand coloring.
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