Bi.5.07
Iaa5.6.29 (Copy 2)
Lucerna lapidaria, quæ titulos, monimenta, epitaphia, inscriptiones, ac sepulchra, tum gentilium, tum Christianorum Via Flaminia, & Arimini scrutatur. Accensa a Iosepho Malatesta Garuffio Bibliotheca Ariminensis custode..
Lvcerna lapidaria
Arimini : Ex typographia Didaci Dominici Ferraris., M. DC. XCI. [1691]
88 p., [1] folded leaf of tables ; 23 cm. (4to)
Date precedes printer statement in imprint.
At foot of title: Superiorum permissu.
Preliminary leaf with half-title "Lucerna lapidaria Garuffii" on recto and quotations on verso.
Woodcut vignette on title page.
Signatures: A⁶ B-K⁴ L².
Folded leaf inserted after p. 86 has caption title "Inscriptio caractere Armeno" and is signed "Ioseph Malatesta Gariffius" and dated "Arimini Idibus Nouembris 1692". It includes the Armenian inscription "+ Ի թվ[ ին] ՉԽԵ Ես Թովմա Վ[ ար]դ [ապե]տ [Շի]նեցի Օ զտունս" ("I t’v[in] Ch’KHE es T’ovma v[ar]d [ape[ sh]inets’i o ztuns", i.e. "In the year 745 (inc. 7th Jan.1296) I T’ovma [i.e. Thomas] built this house"), followed by its Latin pronunciation "+ I Tuuaganutian hinghariur karasunging, ies Touma Isinieci Zpolorduns" and Latin translation "In numeratione quigentesimi quadragesicim quinti (idest anni) ego Thoma ædificaui totam domum".
The Armenian letters are in bold large erkat’agir [iron letters] in three lines with ligatures [patiw] above those words in which the vowels are deleted.
Initials, head- and tail-pieces.
[Copy 1] Bookplate of Eton College.
[Copy 1] Topham stamp; bequeathed to Eton by Richard Topham in 1736.
[Copy 2] Eton College booklabel on final pastedown recording bequest to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
[Copy 2] Circular library stamp of Bodleian Library on t.p. verso and p. 88, with purple "Bod. Lib. cancelled" stamp.
[Copy 2] Library stamp of British Museum on t.p. verso with additional stamp "Duplicate for sale 1769".
[Copy 1] 18th century gold-tooled, panelled calf.
[Copy 2] Without covers; apparently removed from a previous binding which has been broken up; calf spine.
[Copy 1] Imperfect: wanting preliminary leaf.
[Copy 1] Previously Bk.5.07.
[Copy 2] Inscription at foot of t.p. in an early hand: "c. 1680".
[Copy 2] Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil at head of preliminary leaf, with price "£9.00".
Lamps, Ancient Italy Rimini Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs Italy Rimini Early works to 1800.
Inscriptions, Latin Italy Rimini Early works to 1800.
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Ferraris, Diego Domenico printer.
Bodleian Library former owner.
British Museum former owner.
Italy Rimini.
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