Shelfmark
DDf.8.05
Author
Alexander Carpentarius,
Uniform title
[Destructorium viciorum]
Title
Tabula compendiosa s[ecundum] alphabeti ordinem operis presentis Destructoriu[m] viciorum intitualati.
Varying form of title
Tabula compendiosa secundum alphabeti ordinem operis presentis Destructorium viciorum intitualati.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Cologne] : [Heinrich Quentell], [1480].
Physical description
[360] leaves ; Fo.
Note
Title from fol. [2] recto (first leaf blank); opening to leaf [2]r. reads "Joannes Britannicus Brixianus magnifico & slpendissimo comiti Petro Gambarensi salutem.".
Note
Imprint from colophon: "... De nouo per me Henricu[m] Quentell Colonien[sem] incolam exactissime correcta. Ac su[m]mo studio impressa. Ad laudem su[m]me monadis p[ri]die nonas Mayas anno. 1481. finita"; printer's mark on final leaf.
Note
Translation (Arabic-Latin) by Fergius; edited by Joannes Bugatus.
Note
Printed in two columns (53 lines per column).
Note
On fol. [33] recto: a woodcut border with a large initial in blue and red.
Citation/references note
Hain +649; Proctor 1242; GKW 865; Goff A391; BMC I 262
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. note on final leaf verso: "Walter Smythe Eton" (Smythe was a Fellow of Eton, 1501-1524).
Provenance
Ms. note on flyleaf in Smythe's hand: "Saltfletby. Omniu[m] s[an]c[t]or[um]". The book was evidently intended in Smythe's will (14 February 1524/5, proved 2 June 1525) to be bequeathed to the parish library at Saltfletby All Saints, but apparently never left Eton. See ECR 60/3/2, f. 72v.
Binding
Early 17th century (ca. 1600?) blind-tooled brown calf over oak boards; rolls with heads of Hercules and Venus, with names "Herculis" and "Vena"; Oldham stamp HM. b(2) 794, plate XLVIII. By Williamson? (the College binder).
Binding
Remains of clasps and chain mark.
Copy-specific note
Previously DDg.7.1, Ec.2.4 and DDf.9.01.
Copy-specific note
Incomplete: wants initial blank leaf, t.p. and final blank leaf.
Copy-specific note
Rubricated.
Copy-specific note
On fol. [2] recto and fol. [25] recto: large initials in blue and red.
Copy-specific note
Vellum ms. leaf used as endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Ms. markings and annotations (slightly cropped) in text.
Copy-specific note
Ms. notes on first and final leaves.
Subject
Theology Early works to 1500.
Subject
Vices Early works to 1500.
Added entry--name
Quentell, Heinrich, ? - d. 1501 printer.
Added entry--name
Smyth, Walter, ? - 1524 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Cologne.
Identifier
B18368