Shelfmark
Fg.1.04 - Fg.1.05
Author
Ambrose Saint, Bishop of Milan,
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
Diui Ambrosij Mediolanensis episcopi opera. Sacræ Scripturæ contextum, ad faciliorem lectorum intelligentiam, ex ipsa sancti doctoris lectione, & ex LXX. interpretum, quos potissimùm sequitur, translatione erutum, complectentia. Quæ vitio vel incuria erant adiecta, sunt reiecta: quæ sublata, restituta: quæ transposita, reposita: quæ deprauata, emendata: omnia ad veterum manuscriptorum & emendatorum codicum excusorum fidem summa cura examinata, & aliorum Patrum lectione, pristinæ integritati ac puritati reddita. Librorum, & enarrationum catalogum, indicabit pagina quinta.
Varying form of title
Divi Ambrosii Mediolanensis episcopi opera
Varying form of title
Diui Ambrosii Mediolanensis episcopi opera
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Opera
Publication, distribution, etc.
Parisiis, : [Compagnie de la Grand' Navire], M. D. LXXXVI. [1586]
Physical description
5 pts. in 3 v. ([8] p., 1446 columns, [1] p.; [12] p., 1090 columns, [1] p.; [2] p., 1196 columns, [71] p.) ; 41 cm. (fol.)
Note
Parts 3-4 have special title-pages reading "Diui Ambrosij Mediolanensi Episcopi, operum tomus tertius[-quartus]"; there is no special title-page for parts 2 and 5, which are continuous in register and column numbering from parts 1 and 4.
Note
Part 2 begins on leaf H4 (first grouping); part 5 begins on leaf S4 (third grouping).
Note
Part numbering in signature line: "S. Ambr. tom. 1[-4].", "Ambr. tom. 5."
Note
Title-pages printed in red and black, with device of the Compagnie du Grand Navire; cf. Renouard, Marques typographiques parisiennes, 1928, nos. 822-826.
Note
Part 1 has colophon reading "Parisiis. Excudebat Iamet Mettayer, in mathematicis typographus Regius. M.DLXXXIIII."; the privilege names Sebastien Nivelle and Michel Sonnius as the publishers.
Note
Printed in double columns, numbered.
Note
Initials; head-pieces.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Volume purchased 1596/7 for £0.40.0. (Audit accounts; see also Birley, Notes on bindings in College Library I, 18).
Binding
16th-century brown calf binding; outer and inner borders formed of blind triple fillets joined at corners; inner frame composed of a single roll with compartments containing medallions with profile heads and renaissance ornaments; silver-tooled armorial stamp of Eton College on both covers; traces of brass clasps on front cover; chain holes; six raised bands; spine decoration formed of blind fillets with diapering at head and tail; red morocco spine-labels; ms. fore-edge lettering "Ambrosij tom. 3" and "4. 5". See Oldham "English blind-stamped bindings", HMa. 14, no. 783, for roll.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy bound in 2 volumes.
Subject
Ambrose Saint, Bishop of Milan, Works. 1586.
Subject
Bible. Greek. Septuagint Criticism and commentary Early works to 1800.
Subject
Theology Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mettayer, Jamet, ? - -1605 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Sonnius, Michel, 1564 - 1630 printer.
Added entry--name
Compagnie de la Grand-Navire printer.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B33233