Shelfmark
Fg.5.06
Author
Clement I, Pope.
Uniform title
[First epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. Latin & Greek]
Title
Klēmentos pros Korinthious epistolē protē. Clementis ad Corinthios epistola prior. Ex laceris reliquijs vetustissimi exemplaris bibliothecæ regiæ, eruit, lacunas explevit, Latinè vertit, & notis brevioribus illustravit. Patricius Iunius ...
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Clementis ad Corinthios epistola prior. Ex laceris reliquijs vetustissimi exemplaris bibliothecæ regiæ, eruit, lacunas explevit, Latinè vertit, & notis brevioribus illustravit. Patricius Iunius
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxonij, : Excudebat Iohannes Lichfield Academiæ typographus, An. Dom. MDCXXXIII. [1633]
Physical description
[24], 76, [50] p. ; 22 cm. (4to)
Language
Greek and Latin in parallel columns, with the editor's restorations printed in red.
Note
First five words of title transliterated from the Greek.
Note
First edition of the first and only genuine Clementine epistle; the second epistle of Clement to the Corinthians is not by Clement, but by an anonymous author.
Note
Text edited by Patrick Young, Royal Librarian, from the Codex Alexandrinus, British Library Royal MS. 1D.V-VIII.
Note
With a disjunct privilege leaf bound at end of text in this copy; last line begins "prout". Variant 1: different setting of this leaf; last line begins "secus". Variant 2: lacking the leaf.
Note
"Fragmentum epistolæ secundæ ex eodem MS.", R3r-S2r, in Greek only.
Note
Signatures: [paragraph mark]⁴ ([paragraph]1 blank) A⁴ B⁴ (B⁴+chi1) C-R⁴ S².
Note
Initial blank leaf recorded by ESTC.
Note
Title page printed in red and black; head- and tail- pieces; initials and printed marginalia.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 5398
Citation/references note
Madan, I, p. 166
Citation/references note
ESTC, S108071
Provenance
Ms. inscription on flyleaf recording donation to Eton College Library by Henry Godolphin in 1731. Henry Godolphin (1648-1733) was at Eton College 1660-1664, became a Fellow in 1677, and Provost in 1695.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on title-page "Widdrington", i.e. Ralph Widdrington of Christ's College, many of whose books were acquired by Provost Godolphin.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on front free-endpaper "Ex dono ornatissimi viri magist[ri] Guil. Sancroft", i.e. Archbishop William Sancroft (1617-1693), who gave the book to Widdrington probably in the early 1640s.
Binding
17th-century limp vellum laced case, possibly Cambridge; outer border and inner frame formed of a gold fillet; gold-tooled corner fleurons; gold-tooled daisy centre ornament with blossoms at the bottom; remains of two pairs of green linen ties; triple gold fillets on spine.
Exhibitions note
Exhibited: "Treasures of Eton College Library: 550 years of collecting", held at Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 26 Sep.-25 Nov. 1990, cat. no. 32.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Ai.5.02, Ef.5.8.01.
Subject
Codex Alexandrinus (Biblical manuscript).
Subject
Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Added entry--name
Lichfield, John, fl. 1605 - 1635 printer.
Added entry--name
Young, Patrick, 1584 - 1652 editor.
Added entry--name
Godolphin, Henry, 1648 - 1733 former owner.
Added entry--name
Widdrington, Ralph, 1614 or 15 - 1688 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sancroft, William, 1617 - 1693 former owner.
Added entry--title
Second epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. Latin & Greek.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
lat grc grc
Identifier
B33404