Biblia Latina . Venice: Georgius Arrivabenus, 27 February 1487/88. Median 4° (217 x 161mm). Collation: a-z 8 \\i \\j \\g 8 ; A-P 8 Q 6 R-z 8 AA-DD 8 EE 10 ; aa-cc 8 dd 10 (a1 blank, a2-\\g8v Genesis-Psalms, A1-EE10r Proverbs-Apocalypse, EE10r colophon, EE10v blank, aa1r table, dd10v blank). 465 leaves (of 466, without first blank). 52 lines and headline, double column, table in three columns, printed shoulder notes and guide-letters. Type: 7:65G, 27:110G. 15-line MILANESE ILLUMINATED INITIAL OPENING TEXT BY THE WORKSHOP OF FRANCESCO DA CASTELLO in magenta with flowers on a black ground, outlined in gold, with extensions and gold dots, 2- to 7-line initials alternating in red and blue. (Some spotting and staining, small wormhole in final 2 quires, headline occasionally shaved.) 17th-century flexible vellum, sprinkled edges (detached at upper joint, spine cracked and chipped). Provenance : early marginal annotations (shaved) -- Tortona, monastery of Augustinian hermits (inscription dated 1764 on first page). The handsome initial opening the text is from the workshop of Francesco da Castello a Milanese artist who also worked on manuscripts for King Matthias Cornvinus in Budapest. HC *3099=H 3097; BMC V, 383 (IA 22501); GW 4263; IGI 1671; Goff B-586.
Biblia Latina . Venice: Georgius Arrivabenus, 27 February 1487/88. Median 4° (217 x 161mm). Collation: a-z 8 \\i \\j \\g 8 ; A-P 8 Q 6 R-z 8 AA-DD 8 EE 10 ; aa-cc 8 dd 10 (a1 blank, a2-\\g8v Genesis-Psalms, A1-EE10r Proverbs-Apocalypse, EE10r colophon, EE10v blank, aa1r table, dd10v blank). 465 leaves (of 466, without first blank). 52 lines and headline, double column, table in three columns, printed shoulder notes and guide-letters. Type: 7:65G, 27:110G. 15-line MILANESE ILLUMINATED INITIAL OPENING TEXT BY THE WORKSHOP OF FRANCESCO DA CASTELLO in magenta with flowers on a black ground, outlined in gold, with extensions and gold dots, 2- to 7-line initials alternating in red and blue. (Some spotting and staining, small wormhole in final 2 quires, headline occasionally shaved.) 17th-century flexible vellum, sprinkled edges (detached at upper joint, spine cracked and chipped). Provenance : early marginal annotations (shaved) -- Tortona, monastery of Augustinian hermits (inscription dated 1764 on first page). The handsome initial opening the text is from the workshop of Francesco da Castello a Milanese artist who also worked on manuscripts for King Matthias Cornvinus in Budapest. HC *3099=H 3097; BMC V, 383 (IA 22501); GW 4263; IGI 1671; Goff B-586.
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