Liber de Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis

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Bibliographic Details
Alternative Title:De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis. Ed: Johannes (Heynlin) de Lapide
Eiusdem Reuerendi patris : domini Ioha[n]nis de Trittenhem in Librum de Ecclesiasticis scriptoribus: Prologus.
Co[m]me[n]datissimi uiri Reuere[n]diq[ue] in christo patris: d[omi]ni Iohannis de Trittenhem abbatis Spanhemensis: Liber de Ecclesiasticis scriptoribus Foeliciter incipit.
De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis. Ed: Johannes (Heynlin) de Lapide.
Main Author: Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516
Other Associated Names: Johannes, de Lapide, approximately 1425-1496 (Editor), Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521 (Contributor), Amerbach, Johannes, 1441?-1513 (Printer), Wadding, Johannis (Inscriber)
Language:Latin
Published: Basileae : Johann Amerbach, 1494.
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Collection:Stearne Stillingfleet
Description
Item Description:ISTC it00452000
Letter on A1v: 'Docto ac praestanti uiro domino Iohanni de Amerbach in artibus liberalibus Parisiensi magistro: Frater Iohannes de Lapide monachus ordinis Carthusien[sis]. sacratu[m] litteraru[m] humilis [et] indignus eiusde[m] studij professor: plurima[m] in domino salutem optat.'
'Annotatio scriptorum in hoc opere co[m]memoratoru[m]: cum appositione numeri ordinem [et] locu[m] uniuscuiusq[ue] eorum demonstrantis.'
Letter on a1: Disertissimi uiri Reuere[n]diq[ue] in christo patris: d[omi]ni Ioha[n]nis de Trittenhem abbatis Spanhemensis : ad Reuerendissimum in christo patrem : dominu[m] Iohannem de Dalberg Episcopu[m] Vuormaciensem: Epistola' ... 'Vale Reuere[n]dissime pater: [et] me famulu[m] tibi deditissimu[m]: cu[m] destinato uolumine habeto co[m]me[n]datu[m]. Ex Spanhem: sexto Calend[is]. maii. Anno d[omi]ni .M.cccc.xcij'.
'Eiusdem Reuerendi patris: domini Iohan[n]is de Trittenhem in Librum de Ecclesiasticis scriptoribus: Prologus.'
'Explicitus est liber de Scriptoribus ecclesiasticis disertissimi patris domini Ioha[n]nis de Tritte[n]hem abbatis Spanheme[n]sis: Basileae: Anno domini Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimoquarto'.
'Epistola Reuerendi patris d[omi]ni Ioha[n]nis de Trittenhem abbatis Spanheme[n]sis: ad uenera[m]du[m] doctissimu[m]q[ue] uirum: patre[m] Albertum Morderer Epistola responsiua: rationem reddens : cur inter ecclesiasticos scriptores multos saeculariu[m] litteraru[m] p[ro]fessores posuerit' ... 'Vale: nostri memor ad deu[m] in orationib[us] tuis. Ex Spanhem .iiij. nonas Aprilis: Anno domini Millesimo.CCCC.XCII.'
'In laude[m] Catalogi scriptoru[m] ecclesiasticor[um] optimi patris Iohannis de Trittehem abbatis Spanhemensis: co[m]mendatio Sebastiani Brant'.
Copy 1: Pastedown detached on front board. Printed letter guides. No rubrication or capital initials. Small number of Latin annotations and inscriptions with later readership marks in pencil. Pages have been trimmed with the loss of some annotations. Inscribed on half title page: 'Liber Johannis waddingi praesbiteri wexfordensis' and 'Contenta in hoc volumine Johannis de trittenhem abbas de Sc[...] Ensevins de eccleca historia Veda de Gestis & origine Anglie'. Manuscript index at back.
Copy 2: No rubrication. Letter guides. Initials have not been filled in. Pages have been trimmed. Inscription on title page 'Lancelatus Thexton 1559' and 'Johannis de Tritenhem Abbatis in Spanhem'. No annotations. Some underlining and manicules. Watermark evident on final endleaf: three circles on top of each other, each with a letter P, G, H topped with a [crown].
Physical Description:folio
Provenance Note:Copy 1: 'Bp Stearne Bequest 1745' written in modern hand in red ink on front endleaf. 'Robert' written on verso of back endleaf.
Copy 2: From the Stillingfleet collection.
Binding Note:Copy 2: Mid-brown speckled [sheep]. Blind tooled. Narrow double fillets around perimeter of boards with double fillets parallel to spine. Four cornerpieces in larger frame. Red speckled edges. Watermark evident on top pastedown.
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