farfel_n02_046_079

An epitome of history eroneously ascribed to Goivanni da
Colomna + to Burchandus de Monte Sion, whose
Description Terrae Sanctae is included (leaves [175]1-
[201]a At the end (leaces [421]a-[447]a) is added
the martyrology of Usuard.
Separate foliation of roman numerals for each "etes"
with the number of the 'etes' at head of each leaf.
Rubricated in red + blue.

Initials - the 1st example of what are called passe - partouts,
the central picture being removable at will + adaptable to
any frame
Lubck - 5 printers are known to have worked these during
the 15th C.
Polain 3404 In fol 473 ffnc. Car. goth. 2 grand. 2 col. 47ll. San signat.
50 cahiers Init grau. (Jennings p146, 147) Gravures.
Bordures gravees. Cartes.
Le martyrologue de'Usuard qui termin le Rudimentum
est l'ed que les anciens Bollandistes hominerent la
Maxima Lubecana
-2 woodcut maps, 4 historical woodcut capitals, 154 woodcuts,
66 genealogical tables - an encyclopedic history of the
wood. 29 Aesop's Fables are incorporated into the "Quinta aetases
- a primary source for the more recent events recorded is the
Teciculus. The chronological arrangment is sustained in
the genealogical charts which are illust. to protraits +
scenes.