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232 Wi
nter Farm Books
Maine
April ' 86 $35
c. 1400-
Leonardus [Mathaei] de Utino. (d. 1469)
Sermones aurei de sanctis. 1499
Strassburg : Martin Schott undated , about 1483. fo.
Ref: Goff L-163 HC 16126 BMCI 93 See Haebler Plate 93
Cop : Harv CL, New L., LC (Type 1)

360 leaves . 2b :41 lines, 202 X 123 mm Type 99
2 to 7 line spaces left for capitals. rather heavy text
type.

The earliest books registered from Schott's press is a Plenarium
(4 Oct) 1481. He died 22 Nov. 1499.

Famous Dominican preacher Leonardo di Matteo of Udine.
-one of the most influential preachers of his time; his
sermons were 1st printed at Cologne \3) & Venice (1) 1473.
\composed in 1446. (Golden Sermons on the Saints)
Martin Schott - Mantelin's son in law.- A Rusch.
J. Schott (1500 - 1544)

Popular collection of 65 sermons. Leonardo's sermons
are remarkable specimens of vast learning : they
include a mass of quotations from, & reference to , not
the curch fathers , but also the classical poets -
such as Ovid & Javenal.
In the penultimate sermon Leonardo presents a catalogue
of the 25 classes of hypocrites to whom he applies
discriptively picturesque vernacular names : e.g., the
Gratacieli ("Sky scrapers" because they conctantly raise
their hands in a false show of piety) , Capitorti ("Bent-
Heads," because they walk - bowed head feigning humility),
Mel in Bocca ("Honey-Mouths," who dispense poison
by using sweet words), etc.
The collection was a best-seller, first appearing in print
in 1473, & being reprinted at least 15 times in the 15 c alone.