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Feb '93
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Cassianus, Joannes.( c. 360-c. 435).
Die vierundzwanzig golden Harfen.
A revision & German translation of Johanne Cassianus :
Collationes patrum.
Augsburg : Johann Bamler : 18 Dec. 1472 Fo chancery
Ref : Goff N - 233 , H. 11847 , S chs 4849 Scramm III p 1 & 25
Polain B 1016 Pr 1601 BMC II 331.
HSB
Cop : AmBML , LC(R) , PML Munchen , Bamberg Melk621
Melk 621 , Oldemburg 4 , Prague , Univ. Strassburg folio 66
[*4 a-i 10 k6 \ 6+1 m-9 10 r 4+1] 162 leaves , the first blank.
5b 29 lines , 203 x 127 mm.
Type : 145 from [m] I ; 140 , first part to [m] , & last leaves.
full page woodcut on 4b of the Elders in adoration . Capitals (1a)
that on 137a printed in red . Spaces left for smaller capitals.

Type 145(140) large text Type used throughout Bamler's career.
5 varieties of A, 2 of D , 2 of E , M (Haebler M 11 & M 79),
& c. In its first state measures 144 - 146 mm , but the
undated Cassianus is the only book in which this state is
found throughout , parts of all the other books of 1472 - 3
showing the 2nd state of the type when it has been cut down
to 140 - 2 mm . With 1474 the 2nd state seems to entirely
supersede the first.
Capitals Ia. Maiblumen capitals , ca. 42 x 42 mm & more,
white ground [1472 -88] double frame ; apparently in
2 styles , one neater & making more use of parallel
lines as ornament .
"Conferences of Cassianus - the author here recounts his
conversations to the great leaders of Eastern monasticism.
He spent much time in Egypt & Constantinople
before establishing himself in western Europe where he
founded 2 monasteries near Marseilles.