Farfel Notebook 06: Leaves 397-468

399 Charles W. Treylen Sept. '93 3.75 L = $5.63

Augustinus, Aurelius. (born at Tagaste, 354 - d. Hippo 430) Sermones. Basel: Johann Amerbach I) [n.d. 76 leaves]; II) 1494 82 leaves; III) 1494. 58 IV) 1494. 30 V) 1494 56 VI) 1495 256 VII) 1495 44. f0 Chancery With additiones by Sebastian Brant. Ref: Goff A-1308. J. 2008 Pell 1518 Polain (B) 408 + 408a Pr7605 BMC III 756 GW 2920. Schramm XXI p. 27. Cop: HEHL (I-VII) Stan UL VI. rubricated in red.

602 leaves, 530, 531 + 602 blank. 2 col. 9a 521 1., headline + marginalia. 227(236)x146(174)mm. Typis: 87 text + lines 4-10 of the general title. 62 marginalia. Capital spaces, with guide letters. 2 large woodcuts (Part I + VI) 87 med. Gothic text type - in use 1491-5. 62 small " " " - in use from 1492. Single hyphen.

Amerbach - 1st signed book 13 Dec 1481. Continued to print into the 16th C. d. 1513.

Part VI de tempore, signed + dated 1495. Sermo XCVI Ouica quarta in. XL. Ser. I Sancti Augustini de tempore.

1st collected ed. fo St. Augustine's Sermons. The editor was Augustinus Dodo of Frisia (d. 1501), Augustinian canon of St. Leonard, Basel, who made extensive travels throughout Germany, under subvention from Amerbach, in search of manuscripts of Sugustine's writings. On f. 2 of Part I is a set of commendatory versus by S. Brant. On verso of 1st leaf Part I - full page woodcut of St Augustine preaching On verso of 1st leaf Part VI - full page woodcut by Durer (See S.V. Lerkey, Guternberg - Jahebuch 1969, p.212)

Stanford copy Vol VI - my leaf m7 (of 8) Dominica quarta i quadregesima De de / cc chordis: 7 decc preceptis Sermo 1 See plate #29 - German Haebler

Sermones ad heremitas Sermons in epistolam Johannis Sermones de verbis Domini Quinquaginta Sermones de verbis apostoli Sermones de tempore 256 leaves Sermones de sanctis - 44 leaves

400 Charles W. Treylen Sept. '93 3.75 L = $5.63

Gregory I, Pon. Max. (born at Romeabout 540 - pope from 590. d. 604) Moralia, sive Expositio in Job. -2 leaves A) B) Basel: Nicolaus Kessler; 1496. f0 See $179 #321 Ref: Goff G-432, HC 7934 Pell 5381 Polain (B) 1717 IGI 4444 Pr 7690 BMC III 772 Cop. HEHL, LC YUL. A) iiii / Ce Ci Cl Co Con B. Roy (1314)

364 leaves, 18, 19, 348 blank. 2 col. 22a 551. + headline + marginalia, 226(238)x140(163)mm. Types: 180 headlines (title of work, number of book + chapter) + beginnings of sections; 93, headings; 82a text; 64, marginalia. Capital spaces. 180 - round title type - used throughout 93 - heavy faced type 82a - med. text type, diamonded A, double banned B, D, M, N, O, P, O, V - used throughout. 64 small type for commentaries + marginalia. Used from 1487.

B) Expositiois. S. Gregorii Liber XIII / In Job [inserted] Vol. 75 Migne 1026-1027 [end inserted] Captiulo XVI x

HEHL (87643) not rubricated. A) C iiij index - matches B) my leaf x1(of6) middle of book. book 13 - (Les XXIII Capitulum) begins v4 (of6) ends x4 (of 6) N. Kessler - printer at Basel 1485-1519?

401 Stanford Book Fair Stuart Bennett Mill Valley, CA. Oct. '93 $175.00

Biblia Germanica (9th) Nuremberg: Anton Koberger. 17 Feb. 1483 f0 Old Testament - Numbers, Chapt. 36 - Deuteronomy, Chapt I See #78 -colored woodcut *(5th Book of Moses) contemporary Das Buch der Zal folio LXXXIIII Ref: Goff B632, GW 4303, BMC II 424, H 3137 Schramm XVIII Cop: HEHL, NYPL, UN Cal L. Haebler - Plate #60 (586 leaves, blanks in each vol. 2 col. 50 lines. Part I 296 leaves 1-295 so numbered. (to end of psalter) Part II. 290 leaves 2-289 " " (296-583) including with repeat 10 9 large woodcuts. Most have xylographic inscriptions Gothic + Sq. Roman - The 9th German Bible + the 1st printed at Nuremberg, oen of the most eminent + esteemed German woodcut books. (Cologne Bible woodcuts) {#55 (412)" Das Begrabuis Moss. Quintell Bible 1478 (123 cuts) Schramm VIII p. 9 {#54 (411) " Mase am pult, Gottes Weisungen augzeichnend" - Moses at the desk writing down Gods introductions. #53 "Einsekung Josuas" #55 Das Begrabuis Moses (horne present)

HEHL (84597) rub. in red + blue. Capital D D- red -red + green -Blue Red +Gold light purple table red robe yellow skirt blue #53 Einsekung Josuas. -in all woodcuts showing Moses, he has 2 horns.

German Koberger Bible (1483) plus the Cologne Bibles - after their appearance in these Bibles the woodcuts were printed only 1 other time in the Halberstadt Bible 1522. available 3 forms 1) completely uncolored 2) rub + colored simply in greem oclue + purple 3) rub. + colored in a wider variety of colors + gold leaf.

402 Stanford BookFair Serendipity Books, Berkeley Oct '93 $45.00

Christian Orient Armenian Bible - N.T. Romans 5:1-5:20 leaf - probably 15th C. (ca 1450)

Written on thin vellum in black ink with red initials. "Yergat" - iron - {Yergatagis style of lettering), no space between the - "Steel" - boghbad, tzuyl, tashuyn) words. 2 col. 27 + 28 lines per column. 10x13cm.

- Bolorgis script. Teh earliest extant MGS of the Armenian Gospels is dated 887. The majority of the Armenian codices including copies of the whole Bible, belong, however to the 12th + later centuries. The Armenian script + the versions of the Bible were the chief means of crystallizing Armenian speech which was the main factor in upholding the existence + unity of the Armenian Church + nation. Armenia - the 1st century to have recognized Christianity officially (301 AD) since Constantine's decree of 313 was only an edict of tolerance for the new faith.

Alphabet - 38 letters - 31 consonants + 7 vowels largely based on Greek alphabet. Bolorogin orgin - a formal minuscle Armenia script which became prevalent from the 12th C Wutagin ragis - cursive script - dev. in the 13th C. a semi formal Armenia script used in non Church MSS from the 14th C.

1st Armenian printed book - published at Venice, 1512. It contains an ecclesiastical calendar, a medical treatise, a poem + a prayer book. The printer Yakob the the Sunier, is otherwise unknown. Erhathagir - Armenian uncial (majuscule) script in predominant use between 5th + 12th C. 1st Armenia printed Bible - Amsterdam - 1666. - British Museum - Bible N.T. 1280 - written in an elegant medium sized round hand, bolorgie.