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Spiegal der wahren Rhetorik. Freiburg in Breisgau:
Friedrich Riedrer, Dec 11, 1493 Goff R-197.
1st ed, the 1st book of the press + the only German
language literary text produced in Freiburg during
the 15th C.

8th ed. of Augustines' City of God c the standard
late medieval comm. of the Oxford Dominicans
Thomas Waleys (i.e. from Wales) (d. 1349) + Nicolas Trevet
(fl. 1297-1334 [inserted] '28 [end inserted]): Waleys for books 1-X, + the
earlier less sophisticated comm. of Trevet for
the remainder.

Begun 3 yrs. after the sack Rome in 470, Augastine
De civitate Dei was written in response to pagans
who proclaimed the fall of the city was a result of the
abolition of heathen worship. The 22 books which
make up the work were finished in 426. From its
composition it became the most popular +
influential of all patristic works throughout the
Middle Ages + Renaissance.

Liber XII Ca 1 --> Ca v.
(xvii --> xxvij Chapter headlines). for Book II. (XI)

HEHL
102544#

sub. in red + blue (differs from mine)
my leaf A3 (of 6)
Liber XII begins on A^3 (of 6)
ends on B^3 (of 6)
c Ca xxvii
in HEHL copy headline XI instead
of "X" (on my leaf the second I
has been added by hand)