Farfel Notebook 09: Leaves 572-618

607 Antigua, Guatemala Oct. '04 75 cents

Paper - made from cotton 8 1/2 x 12 inches

Antigua, Guatemala Plaza Mayor - Palacio del Ayuktamiento on the north side. Constructed in 1743 to house the city council. Guatemala's 1st printing shop was established here. Today it is home to City Hall + the tournst police offices.

In 1660, at the insistence of Guatemala's Bishop, Fray Payo Enriquez de Ribera, Joseph de Pineda Ibarra (1629-1680) moved his printing press form Puebla de los Angeles near Mexico City to Central America. The printer's son eventually took over, the family business, which would remain Guatemala's sole publishing house until 1714. - Founded in 1543 Antigua was the former Spanish colonial capital of Central America + the 3rd most important colony in the continent. The city was partly destroyed by the Santa Merta earthquakes in 1773. - Sebastian de Arevalo printed in Guatemala from 1727 until his death in 1772. He made his own types + is credited with publishing Guatemala's 1st newspaper, "Baceta de Guatemala" (1729-731)

608 David Brace Le-on Solent, Hampshire England Nov. '04 $42.00

Hemicus Aimehensis (fl. early 14th century) De quattor virtutibus cardinalbus f0 Strassburg [Epon press after 11 Nov 1472] See #234 #180 #134 Ref: Goff H-18 H. 1649 Pell 1168 Oates 128 Pr 310 BMC I 77 GW 12193 Copy: HEHL, LC, New L, Harv CL

Editor: Thomas Dorniberg (fl. ca 1472) - leaf 68 (i2 of 8) [a10 b-r8 s10] Ia: 34 lines, 302x122 mm Type: 120, with tied de and comma-stroke two to 4 and 6 line spaces for copitals Heading on leaf 11 printed in red.

HEHL #102516 rub. in red only my leaf marked 68 in this copy also. Book II - de iusticia distictus begins on folio 35 ends on folio 70 Total of 4 books. no signatures

Second ed. reprinted from the rare editio princeps of Speyer (H. 1650, Goff H20). THe sermons of Hemicus (fl. early 14th C) were addressed to the citezens of Venice where he was prior of the Dominican convent of SS. Giovanni e Paolo. THe printed editions inclued a preface + index compiled by Thomas Dorniberg, city advocate of Speyer.

The Strassburg ed. of H. Ariminessis with the long run of Cross on Mounts paper, provided the launching point for one of the great discoveries of bibliographical scholarship: the proof that the Missale speciale or so called Constance Missal, dates not to the early 1450's, but early 1470's.

609 armn-con Ulaahbeatar, Monglia Dec. '04 $14.13

Mongolian manuscripts (2) Written in Tibetan 18-19th C.? Religious Pothi format. See #605 a)13.6x5.7cm 19 leaves, brown paper 6 lines per page except cover pages which has just one line + page. 3 also. 2nd page is blank. -numbered along left border.

b) 17x7 cm. 5 leaves thin, discolored, brown paper, frayed at edges. 5 lines per page, except cover page which has 4. last page of leaf 5 blank.

610 Bold Batzayer (goldensq@mongol.net) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Dec. '04 (pumbark) $49.99

Black Manuscript book - 24 x 8.2 cm. See #609 #612 #642 MongoliaL 18-19 C? gold on indigo paper 7 elaves of composite paper completely died dark blue + subsequently overpainted in black and varnished a central panel of 19x5.7cm. Written in gold ink on 6 and 4 lines per page in 2 sizes of uchen - Tibetan dbu-can script within gold borders. 5 leaves written on both sides with the opening cover leaf having just a single line of script. Pothi format. -numbered 1-6 in left margin -Tibetan script runs from left to right on a horizontal line wo a special sign (*) tseg placed between each syllable -Tibetan writing was adopted to Mongolian (the Tibetan-Mongolian script beign known as Hphags-pa) + even ot Chinese. -Tibetans number their texts ABC etc. according to the order of the Tibetan alphabet: KA, KHA, GA, NGA, CA, CHA etc. -The 3 modern editions of the Tibetan Buddhist canon are those of the text as transmitted in Tibet iteslf called the sDe-ge, edited by Ui + others, that as used by the Tibetan monasteries near Peking (Rehe) + printed there by Imperial decree edited by Suzuki + that as used in Mongolia (Ulan Baton) edited by Bethlenfalvy. -The varnished blue or black surfaces of Buddhist sutra manuscripts are interpreted as "the clear empty space, the void from which all things arise."