Farfel Research Notebooks

102 Feb. '80 Duschues, N.Y $50

Missal, Italian, early 15th Century - p. 57 9 1/4 x 13 inched, double column, 25 lines, written in dark brown ink, large rounded fothic script, rubrications. With initials in red or blue with vertical penwork decorations in blue + red.

Lesson from the Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corintians Lectio Epistolae beati Pauli Apostoli ad Corinthos 9th Sunday after Pentecost I, C. 10 16th " " " I, C. 12 11th " " " I, C. 15 3. for the use of the Carthusian order

The leaf is charactistic of Florentino liturgical works of the period. The gothic notunla remained in use for liturgical columes long after Italian scribes had adopted humanistic letter forms for most other kinds of text. -North Italian. C. 1469 - 70 2 line initial F in red or a blue pendrawn ground of whorls. Rushed to astylus. (Su Mayga Bros Ltd. Bulletin #11) Trinity es Summer - The remaining Sundays of the year may be numbered after Pentecost, for example, Dominica 21 post Pentecosten, Pentecost 21, in which case there will be at least 23 or if Easter is early at most 28. However, made obligating in 1334 but certainly celebrated much earlier in some places was the feast of Trinity Sunday, a week after Pentecost. Some sources therefore number the remaining Sundays after Trinity. Pentecost 21 will then be the same as Trinity 20, + so forth.

-facsimile Z241 A62 1925 Ref (Stanford)

3 Anti christus. Von dem Endkrist (about 1482?) folio. 22 leaves, the 1st + last blank. No full page of Type only. 32 lines + head-border, attached to capital H, 212 x 136 mm. Type 115. 8 cuts nearly full page, + 54 arranged 2 on a page, measuring about 83 x 113 mm. each. Woodcut capitals H. 1149 Goff A768 leaf 1 blank, 2a preface, 2b - 15a Life of Antichrist, 15b preface to the 15 Tokens, 16a - 19b the 15 Tokens 20a the last Judgement, 20b - 21b epilogue + prayer, 22 blank.

* Grusinger's readings to manufacture a new fount on the smallest provocation makes it probable that the 'Vitas Patrum' group are from his press, through the evidence for positively assigning him to them is insufficient. - a strong claim has been established on his behalf i.e. Pruss to the 2 editions of 'Vita Patrum' + the Anti Christ which if the evidence as to the historiated capital M mentioned in the notes had been discovered earlier, would probably have been frankly attributed to him.

Antichrist John I 2:18 -22 John II 7: 4: 3 Vitas Patrum - a collection of lives of the Desert Fathers, wrongly ascribed to St. Jerome. - St. Jerome's populat collection of biographies of the early Eastern monks + hermits. The Altuaeter is a real "reading book". Although the whole collection passes under the name of St. Hieronymus, actually only a small part of the work is by him. STC 14507 (712 pages) Goff H213 They lyff of the faders. Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde. 1495f."

Colophon: Hie endet sich dos buch der heiligen altuetter mit synen byspilen. Das zu latyn genant ist vitas patrum. 2nd part - "die byspyll" The lives are those of the early saints: John of Egypt, Apollonius of Thebes, Paul the hermit, Hilarion, Basil, Pelagius + others - partly printed in Pat. Lat. LXXIII. Euschius Hieronymus was born in Stride near Aquileia in Dalmatia (present day Yugoslavia) Translators of the Bible into Latin.

An exact date for the begining of book illustration in Strassburg cannot be established. It is probable that the AntiChrist which appeared in 2 undated ed. one in High German Schr 3333 + 34 + one in Low German Schr. 3336 each with 62 pictures + 3 large initials, in the earliest illustrated book in that town. From the same press + designed by the same artist is the Leben der Heiligen AHvater an undated book with 150 woodcuts which was published in 2 ed. (Schr. 4216, [inserted] H - 222 (low German) [end inserted] 4224).

101 Feb '80 Duschnes, N.Y. $15.00

The English Bible O.T - Issiah 24, 25, 26 The Doves Press, No. 1, The Terrace, Hammersmith: Issued - June 1903 - June 1905. (sixth vol. from the press.) printed by T.J. Cobden - Sanderson + Emery Walker (13 1/4 x 9 1/4") Large + to. In 5 Volumes. Printed in red + black. 1982/$2750 33.5 x 23.5 500 copies on paper at 15 guineas, 2 not for sale on vellum. Vol. I has initials only in red, the other volumes are in black + red. Darlowt Moule #2139. The King James version ed. by Rev. F. H. Serivener for the syndics of the Univ. Press, Cambridge England + printed by E. Walker + T. J. Cobden - Sanderson (1840 - 1922). The work is printed in "Doves Type" a "translation" of the famous 15th C font of Jenson by Walker. [inserted] Pliny-1476 [end inserted] The Dove Type's frequently referred to as the finest formal book type of all time. The text was set by one compositor Type Destroyed (J. H. Meson) + printed on a one-hand press. This monumental Bible is nevertheless one of the greatest typographical masterpieces produced. Trinity of great English Private Presses. 1) Kelmscott - began Jan 1891 2) Ashendene Press 1894 - '35 C. H. St. John Hornby 3) Doves Press established by Thomas James C. - (51 titles) Sanderson + E. Walker in 1900. 1st volume, Angricola - Jan 1901 Final ed. Dec. 1916 - Catalogue Raisonne Z 239.2 Gunst D7 D8

Ae Rumi Machean has remarked, the pages of the Doves press books were the most devastating criticism ever made of Morris's works at the Kelmscott Press. Completely without ornament or illustration, they depended on their beauty almost entierly upon the clarity of the type, the excellence of the layout + the perfection of the paperwork. - Pillard called it the first Roman Type in existence.

regarded as the most beautiful printed Bible of that century.

-after some 20 volumes had been produced at the Press, in 1909 the partnership between Walker + Cobden - Sanderson broke up + Cabden S. continued to direct it alone.

- Vol I finished Dec. 1902 pp. 3944 colophon. Gen - 7 Sam II " Oct 15, 1903 2 Sam - S. of S. III " May, 1904 Isaiah - Malachi IV " Sept 1, 1904 Apocrypha V " Oct 19, 1904 Neal T.

The 1st man to bring originality back to the design of book bindings was T J Cabden - Sanderson (1840 - 1922). Starting life as T. J. Sanderson, he assumed his double barrelled name upon his marriage rather than ask his new wife to abandon hers. He was a banister who in the middle life + under the influence of Ruskin + William Morris, came to the conclusion that craftsmanship was a more noble human activity than a career in law. Cobden - Sanderson bound his 1st book in 1884.

The Press was stated at No. 1 The Terrace. Hammersmith + moved in 1909 to 15 Upper Mall, Hammersmith. The name 'Doves' was taken from Doves Place, a strip or passage of the Upper Mall, Hammersmith.

Ashendere Press 1 - 11 Printed at Ashendene in Hertfordshire, the rest of Shelley House Chelsea to which the press was removed in Sept. 1899. The name was taken from Mr. Hornby's own home 'Ashendene' in Hertfordshire. #39 "The Historie of Don-Quixete of the Mancha."

Updike - "The Doves Bible in a masterpiece of restrained style; end although in 1 or 2 later volumes a commonplace italic in introduced into the fine roman text, the Doves books have delightful anistancy + simplicity. All ornament is each ended in them, but fine, free initials give a decorative note to the pages here + 'there."

May '82 135 Beinwil am See On Eichenburger 55 SF = $28.50 Biblia Germanica Augsburg : Anton Sorg, 3 Jan. 1480 f [degree symbol] Ref HC 3136 BMC II 347 GW 4302 Goff B 631. Old Testament. Daniel 5,6. Cxlij. Part I. 331 leaves the 1st blank, 12-330 numbered i-cccxviiij Part II 342 leaves, 12-341 numbered ij-cccxxxj 2 col. Part I 51 lines + headlines. 301 (312) x 193 mm [inserted] large German text type, introduced in 1478. 2 forms of A, D, E are common, a 3rd form of E is rare [end inserted] Type: 118. Capitals at the beginning of each book, at the beginning of the prologue, + c. Two + 3 line spaces to guide letters, left for others. - 8th German Bible. Sw #163 Goff B630 HC 3135 BMC II 344 GW 4301. 7th German Bible. Augsburg : Anton Sorg , 20 June 1477. f [degree symbol] 2 col. 55 lines + headline (names of books) 285 (295) x 190 mm. Part I. 2671. Part II. 2751. Type 103.

140 Feb 26, 1983 Calif BookFair $80.00 Maggs Bros. Ltd. Manuscript Koran leaf written in black ink on native egg glazed paper 11 3/4 x 8" with text written in space 4 5/8 x 8 3/16" within border of gold, red + blue. 9 lines of nahi script, with illuminated florels between verses. 16th C, Egypt or Syria From Sura XL of the Qur'an (verse 8-12 17) The Bleiver (Moamim). Total 85 verses. Kufic - the earliest form of Arabic script, anguler style. Naskhi - Arabic script of cursive style (Nashi) The earliest printing of any portion of the Scriptures in Arabic came in 1516. oldest extant Qur'an - late 8th C. Korean verse divisions are in gold vowels indicated by red dots Kufic Korean - ink, opaque watercolours + golden paper

Otto Eye - THe Koran was dictated by Mohammed after extensive travels to Syria + Palestine with a wealthy uncle. It was on these expeditions that Mohammed gained his concepts of monotheism + star worship. The 114 chapters of the Koran are arranged according to their length. Th followers of Mohammed believed that the text contained revelations from the Angel Gabriel given to Mohammed in dreams afte rthe year 600. The Koran gave all believers equality + eliminated the priestly class. The art of writing is regarded by Moslems as the finest of the arts, but few wrote before the time of Mohammed; in his own tribe, the Koreishites, only 17 knew how to write. -The 1st printing of the Koran was in 1518. 1514 - the 1st book printed in Arabic types Fano, Italy by Gregorius de Gregoriis

To Moslems the Koran is the very speech of God, given to Mohammed piecemal of periods of revelations + recorded by faithful scribes or memorized by devout followers. The last portion of the Koran did not appear until 632, the year of Mohammed's death. The holy book was standardized in 646 + all variant versions destroyed. It is the most influential book ever produced by a single hand. The subject matter is derived almost entirely from Christian + Jewish sources. Its general message is monotheism, belief in Allah as the one true God whom Mohammed is the last prophet, after Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses + Jesus. The 114 chapters, or Sures are arranged not chronologically since on one knew the time of each novelation but according to length. Written in rhymed prose, the Koran is uneven in style. Arabic has 17 "graphic shapes" which became 28 letters by adding dots over, under + within some of the figures. Arabic is written from rt. to left + as a rule most of the vowels are left out. - A Latin translation was made for the monastery fo Clugny about 1143 but was not published until 1543 (Basel - Bibliander) -Quarenic punctuation is an elaborate system in which 3 kinsd of marks are used -marginal - letter an (E) -O -denotes end of one Ayat + beginning of another -b -denotes a full stop, i.e. end of a sentence. Each Sura consists of a number of Ayats. The language is Arabic - a Semitic language derived from the Aramean alaphbet, + its gradual evolution, as a philologist puts it 'into a curious shorthand' with its many ambgious abreviations of the historic letters, is one of the most remarkable transformations known in the history of calligraphy. And not less remarkable was the swift spread of this once insignificant dialect, unaided by the printing press, to a commanding postition among the great languages of the world. Arabic like Perisan is read from right to left.

The Korans of the Maghaib or the Islamic West departed at an early date from teh stream of development of the central + eastern Islamic lands, developing a curvilinearization of the old Kufic script + preserving a number of archaic features. - papyrus - likely always used for copies of the Koran until sometime in the 10th C. diacritical points to distinguish between letters of otherwise identical form. Vowel marks - are red, green or yellow dots diacritical marks in brown - black, further onthographic digns in blue etc Verse marking is rosette in gold (100th verse - a [inserted] special large one) [end inserted] fully vocalized in red leaf from a Koran IXC - ink, gold + colors on parchment (metropolitan M.) VIII - IXC - parchment dyed red written in ink

Maghibi script of N. Africa + Moorish Spain. In the Kufic Quarans of the 9-10th C the vowels are indicated by dots, usually in red + short diagonal strokes serve as diacritical marks to distinguish between letters of the same form. This is the inverse of the present system which came into use in teh 11th C.

141 Feb. 26, 1983 Calif. Book Fair The Jenkins Co. Austin, Texas $25.00 Shakespeare, WIlliam (1564-1616) Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies See #392 London: Printed for The Fourth Impression Henry Harringman, Edward Brewster, [Richard Chiswell] + Richard Bently. * 1685. folio in sixer. 485 leaves, THe text in 2 col., box-ruled. (184x309mm) Pforzheimer 910 Wing S2915 Jaggssd p. 499 Greg III P. 1119-1121. p. 208-230 - All's well that ends well. 36.5cm x 23 Good copy: 14 1/4 x 9 1/8" S5 p. 217-8. 13 3/8 x 8 11/16" [inserted] 209 S 211 S2 213 S4 15 4 17 5 19 6 221 T 223 T2 225 T3 [end inserted] 3 Varient imprints found in different copies of title page Act III Scene I. Watermark my leaf same as in Stanford copy. In each reprinting more Typograpical errors or "corrections" crept in, due to careless proof reading or ignorant actors in their attmpts to modernize the lines. Harringman's shop "The sign of the Blue Anchor" was one of the chief lounging plans for the literary lights of Restoration London.

Of the 7 added plays only one, Pericles, is an accepted Shakespearean composition. The others were certainl the works of lesser authors byt had fromthier 1st appearances during Shakespeare's lifetime been advertised as his. It must also be noted that this group of 7 plays had in fact been printed in the 3rd folio ed; second issue, in 1664. *"at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, + in Ruffel St., Convent Garden."

-This is the only ed. of the collections in which each play does not begin a fresh page. -Reprinted from the 3rd folio + contains the 7 additional plays first included in the 1664 issue of the 3rd folio Pericles Prince fo Tyre. The London Prodigal. The history of Thmas Lord Cromwel. Sir John Oldcaste Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A Yorkshire Tragedy. THe Tragedy of Locrina.