Farfel Research Notebooks

445 Dr Eichenberger Bein wil Am See Aug. '96 SF135 = $112.50 Lorris, Guillaume de (13th C0 Roman de la Rose Paris: Antoine Verard [n.d.] about 1500. 4^0. Ref: Goff R-314 Macf 185 Bourdillon (p. 47) H Morg (B) 553 Brunet III, 1173 Cop. 5155 Cop: NYPL(S), PML, B.M. [c.34 g. I] Bib. Nat. biii Macf. [1505?] 150 unnumbered leaves, sig. 1-z^6, z^6, 4^6 2 col. 41 lines [Codicille + Testament] 42 unnumbered leaves, sig a-g^6. [a^1,a] Le romant de la rose / Codicille 7 testament de maistre Jeha de Meun: Nounellement Imprime a Paris// A large number of small cuts in a peculiar style, evidently designed fro the ext of Roman de la Rose: e.g. on (b^6 a) No. 40. There are also a few cuts not belonging to the set, eg. on (g^2 b) of the Codicille, No. 21. Small grotesque initials.

Bourdillon H. The illust. are 88 in number, 3 used twice, making 85 separate cuts. WIth the exception of 3 which are extraneous, the cuts are imitated directly from the 2nd Lyons series, as found in Du Pres ed. Goff R-310 - Folio IV, on which - and not on Berardis Folio No. V - this ed. is based. Goff R-311

-This ed. contatins the interpolation, Et mesment, etc. - The 2nd portion of the book contains 42 leaves, with separate sig. a-g^6, the 1st beign a^2, the last g^4. It begins with a new title. - No copy known of this ed. on vellum, or with teh cuts illuminated. All of the other ed. by Verard are known in vellum copies with teh cuts illuminated.

There are 21 early ed. (1480-1538) - zext ed. 1735. H the 1st quarto ed. [1499-1500] total of 7. -the best as well as the earliest of the 7 ed. of that size which appeared at Paris within the 1st 30 years of the 16th C. -all (14) ed. derive from one original text. -Roman de la Rose - in the succeeding generarions it became the parent, direct or indirect of several works of some length + importance, Chief among which was the Pelerimaige de l'homme, through the line of which it is possible to say that the Roman was the ancestor of Pilgrims Progress - The intitals to paragraphs are small much ornamented capitals. The 1st sig is a^2, the last 4^iiii -Copied from the 4th folio of J. du Pre's.

Lorris 1-4028 lines Meung 4029-21750 Alain Chartier (1386-c.1450) Le belle dame sans mercy - hsi best known poetical work. It quickly became tremendously popular, a sort of appreviated successor to the Roman de la Rose, after its composition in 1424 for the young monarch Charles VII + his frivolus Court of Love. the poem breaks off with no hint how it will end or even how near the end the reader is. Toman de la Rose - survives in more than 250 MSS, more than exist for any other work of Old or Middle French literature. By the end of the 14th C it had been translated into Italian, Dutch + English.

446 Jeffrey Mancevice Worchester, MA. Sept. '96 $65.00

Hartman Schedel (1440-1514). Das Buch der Chroniken und Geschichton (Tr. Georg Alt) Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 23 Dec. 1493 f^0 See #253 8 #34 Ref: Goff S-309. BMC II, 437 H. 14510 Cop: HEHL, Stan UL, PML, NYPL

Das drit alter - der Werlt Blat XXIIII City view + Babilionia

447 The Schuster Gallery London Sept. '96 $90.00 Book Fair

breviary - MSS on vellum Carthusian - end of 15th C. (ca. 1480) ? Carthusian monastery of St. Alban at Trier.

20x13.5cm. Hybrid script. 24 lines. Capitals in red = blue. 4 line Dembellished by use of white x shaped void, Peculiar from of the teronian et (a thin vertical to the right of the usual character). See MS 32 - a Carthusian Missal - Library of Congress (Stanford, Z 6621 U58 M64 - 1989 v.1) for a very similar leaf. i.e. same scribe.

-Carthusians - austere + contemplative - order of monks founded by St. Bruno in 1086 at La Grande Chartreuse in France. The order, never very numerous, spread to England (1180) where the monastery was called the Chacterhouse. -Werner Rolewinck (1427-1502) was a Carthusian friar at Cologne.

Dominica ad II Vesperas. (Psalter) 110 PS 109 Dixit Dominius Domino meo: Sede a dextris meis 111 Ps 110 Celebrabo Dominum toto corde Coafitebor tibi 112 PS 111 Beatus vir quri timet Dominum 113 PS 112 Laudate sesvi Domini Laudate, pueri

Ant. 1 Dixit Domin Domino meo: Sede a doxtris meis Ant. 2 Magna opera Domini: exquisita in ornnes voluntates eius Ant. 3 Qui timet Dominum: in Mandatis eius cupit nimis. Ant. 4 Sit nomen Domini benedictum in secula.

HEHL 85663 Breviarum Romanum. N. Jenson Venice 1478 GW. 5101 H. 3896 Paac 53. C^7 (of 10)after the calendar, part middle of volume IN dominicis diebus ad vesperas ant. Dixit Dominus. anti phona. Alleluia psalmus david. page 1-75 Psalter See #325 page 74 d^8(of 8) at the end. In dedicatione ecclesie vel altaris Ad laudes hymnus - Angularis fundamentum - then the Commune Sanctorum on A^1.

-The Order of Preachess (OP), the Black Friars or Dominicans founded by Castillian, St. Dominic Guzmen (1170-1221) who fixed their rule in 1220-1. Ever since they have been specially devoted to evangelizing + to study. - The Order of Friars Minor (OFM), the Minorities or Grey Friars, was founded by St. Francis of Asoisi (c 1181-1226) + reveived their papal character in 1223. Ever since they have been specially devoted to moral teaching. - The old Carthusian monastery of St. Albans at Trier was founded in 1331 + destroyed in 1673.

448 Phillip Pirages - Cat 37 #34 McMinnville, Oregon Oct. '96 $100

Duns Seotus, Johannes (ca 1265-1308). Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum. (Ed: Thomas L. 1487 Penketh + Bartholmaeus Bellatus) Venice: Johannes de Colonia + Johannes Manthen, I 26 July 1477 II 7 Jan. 1478 III 1477 IV [1476?] folio (chancery). Ref: HC 6416 (3) Goff D-379 Pell 4451 IGI 3598 BMC V 228, 227 GW 9073 Cop: HEHL (I-IV) LC(I-IV) New L(I-IV) Colmar(I-IV) Paris, BN(I-IV) Paris, Maz(I-IV) (IV) - 3rd edition, the 1st published in Italy BMC V In primum librum Sententiarum. 246 leaves, the 1st + last blank. 2 col. 3^a: 51 lines + headline 194(208)x115mm Types: 160 G^2 headlines + headings. 76 G^c text. Capit spaces, nearly all with guide letters. The headlines give the numbers of the distinctions.

BMC. 228 - In tertium librum Sententiarum. 114 leaves, the 1st blank 2 col. 4^a 51 lines, 194x115mm Types 160 G^2 headings 76 G^c text. Capital spaces, nearly all with guide letters. (a^10 b^8 c^10 d-h^8 i^10 ii k^8 l-m^10) In quartum librum Sententiarum. 114 leaves, the 1st blank. 2 col.; register in 3 col. 3^a 51 lines 193x123mm Types 160 G^1 most headings; 150 G^a few headings in quire a. 76 G^8 text. Capital spaces with guide letters

76 G^8 - small plain text type, like 76 G^A. In use 1474-77 Haebler's M49 diamonded S. C, O, Q with inner loop. 160 G (2 status 182) medium heading type. In use 1476-78 + 1480 150 G^A light heading type. Thorned A+M. In use 1475, 1477 + 80 76 G^C clear text type. Single hyphen. In use 1477-78. Double backed ABCDEGHMNOQRT. Round tailed h.

This partnership which is a reconstruction of that of J. de Colonia + V. de Spira (1471-3) produced more than 12 books in 1474 + continued in regular work until Oct. 10, 1480. Pr 4324 #86798 HEHL part 3 40 Distinctions. No rubrication my leaf m^9 (of 10) 2nd from the end of volume. the next (last leaf) is the register in 2 colums vacat listed under - A - M "Laus deo" at the end of the register leaf. cum venit (praise) potest esse dependentiam. adveniens. N.E. Canton p532 - Duns Scotus - stressed the unknowability of God + the inaccesibility of His nature. Mam's knowledge of the natural world might [crossed out]be[end crossed out] come from sensory perception, but not his knowledge fo the devine will or his own will to do good. Scotus thus tried to reconcile the Aristotelian view of knowledge derived from sensory perception with the orthodox Christian conception of a free + unlimited deity. -Scotum was not trying to undermine faith but to enhance its exclusive importance; he was trying to make revelation the only source of the knowledge of divine being.

449 Gift-Corina Oct. '96

Tibet - in Tebetan 19th C? -Buddhist ritual texts. (Skt: sadhena) Manuscript on paper - 4 leaves, 7.5x27.5cm. Purchased from a vendor outside the Endeni Dzu Monastery near Kharakhorum, Mongolia. Tibetan script - paper differs - A 2 leaves, written in black ink, 6 lines on 3 pages, some lines written in smaller letters + second in yellow - "dbu-can" (head possessing) style i.e. main text. "dbu-med" (headless) B 2 leaves, written in black ink 6 or 7 lines on 3 pages - "dbu-can" (head possessing) style. -ecah folio (4) begins with the ornament. [??]

A Title of text - marked 1 + 2nd leaf marked 2 on left margin. its place in the collection inicated by the letter 'dza' [inserted] numerical figure 19- [?] (TIbetans used the letters of the alphabet to mark sequential texts or volumes. B marked 4 + 2nd leaf 5 on left margin (written out in script) - some parts in "dbu-med" style. Translation of Buddhist texts from Sanskrit into Tibetan began in the 7th C + continued until the 13 C. It was this corpus of Tibetan texts that would eventually be used to make the Mongolian Version of the Buddhist canon. Divided into 2 sections, the Kanjur + the Tanjur, the canon grew until by the 18th C it had more than 4500 different texts. Early MSS copies of the canon were put on paper using wooden or reed pens. This was the primary method of writing used by the Tibetans, unlike the Chinese who used brushes. For Buddhist texts the paper sheets were long + narrow keeping the form of the palm leaf MSS that were used in India. Tibetan paper was heavy + soft + the volumes of the Tibetan canon are distinct from the rest of East Asia (i.e. stacked sheets vs.

[margin]two [?] three [?] four[?] five[?] six[?] seven[?] eight[?] nine[?] [end margin

rolls or accordian folded sheets) This style of stacked sheets came to be reflected in Mongolian copies. Tibet + Mongolia followed the tradition of stacking the pages of sutras between 2 boards; however, the pages are not pierced. -Kangyun jur - collection of discourses; translation of the word (i.e. Buddha) - Tangyur - commentaries -Sungbum - collected works by each lama Mahayarra - supported those who strove for the salvation of all beings Himsyana --- of the individual. Vajrayana (Tantric recognises hirvena. Karakorum - the capital of the Mongolian empire before Kublai Khan moved it to Beiging. Erdenezuu monastery - constructed in 1586 by Abadai Khan - the 1st Buddhist center in Mongolia - enclosed in an immense walled compound

Tibetan script runs from left to right on a horizontal line, with a special sign (') tseg place between each syllable. A Tibetan syllable consists of from 1 to 4 letters of which one is basic. - Tibetan books are normally loose-leaved, designed to be read by someone seated at a table. - As with the Japanese, who usually ornamented only the 1st page of a sutra, the Tibetans commonly followed the same practice - Buddhism was introduced into Tibet during the reign of King Sougtsen Gampo (r.c. 609-49). tow of his queens were from China + Nepal + both were said to have been ardent followers of Buddhism.

450 Philadelphia Rare Book + MSS Co. Nov. 96' $25.00

"Biblia, Das ist die Heilige Schrift" Bible (German) Luther's version. -Dec. 8th Germantown: 1763 Christoph Saur, the younger. 4^0 Ref: R. Petre, 161. Evans 9343. Copy: HEHL, NN, Newberry PML Harvard B2. pp. 11+12. S. Matt hai Cap. 8, 9, 10

2 vol. one, pica type. Unlike the 1st Saur Bible (1743) its titles are entirely in black + the type is generally set closer than in the 1st edition. First Bible printed on American paper. 2 col. 51 lines + headline. 151x211(217)mm. 2nd ed. of the 1st Bible issued in a literary tongue in N. America. Luther's version was adopted for the text. (1743 ed. Price $2.50 18 schillings," but to the poor + needy we have no price.) Issued in an ed. of 2000 copies. 20 lines type = 83mm

G. Saur Jr. born in Witgenstein near Marburg in Germany in 1721 - only 3, when he arrived in Philadelphia with his father. 1773 built a paper mill on the Schaylkill River. 1776 types were cast in his own foundry - the 1st of its king in America - for the 3rd Bible ed. (pica) of 1776 (3000 cpies) which fell victim to the British invaders of Germantown. Only 10 copies were saved by Cauer's daughter Catherine who gave them to her children. Saver also dealt in drugs + medicine. In 1777 he gave up management of the printing house to 2 of his sons. He died 8/26/1784 at the age of 62.

William Parks the pritner - friend of B. Franklin (d. 1750) erected his 1st paper mill in Virginia, located on Archer's Hope Creek, south of WIlliamsburg - was producing paper by late 1744. His paper has a red-brown, cast similar to the color in Archen's Hope Creek. In 1752 the mill was sold to an unidentified party. Unknown when the mill ceased production - past 1770? Paper with Park's watermark appears in the Bible of 1763 printed in Pennsylvania