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GREGORIUS I (St., Pope, ca. 540-604). Homiliae super Evangeliis. [Augsburg: Günther Zainer], 28 August 1473.
Super-chancery 2° (306x211mm). Collation: [1-1310 1412] (1/1r table, 1/1v letter by Gregory to Bp. Secundinus, 1/2r text, 14/12r homilies arranged according to ecclesiastical calendar). 142 leaves. 33 lines. Type: 2:118G. 3-line initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. (A few light stains on first and final leaves, occasional light spots scattered.) Eighteenth-century quarter-vellum and speckled paper over pastepaper boards, red speckled edges. Provenance: homily numbers written in an early hand in upper margin; Augsburg, Dominicans, inscription, with place-name replaced by; Obermedling (Medlingani), Dominican nuns.
FIRST EDITION of these 40 sermons delivered by Gregory in 590-91. Concerned to make the doctrine of the church more graphic to his listeners, Gregory employed homilies, here to explicate the liturgical celebration of Sundays and feasts. H *7948; BMC II, 319 (C.10.c.7); Goff G-417; Pellechet 5366; IDL 2088; BSB G-308
Super-chancery 2° (306x211mm). Collation: [1-1310 1412] (1/1r table, 1/1v letter by Gregory to Bp. Secundinus, 1/2r text, 14/12r homilies arranged according to ecclesiastical calendar). 142 leaves. 33 lines. Type: 2:118G. 3-line initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. (A few light stains on first and final leaves, occasional light spots scattered.) Eighteenth-century quarter-vellum and speckled paper over pastepaper boards, red speckled edges. Provenance: homily numbers written in an early hand in upper margin; Augsburg, Dominicans, inscription, with place-name replaced by; Obermedling (Medlingani), Dominican nuns.
FIRST EDITION of these 40 sermons delivered by Gregory in 590-91. Concerned to make the doctrine of the church more graphic to his listeners, Gregory employed homilies, here to explicate the liturgical celebration of Sundays and feasts. H *7948; BMC II, 319 (C.10.c.7); Goff G-417; Pellechet 5366; IDL 2088; BSB G-308