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GUILLELMUS ALVERNUS (ca 1180-1249, bishop of Paris 1228-1249). Rhetorica divina. [Freiburg im Breisgau: Kilianus Piscator (Fischer), not after 1491].
Chancery 2o (290 x 206 mm). Collation: [\Kp\k]8; a-b6 c4 d-f6 g4 h-i6. 58 leaves. 52 lines and headline, double column. Index letters printed in margins. Gothic types 1:180 (title, headlines, incipits of chapters), 2:83 (text). Three- or four-line initial spaces, with printed guide-letters. (Title and 3 other leaves reinforced along inner margin, light browning and marginal staining.) Modern vellum. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Maggs Bros., 31 August 1944); donated to SMS 1944.
Second edition of this work on the subject of prayer. The author, William of Auvergne, traditionally known as Guillermus Episcopus Parisiensis, has often been confused with other individuals of similar name. BMC III, 693 (IB. 14201); BSB-Ink. G-476; GW 11866; H *8302; Pr 7623; Goff G-714.
Chancery 2
Second edition of this work on the subject of prayer. The author, William of Auvergne, traditionally known as Guillermus Episcopus Parisiensis, has often been confused with other individuals of similar name. BMC III, 693 (IB. 14201); BSB-Ink. G-476; GW 11866; H *8302; Pr 7623; Goff G-714.
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