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ANTONINUS FLORENTINUS (1389-1459). Confessionale: 'Defecerunt scrutantes scrtinio'. -Titulus de restitutionibus. Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 1474.
Median 4° (234 x 169mm). Gothic type. Contemporary Italian illuminated initial and white-vine border on first leaf, blank shield in lower margin, initials and paragraph marks in red and blue, red capital strokes. (Decoration slightly rubbed, occasional small wormhole or marginal wormtrack, occasional light spotting or staining.) Contemporary Italian blindtooled calf over thin inner-bevelled boards, possibly Urbino [de Marinis 950, central tool of little stars], panelled with foliate tool border and stars at centre (rear cover with old repair, a little scuffed, some wear at spine, without clasps). Provenance: an unidentified cardinal (ink-stamps in lower margin) -- Cary W. Bok, March 1928 (inscription) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 9).
St. Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence, composed 3 different texts on confession which are differentiated by their incipits. The present text discusses the powers of the confessor, the seven deadly sins, the manner of interrogating people of different status, and absolution and imposition of penance. H *1177; GW 2104; BMC V, 225; Bod-inc A-326; BSB-Ink A-576; Goff A-798.
Median 4° (234 x 169mm). Gothic type. Contemporary Italian illuminated initial and white-vine border on first leaf, blank shield in lower margin, initials and paragraph marks in red and blue, red capital strokes. (Decoration slightly rubbed, occasional small wormhole or marginal wormtrack, occasional light spotting or staining.) Contemporary Italian blindtooled calf over thin inner-bevelled boards, possibly Urbino [de Marinis 950, central tool of little stars], panelled with foliate tool border and stars at centre (rear cover with old repair, a little scuffed, some wear at spine, without clasps). Provenance: an unidentified cardinal (ink-stamps in lower margin) -- Cary W. Bok, March 1928 (inscription) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 9).
St. Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence, composed 3 different texts on confession which are differentiated by their incipits. The present text discusses the powers of the confessor, the seven deadly sins, the manner of interrogating people of different status, and absolution and imposition of penance. H *1177; GW 2104; BMC V, 225; Bod-inc A-326; BSB-Ink A-576; Goff A-798.