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ROSENHAYM, Petrus de (d.1440?). Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum. Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, 1493.
Third edition of a work intended to help young preachers memorize Biblical stories. As an aid to memory, the hexameters of each section of the summary form an acrostic of the letters of the alphabet, and the metrical prologue to the work forms an acrostic reading ‘Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum compilatum per fratrem Petrum de Rosenhaim monachum monasterii Medlicensis’. HC 13991; GW M32726; BMC II 454; Bod-inc P-216; BSB-Ink P-364; ISTC ir00338000; Goff R-338.
Chancery quarto (205 x 138mm). 54 leaves, large woodcut capital I on 1r touched in red, a few initials in red over printed guide-letters (a few light spots, washed and pressed). 19th-century brown-purple morocco, gilt armorial stamp of J. Gomez de la Cortina. Provenance: traces of early annotations – Morante, J Gomez de la Cortina (1808-1868; binding, booklabel) – Antwerp, ‘Ant Van ?Pellence’ (inscription recording purchase in 1878) – C. Reitmayer (bookplate).
Third edition of a work intended to help young preachers memorize Biblical stories. As an aid to memory, the hexameters of each section of the summary form an acrostic of the letters of the alphabet, and the metrical prologue to the work forms an acrostic reading ‘Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum compilatum per fratrem Petrum de Rosenhaim monachum monasterii Medlicensis’. HC 13991; GW M32726; BMC II 454; Bod-inc P-216; BSB-Ink P-364; ISTC ir00338000; Goff R-338.
Chancery quarto (205 x 138mm). 54 leaves, large woodcut capital I on 1r touched in red, a few initials in red over printed guide-letters (a few light spots, washed and pressed). 19th-century brown-purple morocco, gilt armorial stamp of J. Gomez de la Cortina. Provenance: traces of early annotations – Morante, J Gomez de la Cortina (1808-1868; binding, booklabel) – Antwerp, ‘Ant Van ?Pellence’ (inscription recording purchase in 1878) – C. Reitmayer (bookplate).
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