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MARCHESINUS, Johannes (b. ca 1300). Mammotrectus super Bibliam. Mainz: Peter Schöffer, 10 November 1470.
2o (317 x 223 mm). Collation: [1-410 58 6-710 88-1 96 10-1110 128 136 1410 154]. 129 leaves. 48 lines, double-column. Greek types 3:91 (text); 6:92 (colophon with Fust-Schoeffer device printed in red). Two large initials, one in gold with mauve pen-flourishing, the other in blue with white tracery and scrolling arabesque border in mauve, blue, green and gold, rubricated in red with headlines and book numbers in roman numeral minuscules, Lombard initials, capital strokes and paragraph signs. 18th-century marbled calf (discreet repairs to spine and corners, light rubbing to covers). Provenance: Vente de Bethmann (June 1923, pencil note on front free endpaper). -- Detlef Mauss (embossed stamp).
FIRST EDITION printed by Gutenberg's disciple, only four years after the completion of the manuscript. The Mammotrectus, a guide to understanding the text of the Bible, was popular with preachers in the later Middle Ages. It explained difficult words in the Scriptures, both etymologically and grammatically, and provided explanations of the festivals of the Church year, the legends of the saints, and various liturgical texts. Its author, Johannes Marchesinus, was a Franciscan friar from Reggio near Modena.
BSB-Ink. M-154; Goff M-232; H 10554; Lehmann-Haupt Peter Schoeffer 37; Pr 94.
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FIRST EDITION printed by Gutenberg's disciple, only four years after the completion of the manuscript. The Mammotrectus, a guide to understanding the text of the Bible, was popular with preachers in the later Middle Ages. It explained difficult words in the Scriptures, both etymologically and grammatically, and provided explanations of the festivals of the Church year, the legends of the saints, and various liturgical texts. Its author, Johannes Marchesinus, was a Franciscan friar from Reggio near Modena.
BSB-Ink. M-154; Goff M-232; H 10554; Lehmann-Haupt Peter Schoeffer 37; Pr 94.