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pseudo-BONAVENTURA -- [Servasanctus de FAENZA (d. c. 1300)]. Sermones de tempore et de sanctis. Hagenau: [Heinrich Gran], 9 January 1496.
Chancery 4° (213 x 147mm). Gothic types. Rubricated. (Some light marginal staining, a few wormholes and small tears.) Contemporary front cover of blindstamped calf over wooden board preserved in a modern binding with matching board and back cover tooled to a similar pattern, brass catches and clasps. Provenance: Judocus Heyme (Louvain, c. 1510-1580; gift inscription to:) -- Rooklooster, near Brussels, 1531 (inscription) -- Eugeen De Ridder (1893-1962, Antwerp; bookstamp) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 33).
FROM THE FAMED LIBRARY OF ROOKLOOSTER. Not only was it renowned for its library and scriptorium but also as the home of its laybrother, the artist Hugo van der Goes, for whom it relaxed the austere rule of the Windesheimer congregation in support of his artwork. It is possible that part of the binding of this book may have been a product of the monastery. Judocus Heyme is known as an author at Rookloster. HC *3520; GW 4815; BMC III, 684; BSB-Ink S-364; Goff B-952.
Chancery 4° (213 x 147mm). Gothic types. Rubricated. (Some light marginal staining, a few wormholes and small tears.) Contemporary front cover of blindstamped calf over wooden board preserved in a modern binding with matching board and back cover tooled to a similar pattern, brass catches and clasps. Provenance: Judocus Heyme (Louvain, c. 1510-1580; gift inscription to:) -- Rooklooster, near Brussels, 1531 (inscription) -- Eugeen De Ridder (1893-1962, Antwerp; bookstamp) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 33).
FROM THE FAMED LIBRARY OF ROOKLOOSTER. Not only was it renowned for its library and scriptorium but also as the home of its laybrother, the artist Hugo van der Goes, for whom it relaxed the austere rule of the Windesheimer congregation in support of his artwork. It is possible that part of the binding of this book may have been a product of the monastery. Judocus Heyme is known as an author at Rookloster. HC *3520; GW 4815; BMC III, 684; BSB-Ink S-364; Goff B-952.