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ALBERTUS MAGNUS (1193-1280, formerly attributed to). Mariale. [Basel: Michael Wenssler, not after 1474].
Probable third edition of a popular work on the spiritual and corporeal virtues of the Virgin Mary. GW gave this edition precedence over an undated Mentelin edition but CIBN reversed the order, assigning that edition to not after 1473. Goff A-273.
Super-chancery folio (305 x 217mm). Collation as BMC and CIBN, not GW. Initials in red up to quire 8, two with green decoration, red capital strokes, occasional contemporary annotation. Contemporary ?Buxheim blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards incorporationg Schwenke-Sammlung Christus 27 [= Buxheim Hauptwerkstatt], single fore-edge clasps, later lettering on spine, contemporary front pastedown (minor repair and tear at spine). Provenance: Hans Meyer, Leipzig (1858-1929, publisher and director of the Bibliographical Institute; inscription).
The Mariale is attributed here, as in most manuscripts, to Albertus Magnus and was only recently recognized as not authentic. Possibly of Austrian origin, it dates from the mid-13th century, and used Richardus de Sancto Laurentio's treatise as one of its sources. While Schunke assigned the Christus binding tool to the main workshop at Buxheim, the Carthusian monastery, the Einbanddatenbank leaves it unassigned in southern Germany (EBDB s024003). HC *462; GW 679; BMC III 721; CIBN A-150; BSB-Ink A-187; Goff A-273.
Probable third edition of a popular work on the spiritual and corporeal virtues of the Virgin Mary. GW gave this edition precedence over an undated Mentelin edition but CIBN reversed the order, assigning that edition to not after 1473. Goff A-273.
Super-chancery folio (305 x 217mm). Collation as BMC and CIBN, not GW. Initials in red up to quire 8, two with green decoration, red capital strokes, occasional contemporary annotation. Contemporary ?Buxheim blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards incorporationg Schwenke-Sammlung Christus 27 [= Buxheim Hauptwerkstatt], single fore-edge clasps, later lettering on spine, contemporary front pastedown (minor repair and tear at spine). Provenance: Hans Meyer, Leipzig (1858-1929, publisher and director of the Bibliographical Institute; inscription).
The Mariale is attributed here, as in most manuscripts, to Albertus Magnus and was only recently recognized as not authentic. Possibly of Austrian origin, it dates from the mid-13th century, and used Richardus de Sancto Laurentio's treatise as one of its sources. While Schunke assigned the Christus binding tool to the main workshop at Buxheim, the Carthusian monastery, the Einbanddatenbank leaves it unassigned in southern Germany (EBDB s024003). HC *462; GW 679; BMC III 721; CIBN A-150; BSB-Ink A-187; Goff A-273.
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