Jacobus de Voragine: Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia.

Nuremberg:  [Anton Koberger], 2 Apr. 1496.
Fol.   π¹⁰ a-e⁸ f-h⁶ i⁸ k⁶ l⁸ m-z⁶ A-I⁶.   [216] leaves (I6 blank).   The preliminary quire numbered but not signed.
ISTC ij00132000;  GW M11251;  Goff J132;  BMC II 441 (IB. 7509);  Bod-inc J-056;  CIBN J-103;  BSB-Ink I-101.

GIP number:	J8
Shelf-mark:	Sp Coll BC29-x.3 (see main library entry for this item)
Provenance:	H.P. (16th century):  initials “H P” below colophon on I5r. Bratislava, Slovakia, Jesuits:  17th-century inscription on π1r (title-page) “Collegij Soc[ieta]tis Iesu Vratislauiensis Catalogo inscr[iptus] [page torn] Ex liberalitate R[everendi] D[omi]ni Ioannis Nicolai Parochi Stubensis” followed by an inventory number “n. 62”. Joannes Nicolaus (17th century), parish priest, Studa, Carniola:  see above. Sir William Hamilton (1788-1856), Professor of Logic and Metaphysics, University of Edinburgh:  source unknown. University of Glasgow:  Hamilton collection donation, 1878.
Binding:	16th-century quarter calf over wooden boards (varnished on the outside).  The leather on the front board is divided diagonally by triple fillets to form lozenge-shaped compartments, which are decorated with two separate stamps - a roundel containing a stag, and a lozenge-shaped stamp of the Virgin and Child;  towards the lower edge of the front cover is a single lozenge-shaped stamp containing a griffin with a small five-petalled flower stamp added at each outer corner, and at the left-hand side of the griffin stamp a letter “h” has been incised into the leather.  The leather on the rear board is also divided by triple fillets to form lozenge-shaped compartments, which are decorated with the same stag stamp but with a different Virgin and Child stamp, and with separate stamps of a lozenge-shaped fleur-de-lys and a small roundel containing a bird (an eagle?);  the griffin stamp found on the front cover is also repeated on the rear.  Remains of two brass clasps with catch plates on rear board;  plain spine;  parchment pastedowns on front and rear boards, covering approximately one third of each board.   Size:  292 x 208 mm.
Leaf size:	280 x 201 mm.
Annotations:	30-line annotation on π1r (title-page) in a 16th-century hand headed “De Institutione C[ardi]n[al]is ebdomade pro suffragio o[mn]i[u]m fideliu[m] ani[m]ar[um] exemplu[m]”;  16th-century inventory number or shelfmark “N8” on π1r;  frequent marginal annotations in 16th-century hands, mainly in black ink, but occasionally in dull red;  frequent nota marks and underlining;  on both parchment pastedowns there are references to a few legends in a 16th-century hand;  19th-century numbers/codes written in pencil on front pastedown “50” and “Zng”.
Decoration:	Initials in the Tabula supplied in red or blue, often with reserved white and with marginal flourishes;  initials throughout the text supplied in red, often with marginal flourishes;  paragraph marks and capital strokes in red thoughout.
Imperfections:	Wanting the blank leaf I6;  margins of final quires show signs of water-damage resulting in slight loss of text on I4 and I5;  top outer corner of π1 torn with loss of text on verso.