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Ars vitae contemplativae
Title
Ars vitae contemplativae.
Published
[Nuremberg] : [Friedrich Creussner], 1473.
Physical Description
[32] leaves : woodcuts ; 28 cm. (fol.)
Local Notes
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0087: Imperfect: leaf [3] only, with xylographically printed text. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Notes
Leaves [1-4] and [31-32], with text and illustrations, are printed xylographically.
Summary
Hybrid block book. This copy is illustrated with two leaves of images and text printed in block-book format. The xylographic illustrations contain 12 vignettes depicting lessons from the bible colored by contemporary hand.
Format
Books
Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
April 02, 2024
Contents
Ars & modus conte[m]platiue vite.
Modus meditandi in generali.
Ars memoratiua.
Ars siue mod[us] p[rae]dica[n]di a Sancto Thoma de Aquino [com]posita, necno[n] alio[rum] sacro[rum] docto[rum] scripturis p[er]lustrata.
Modus formandi arborem.
References
Incunabula short title catalogue, ia01140000
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 46
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-1140
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 1822
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 2672
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3365
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Block books.
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Also listed under
Germany Nuremberg.
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