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Book/Printed Material Ars vitae contemplativae.

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Title

  • Ars vitae contemplativae.

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. Initials and paragraph marks supplied are red or blue.

Names

  • Creussner, Friedrich, active 1472-1499, printer.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Nuremberg, Friedrich Creussner] 1473.

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.

Headings

  • -  Meditation--Early works to 1800
  • -  Block books--Specimens
  • -  Germany--Nuremberg

Genre

  • Incunabula--Germany--Nuremberg--1473

Notes

  • -  Leaves [1-4] and [31-32], with text and illus., are printed xylographically.
  • -  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
  • -  LC copy: illus. hand-colored; initials and paragraph marks supplied in red or blue. Has inscription on leaf [1v]: Fr: V.P.N.P.N. F.V.S.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • [32] leaves ([5] and [30] blank, wanting) woodcuts. 28 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1473 .A7

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48036725

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Creussner, Friedrich, Active , Printer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Ars Vitae Contemplativae. [Nuremberg, Friedrich Creussner, 1473] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48036725/.

APA citation style:

Creussner, F. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1473) Ars Vitae Contemplativae. [Nuremberg, Friedrich Creussner] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48036725/.

MLA citation style:

Creussner, Friedrich, Active , Printer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Ars Vitae Contemplativae. [Nuremberg, Friedrich Creussner, 1473] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48036725/>.