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Title

  • Passional, das ist Der Heyligen Leben.

Names

  • Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
  • Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, illustrator.
  • Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 5 Dec. (Freitag vor Nikolaus) 1488.

Headings

  • -  Christian saints--Legends--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Nuremberg

Genre

  • Incunabula--Germany--Nuremberg--1488

Notes

  • -  Title extracted from colophon (leaf ccclxxxvb): Der hochen vnteylbern heylige[n] Triualtigkeit zu Lob ... ist gedruckt di[ses] Passionaldas ist der Heyligen Leben ...
  • -  Some of the woodcuts are attributed to Albrecht Dürer. Cf. E. Panofsky's A. Dürer, II, p. 52.
  • -  Signatures: [a² b-v⁸ x⁶ y⁸ z⁶ A-Z⁸, 2a⁸ 2b⁶ 2c-2d⁸].
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 127
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-168 (misfiled under "Sommerteil" subsection)
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 9981
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 6505
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 433 (IC.7400) (colophon as in note)
  • -  Schramm XVII, p. 3, 8, and illus.
  • -  LC copy: initials on leaves i and clxxiii supplied in gold and colors; other initials in red or blue; illus. hand-colored.
  • -  Vollbehr H9981

Medium

  • [2], ccclxxxv, [1] leaves (the last blank). woodcuts: illus. 40.7 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1488 .J3
  • Incun. 1488 .J3 Copy 2 Copy 2. Colophon as in BM copy. Without the blank at end. Initials supplied in red or blue, paragraph marks in red. Upper margins closely trimmed, affecting some running titles and foliation. Contemporary blind-stamped brown calf, with 2 clasps. Illustrations hand colored.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48043511

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Jacobus, De Voragine, Approximately, Albrecht Dürer, Anton Koberger, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Otto Vollbehr Collection. Passional, das ist Der Heyligen Leben. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 5 Dec. Freitag vor Nikolaus, 1488. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48043511/.

APA citation style:

Jacobus, D. V., Dürer, A., Koberger, A., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Otto Vollbehr Collection. (1488) Passional, das ist Der Heyligen Leben. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 5 Dec. Freitag vor Nikolaus. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48043511/.

MLA citation style:

Jacobus, De Voragine, Approximately, et al. Passional, das ist Der Heyligen Leben. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 5 Dec. Freitag vor Nikolaus, 1488. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48043511/>.