Gregorius I, Pont. Max.: Homiliae super Evangeliis [Italian].
Milan: Leonardus Pachel and Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 20 Aug. 1479.
4to. a-s8 t6 u8. [158] leaves (a1, u8 blank).
ISTC ig00423000; GW 11423; Goff G423; BMC VI 746 (IB. 26432); CIBN G-320.
| GIP number: | G46 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD9-e.5 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Venice, Camaldolites, S. Michele di Murano: inscription on u7v “Iste liber fuit emtus p[er] D. Aloisiu[m] et est s[an]c[t]i Michaelis de Muriano”. Aloisius, Dominus (16th century): see above. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: source unknown; acquired 11 Nov. 1841; Euing’s acquisition date and price code ‘11 11/41 ab/’ and his early inventory number '6' in pencil on front pastedown. University of Glasgow: presented by Euing in 1872 according to one of the two University of Glasgow Library bookplates on the front pastedown. |
| Binding: | Italy, 17th/18th-century parchment; remains of a title label on spine; sprinkled blue-edged leaves; rear free endpaper has watermark of a fleur-de-lys below which are suspended the letters ‘A C’ and rear flyleaf has watermark of three fleurs-de-lys arranged to form a triangle. Size: 248 x 177 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 240 x 170 mm. |
| Annotations: | An inventory number ‘B4i2’ on front pastedown; price ‘£3.3.0’ in pencil on front free endpaper; number ‘9/4’ in pencil on a2r; ‘No. 337’ in pencil on rear free endpaper followed by the letters ‘z k k u’ arranged to form four compartments of a square, followed by a code ‘g3 11/11’; square piece of paper with printed lot or catalogue number ‘511’ pasted onto front pastedown. |
| Decoration: | Initials and paragraph marks supplied in red or blue throughout. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank leaves a1 and u8. |
