Hieronymus, S.: Epistolae [Italian]. Vita, epistole de sancto Hieronymo vulgare.
Add: Lupus de Oliveto (Olmeto): Regula monachorum ex Epistolis S. Hieronymi excerpta [Italian]. De la observatione del culto de la vera religione (translated by Mattheo da Ferrara).
Ferrara: Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia, 12 Oct. 1497.
Fol. π4 a10 b-i8 K8 l-m8 n-o6 p-r8 ſ-x6.8 y-z6 &6 ↄ6 ꝝ6 A-N6. [6], III-CCLXIX, [1] leaves.
Woodcuts and woodcut initials.
ISTC ih00178000; GW 12437; Goff H178; BMC VI 614 (IB. 25759); Bod-inc H-093; CIBN H-109; BSB-Ink H-257.
The Regula monachorum is elsewhere found as an anonymous work entitled Aureola ex floribus S. Hieronymi contexta (B. Lambert, Bibliotheca Hieronymiana manuscripta, IIIb (Steenbrugis, 1970) no. 552).
| GIP number: | H21 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll S.M. 1947 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Variants: | On a1v, in place of the woodcut of Saint Jerome present in most copies, is a dedication to Eleonora Estensis dated 1495 (cf. GW 12437 Anm. 2); on the recto of f. CCXXXXIIII the penultimate word reads “catne” (cf. BMC VI 614, IB.25759) not “carne” (cf. GW 12437 Anm. 3). |
| Provenance: | Sir William Stirling Maxwell, 9th baronet, (1818-1878), art historian and collector: armorial bookplate printed in blue on front pastedown, with mottoes “Gang forward”, “Chi dura vince”, “I am ready” and “Poco a poco”; book label “Arts of design Keir” on rear pastedown; Stirling Maxwell pencil shelfmarks “11B” on rear pastedown and “G.5” on front pastedown; source unknown. University of Glasgow: Sir John Stirling Maxwell, 10th baronet, (1866-1956), Sir William's son, bequeathed a portion of the Stirling Maxwell library to the University of Glasgow Library in 1956 (received in 1958). |
| Binding: | England, 19th-century brown goatskin; arms and monogram in gilt of Sir William Stirling Maxwell on front cover with a different version on rear cover; gilt spine title; gilt-edged leaves; binder’s stamp “Leighton Brewer St. W.” on front pastedown. Size: 342 x 238 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 332 x 222 mm. |
| Annotations: | Minor corrections of text in an early hand on ff. CLXXXV verso and CLXXXVI recto. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the preliminary quire. |
