Eight-leaf fragment (g2-g9): Numbers 24 - Deuteronomy 5.
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Incunabular Bible fragment

[Biblia latina - VT]. Eight-leaf fragment (g2-g9): Numbers 24 - Deuteronomy 5.

[Strasbourg, Johann Prüss, 1486].

Folio (200 x 275 cm). 16 pp. (fol. g2-g9). Double columns, 48 lines. Rounded gothic script with headlines and page numbers. Lombardic initials in red or blue, text rubricated throughout. Sewn.

€ 300.00

Almost an entire gathering (g2-g9) of the first Latin Bible printed by Johann Prüss, some three decades after the Gutenberg's Bible. The fragment begins with verse 21 of Numbers 23, in which the non-Israelite prophet Balaam is asked by King Balac to curse Israel and God instead makes him bless it, and ends with verse 31 of Deutoronomy 5, with Moses reiterating the Ten Commandments. The beautiful and clear appearance, which features two columns, rubrication and Lombardic initials, is typical of the southern German style of the time.

Prüss was a printer in Strasbourg whose print shop was active between ca. 1480 and 1551 under his son and son-in-law. The oldest French Reformatory publications in Strasbourg were printed by Johann Prüss.

Provenance

A few Latin marginalia in a cursive hand, apparently from the 16th century. This fragment was once part of the severely defective copy later acquired by the Austrian National Library (shelfmark Ink 33-8).

Condition

Sewing loosened. Slightly browned with some damage to g2 and g9 (some text loss). The final two leaves are lightly dampstained.

References

HC 3095*. Goff B-583. GW 4260. Proctor 518. BMC I, 119. BSB-Ink B-457. Oates 206. Bod-inc B-293. Sheppard 410. ISTC ib00583000.

Stock Code: BN#50822 Tags: , ,

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