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DIACONUS, Paulus, compiler. Homiliarius doctorum de tempore et de sanctis a Paulo Diacono collectus. Nuremberg : Anton Koberger, 30 Sept. 1494.



2 parts in one volume, 4to (209 x 162 mm). Collation: a-z A-G⁸ H⁴ aa–nn⁸ oo⁴. 350 leaves (of 352, lacking final blanks in each part, H4 and oo4). 54 lines and headline. Double column. Types 14:130G, 15:91G, 20:63G, 21:74G. Large woodcut on title-page of the Pope and Emperor flanked by twelve small cuts of the doctors, initial on a2 illuminated in colors on gold ground, initials supplied in red throughout. (Leaf t7 mostly torn away, some dampstaining in first and last few quires [heaviest at end], title-page a bit soiled, pigment on illumination mostly worn away on a2, final leaf oo3 repaired at gutter and becoming loose, some marginal darkening particularly at ends, occasional soiling and staining, endleaves darkened.) 18th-century vellum (covers bowed, soiled). Provenance: extensively annotated in a contemporary hand throughout.

Goff H318; H 8792*; Schr 4899; Oates 1035; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 931; Bod-inc H-145; Sheppard 1531; Pr 2095; BMC II, 439; BSB-Ink H-326; GW 12930; ISTC ih00318000.

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