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Lactantii Firmiani De diuinis institut[i]o[n]ibus aduersus gentes rubrice primi libri incipiu[n]t

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: .M.CCCC.LXVIII. [1468].
Call number: 90934
Creator: Lactantius (approximately 240-approximately 320)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from George D. Smith, 1914. Contemporary ms. annotations, keywords, marks of emphasis and headline book numbers in at least two hands. Inscription on recto of leaf [a]1: Monasterii ualle[is umbrosa] ad usum do[mi]ni verdiani d[e] sa[n]cto martino. Inscription on recto of leaf [*]2: Pleno jure spectat ad Monasterium Sancti Cassianj suis fratribus. On verso of leaf [x]7, a drawing of a cathedral dome and "Questo libro e del monasterio di Monte Scalari ... pleno jure. On bottom of leaf [*]2r, stamp: FLOR: BIB: [crosier with S on the staff] S: TRINIT. From the library of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, with his shelfmark "K.c.14" on free endpaper at beginning.
Dimensions: 34 cm (Folio)
Associated people: Sweynheim, Konrad, (-1477,); Pannartz, Arnold, (-approximately 1478,); Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, (1656-1733,); Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, (approximately 540-approximately 600.)
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