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Sanctissimo ac cleme[n]tissimo in Christo patri domino: domino Paulo Secu[n]do sacrosancte Romane & uniuersalis ecclesie su[m]mo pastori & po[n]tifici maxi[m]o

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Description: Spaces left on leaves [a]1r and [i]1r for incipits to be added by hand; initial spaces. Signatures: [a-f¹⁰ g⁸ h¹² i-n¹⁰ o-p⁸ *⁴]. Illuminated decorations on leaf [a]1r with blue and maroon flowers with gilt scrolling in Ferrara style, blue capital "S" in gilt panel with red and green fill. Coat of arms [obliterated] in gilt circle in bottom margin. On leaf [i]1r blue and maroon flowers on inner margin with red capital 'M' in gilt panel. Other initials and rubrication in red or blue. Incipits on leaves [a]1r and [i]14 written in red. Binding: mid-18th century Spanish[?] gilt-tooled blue morocco[?].
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1468]
Call number: 104182
Creator: Sánchez de Arévalo, Rodrigo (1404-1470)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Rosenbach, June 1925. Occasional contemporary marginal ms. annotations and manicules. Occasional 17th century ms. annotations in Spanish and Latin, mainly in the first half of the work. Engraved bookplate on front pastedown: Ex bibliotheco canonici Gamboa.
Dimensions: 28 cm (4to)
Associated people: Sweynheim, Konrad, (-1477,); Pannartz, Arnold, (-approximately 1478,)
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