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Incipit pulcher tractat[us] coll[e]c[t]us p[er] venerabilem doctore[m] Walteru[m] Burley Anglicu[m] De vita ph[ilosoph]o[rum]
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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This is the short (or "incomplete") edition of the work - see ISTC. Full colophon reads: Anno domini millesimo quadri[n]gentesimo septuagesimonono. vltima vero die Iunij. Opusculu[m] (philosophorum vita) insigne ob legentium profectum editum. Friderici Cressners ciuis inclite Nur[e]mbergensium vrbis industria fabre factum fideliterq[ue] impressum finit feliciter. Laus deo clementissimo. Begins with alphabetical table of contents (leaves [*2r-*5v]) and alphabetical list of names of philosophers/poets in two columns (leaf [*6]). Chancery folio, with paper measuring 29.2 x 21 cm. Text in one column. Blanks left for initials. Signatures: [*⁶ a-h⁸ i⁶ (*1 blank)] Initials and rubrication in red. Binding: modern binding using parchment leaf with medieval music as cover.
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Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 21.2 x 14.8 cm. Text in one column measuring approximately 12.9 x 7.7 cm. Spaces left for initials. Signatures: [a-m⁸ n⁶ (a1 blank)]. Imperfect: initial blank leaf (leaf [a]1) lacking. Binding errors: leaf d[8] bound before leaf [d]7 and leaves [f]5 and [f]6 bound before leaves [f]3 and [f]4. Initials and rubrication in red. Binding: blue morocco.
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This is the short (or "incomplete") edition of the work - see ISTC. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 30.7 x 21 cm. Text in one column, measuring approximately 18 x 10.8 cm. Spaces left blank for initials. Signatures: [a⁶ b-i¹⁰ k⁸ (a1, k5-k8 blank)]. Imperfect: final blank leaf (leaf [k]8) lacking. Binding: brown morocco.
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Contains 21 full-page illustrations depicting the astrological significance of the palm; woodcuts from Ratdolt's undated Venetian edition. Printed on Chancery paper, measuring 20.8 x 13.9 cm; 35 lines to a full page; area of text: 15.7 x 9.7 cm. Includes ornamental woodcut initials. First four leaves of first two gatherings and first five leaves of last gathering are foliated sequentially from 1 to 13. Rubrication in red and woodcut initials hand-colored in red on first page only. Ms. foliation on upper right hand "49"-"74". Binding: modern stiff vellum; contemporary limp vellum wrapper bound in.
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Often wrongly attributed to Albertus, Magnus. Colophon title: Albertus. Magnus. De. secretis naturae explicit Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 21.3 x 14.4 cm. Text in one column, measuring approximately 13.5 x 8.3 cm. Signatures: [a-c¹⁰]. Initials and rubrication in blue and red. Binding: contemporary blind-stamped Italian goatskin over beech boards; remnants of clasp.
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![Insignis duarum passionum d[omi]ni Iesu Christi n[ost]ri saluatoris. collect[i]o quoru[n]dam diuini verbi disertissimo[rum] predicato[rum]. doctrinalis [et] deuot[i]o[n]is excitati[u]a p[er] die vene[r]is sancta s[e]c[undum] P[ar]asceuen. vtiq[ue] vulgo p[re]dicabil[i] [con]grue[n]tissima textualit[er] ex q[uat]tuor Eua[n]gelioru[m] concorda[n]tijs. ac pluriu[m] sa[n]cto[rum] accuratissimis sente[n]cijs q[uam]flore[n]tissime p[re]cedens p[er] partes [et] pass[us] multiformiter articulis disti[n]cta. Simul q[ue] [con]tine[n]s illibate v[ir]ginis sancte Katherine passione[m] seu martirij eiusdem historiam eloque[n]tie riuulis q[uam] dulciter contextam. foeliciter exorditur [et]c[etera]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4UXCFQ%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Includes two passions (Passio Jesu Christi and De passione Christi) by Johannes Kannemann and a passion on the life of St. Catherine (Historia S. Catharinae) by Rabanus Maurus. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 28 x 19.5 cm. Text in one column, 40 lines, measuring approximately 19.1 x 11.1 cm. Type: 95b. Three-, four-, and six-line spaces left for capitals. Signatures: a¹⁰ b-h⁸ (a1 blank). Initial blank leaf (leaf a1) lacking. Initials and rubrication in red. Binding: dark blue morocco; binder's stamp: Chambolle-Duru. In marbled paper slip case.
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