Gregorius I, Moralia, Venice, 1480, later vellum

Gregorius I

Moralia, sive Expositio in Job [edited by Bartholomaeus Cremonensis, additions by Dominicus de Dominicis]. Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 14 June 1480

Chancery folio (288 x 203mm.), 347 leaves (of 348, without final blank), a-b⁸ c¹⁰ d⁸d e-h¹⁰ i⁸ k¹⁰ l-q⁸r r s-v u-z¹⁰ [et]⁸ [con] [rum]¹⁰ A⁸ B¹⁰ C⁸ D-G¹⁰ H⁸ I⁶, double column, 55 lines plus headline, gothic type, engraved portrait of Gregory pasted to verso of flyleaf, later vellum, some early annotations, sewing guards from an Italian twelfth-century liturgical manuscript, front flyleaf slightly soiled and repaired, first leaf repaired, small hole in c7, headlines cut close, a few small marginal repairs, a few small stains, strip at foot of penultimate leaf excised, final leaf slightly frayed, binding slightly soiled, spine slightly torn

PROVENANCE

"D. Lucae Trivillien[sis?] Canonici reg.ris Lateranensi", early inscription on c2; Augustinian monastery of Santa Maria de Casoreto (Milan), inscription at foot of c2; Carolus Franciscus Maddius, inscription on flyleaf and on c2 dated 1758; sale, Hodgson & Co., 19 November 1907, lot 310, £1-7s, to Crawshaw (extract from sale catalogue pasted to flyleaf); Edward Crawshaw (1842-1922), bookplate, sale, Sotheby's, 10-12 December 1912, lot 1031, £1-1s, to Tregaskis; D.L. Cumming, signature on inside front cover

LITERATURE

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