Cassiodorus, Historia ecclesiastica tripartita, [Paris, c. 1494-1495], later half vellum

CASSIODORUS, MAGNUS AURELIUS

Historia ecclesiastica tripartita. [Paris]: Georg Wolf, [c. 1494-1495]

4to (205 x 152mm.), 108 leaves, a–l⁸ m⁶ n⁴ A⁶ B⁴, double column, 54 lines plus headline, initial spaces, gothic type, early annotations (some shaved), later half vellum, some leaves strengthened in gutter, i2 and i7-8 loose

A copy of Cassiodorus's history of the early church which has been carefully read and annotated. The text was first printed in Augsburg in 1472.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ic00239000

PROVENANCE:

inscription at end dated Saragossa, 26 November 1518, in the same hand as the annotations; "Ex conv[entus] Riparoli[?]", inscription on title-page