Sanctarum peregrinationum in Montem Syon ad venerandum Christi Sepulchrum in Hierusalem atque in Montem Synai ad diuam virginem et martyrem Katherinam opusculum
Contributor:
Drach, Peter, -1504 (printer)
Name:
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440-1497; Reuwich, Erhard, active 1483-1486; Celtis, Konrad, 1459-1508
120 unnumbered leaves : illustrations (some folded), coats of arms; 31 cm (folio)
Geographic Subject:
Palestine -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Related Place:
Germany -- Speyer.
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Title from Goff.; Imprint from colophon, which reads: Sanctarum peregrinationu[m] in montem Syon ad venerandu[m] christi sepulchrum in Hierusalem. atq[ue] in montem Synai ad diuam virginem et martyre[m] Katherinam opusculu[m] hoc co[n]tentiuum per Petrum drach ciuem Spirensem impressum Anno salutis nostre M.cccc.xc. die. xxix. Iulij finit feliciter.; Caption title on leaf a3v reads: Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulchrum dominicum in Hierusalem eius tum laudes tum fructus paucis attollens. intentionemq[ue] exprimens auctoris [et] operis diuisionem. Incipit feliciter.; Signatures: a-n⁸ p¹⁰ chi⁶.; "[Signature mark] o omitted ... [I]f reckoned as ordinary leaves of letterpress, the View of Venice = b1-8; Parenzo, Corfu, Modon = c1-8; Candia, Rhodes = d1-8. The Jerusalem view should be considered as a separate quire of six leaves as it has no signature, and as its proper place seems undetermined. Total number of single leaves, 120, including extensions of views."--Davies.; The leaves with the city views are bound as follows: b1.8, b2.7, b3.6, b4.5 (view of Venice); c1.8 (view of Parenzo); c2.7 (view of Corfu); c3.6, c4.5 (view of Modon); d1.8, d2.7 (view of Candia); d3.6, d4.5 (view of Rhodes). The view of Jerusalem is on six unsigned leaves which have been found inserted at different locations from copy to copy. For a full description, see Davies.; Chancery folio. Leaf a2v: 52 lines; area of text: 209 x 127 mm. Initial spaces; spaces for paragraph marks. With signatures; without foliation or catchwords.; Woodcuts: 23 cuts after Erhard Reuwich of Utrecht, consisting of 7 large city views (i.e. Venice, Parenzo, Corfu, Modon, Candia, Rhodes, and Jerusalem and the Holy Land) on folded leaves; 1 full-page illustration of a female figure representing the city of Mainz surrounded by the arms of Breydenbach, "Johannes Comes in Solms et dominus in Mintzenberg", and "Philippus de Bicken miles", all within an elaborate decorative border (f. a1v); 1 14-line initial containing the arms of Berthold von Henneberg, Archbishop of Mainz (f. a2r); 1 large illustration of the exterior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (f. e3v); 5 oblong illustrations of figures in the secular and/or ecclesiastical dress of various nationalities, i.e. Saracen (including 2 women) (f. i3r), Jewish (f. i3v), Greek (f. i4v), Syrian (f. i6r), and Abyssinian (f. i8r); 6 oblong charts of non-Roman alphabets, i.e. Arabic (f. i3r), Hebrew (f. i4v), Greek (f. i5v), Syriac (f. i6v), Coptic (f. i7r), and Ethiopic (f. i8v); 1 oblong illustration of eight Janissaries on horseback, with caption: "genetzer turci" (f. p4r); and 1 full-page illustration of various animals (on reverse of the city view of Jerusalem). Cf. Davies. (Schreiber indicates instead that this edition has the same 25 woodcuts as Reuwich's 1486 Latin edition; his list includes all of the above except the initial and adds 1 small illustration of the Holy Sepulchre, 1 oblong chart of the Armenian alphabet, and 1 device featuring the arms of Berthold von Henneberg.); Penn Libraries copy imperfect: b, d and chi gatherings (views of Venice, Candia, Rhodes and Jerusalem) wanting; leaves c3.6 (portion of view of Modon) wanting.; Leaf size: 309 x 211 mm.; Rubrication: initials supplied by a reader in brown ink on leaves e1v and e2; otherwise without rubrication.; Penn Libraries copy has ms. ownership inscription of Konrad Celtis on leaf a1r (the autograph "Con. Cel. pro. poete" [i.e. Conradi Celtis poete protucii]; an asymmetrical shield with the monogram CCPP [Conradus Celtis Protucius Poeta], the letters paired as mirror images, surrounded by three stars; and his motto, "paresto phronesis," in Greek characters) and his monogram alone at foot of leaf p10v. Cf. Nikolaus Henkel, "Bücher des Konrad Keltis" in Bibliotheken und Bücher im Zeitalter der Renaissance (Wolfenbüttel, 1997), p. 134-135. Occasional marginal annotations, apparently in Celtis's hand, appear in text.; Penn Libraries copy has 2 ms. ownership inscriptions of the Lilienburse at the University of Vienna, 1 on leaf a1r ("Stipendiatorum Bursae Lilij") and 1 on leaf p10v ("Iste liber est stipendiato[rum] burs[a]e lilio[rum]"). Celtis left the bulk of his library to the faculty of the arts of the University of Vienna in 1508 (cf. Henkel, p. 132); a ms. catalog of the Lilienburse's library dated 24 August 1569 (Wien, Archiv der Universität, Ladula 3, Nr. 25) lists "Terra sancta" among the titles held.; Penn Libraries copy has ms. ownership inscription and shelf mark ("Ad Bibliothecam Viennensem P.P. Franciscanorum. IX.C.423.") at head of leaf a2r; ms. inscription and autograph (the latter struck through) dated 1802 on leaf a1r; armorial bookplate of John S. Pakington on front pastedown; armorial bookplate of Alexander Baron Peckover of Wisbech on front free endpaper.; Penn Libraries copy: illustration on leaf i6r has ms. inscription (in Greek characters?) above the head of the central figure; leaf i7r has ms. table of Glagolitic alphabet in brown and red ink headed "Litter[a]e Crabato[rum]" in tail margin with 2 subjacent ms. inscriptions in red ink, 1 in Roman ("johanes Hortensius") and 1 in Glagolitic characters.; Penn Libraries copy: gathering a and leaves p7-p9 dampstained at fore-edge; leaf a2 has some inkblots in text area; leaf l2 has small paper reinforcement (repair? finding tab?) at fore-edge; leaf p10 detached from its original gathering, cropped to 205 x 143 mm., and mounted within a blank paper frame.; Penn Libraries copy: leaves c1.8 (view of Parenzo), cropped to border of image and mounted within a blank paper frame (305 mm. in height), reinforced at center fold; small hole at inner margin of leaf c1 with damage to text of banner; tail outer corner of leaf c8 torn off with missing portion of image supplied in ms. on frame.; Penn Libraries copy: leaves c2.7 (view of Corfu) reinforced at center fold.; Penn Libraries copy: leaves c4.5 (portion of view of Modon) reinforced at fore-edges and center fold and bound in following leaf e8; the letter "A" has been added in ms. to the word Modon in banner at head of leaf c4v; leaf c4v also has fore-edge border supplied in ms.; Penn Libraries copy bound in full leather with boards tooled in blind; 5 raised bands on spine; blind-tooled spine panels; author's name, brief title, and imprint stamped in gold on spine; blind-tooled cover-edges and turn-ins.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Incunables, Folio Inc B-1190
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