Early Printing Collection: JRL243100101

Image Number: JRL243100101
Reference Number: 3383
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Image Title: Colophon
Parent Work Title: [I]ncipit summa que uocat[ur] catholicon
Alternative Parent Work Title: Catholicon
Creator: Balbi, Giovanni, -1298
Creator Role: Author
Creator: Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468
Creator Role: Printer
Date Created: 1460
Publication Details: Mainz: Epon Press Johann Gutenberg?
Volume: 2
Page/Sheet: [Q3]r
Image Sequence Number: Q003r
Description: Colophon on leaf, which reads in full: Altissimi presidio cuius nutu infantium lingue fiunt diserte. Qui q[ue] ni[mi]o sepe p[ar]uulis reuelat quod sapientibus celat. Hic liber egregius. catholicon. d[omi]nice incarnacionis annis M cccc lx Alma in urbe maguntina nacionis inclite germanice. Quam dei clemencia tam alto ingenij lumine. dono q[ue] g[ra]tuito. ceteris terra[rum] nacionibus preferre. illustrare q[ue] dignatus est Non calami. stili. aut penne suffragio. s[ed] mira patrona[rum] forma[rum] q[ue] concordia p[ro]porcione et modulo. impressus atq[ue] confectus est. Hinc tibi sancte pater nato cu[m] flamine sacro. Laus et honor d[omi]no trino tribuatur et uno Ecclesie laude libro hoc catholice plaude Qui laudare piam semper non linque mariam. DEO. GRACIAS.
Language: Latin
Subject: Latin language--Dictionaries--Early works to 1700
Subject: Latin language--Grammar--Early works to 1500
Subject: Latin language, Medieval and modern--Dictionaries--Early works to 1800
Category of Material: Printed
Sub-Category: Incunabula
Technique Used: Printing (process)
Medium: Ink
Support: Paper
Creation Site: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate: Mainz
Item Height: 410 mm
Item Width: 300 mm
Provenance: Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: The University of Manchester Library
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Educational Notes: Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
Academic Project Lead: Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead: John Gandy
Academic Project Lead: Ed Potten