Edited by Florian Waldauf, at the instigation of Maximilian I; cf. leaf pi1v The Vita abbreviata sanctae Birgittae is taken from an account by Petrus Olai, who is considered responsible for recording St. Bridget's revelations and commentary in Latin Colophon (leaf H5v): ... Insup[er] iam alterato p[er] Anthoniu[m] Koberger ciue[m] Nuremburgen[sem]. impresse finiunt. Anno domini .M.ccccc. xxi. mensis Septe[m]bris. Laus omnipotenti deo: Amen Colophon could be recorded as 1521 Signatures: pi⁶ 2pi⁸, a-z⁸ A-F⁸ G-H⁶, ²a-f⁸ ²g⁶ (H6, ²g6 blank); 2pi1-2pi4 signed '5', '6', '7', '8' respectively Full-page woodcut on title page of St. Bridget giving the rule of her order, 6 other full-page, 1 half-page, and 51 smaller woodcuts in text. The ill. have been variously attributed to Albrecht Dürer, the Master of the Bergmann Printing House, and the artist of Narrenschiff and Ritter von Turn Text in double columns, 57 lines per column Initial spaces, most with guide-letters [Preface] / Florian Waldauf (pi1v) -- Epistola / Juan de Torquemada (pi3r-pi6r) -- Bulla canonizationis / Boniface IX (pi6r-2pi2v) -- Confirmatio canonizationis / Martin V (2pi2v-2pi3v) -- Decretum / Juan de Torquemada (2pi3v-2pi4v) -- [Prayers] (2pi5v-2pi6r) -- Prologus / Matthias de Suecia (2pi6v-2pi7v) -- Revelationes (a1r-C2r) -- Epistola solitarii ad reges / Alfonso de Jaen (z4r-A2r) -- Regula sancti salvatoris (C3r-C8v) -- Sermo angelicus (D1r-E2r) -- Orationes quattuor (E2v-E5v) -- Revelationes extravagantes (E6r-H2v) -- Vita abbreviata sanctae Birgittae (H3r-H6v) -- Tabula (²a1r-g5v) Hain-Copinger, 3205* Proctor, 2124 Goff, B-688 GW, 4392 Schreiber, W.L. Manuel, 3504 Murray, C.F. German books, I, 73 BM 15th cent., II, 445 (IB. 7558) BSB-Ink, B-531 ISTC (CD-ROM, 1997 ed.), ib00688000 Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 763 Stillwell, B 619 Woodcuts are hand colored. Initials are hand decorated in red or blue. DGT Woodstock Rare Book & Manuscript Collections

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