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I
INDEX
BOOKS FROM WHICH COLOPHONS ARE QUOTED

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Accoltus, F. Commentaria de acquirenda possessione. 1486. Pescia, L. & F. de Cennis,	99
Adrianus Carthusiensis. De remediis utriusque fortunae. 1471. Cologne, A. therhoernen,	177
Albertus, Magister. Sermones. 1474. Cologne, A. therhoernen,	92
Albohazen Haly. Liber Regalis. 1492. Venice, B. Ricius,	111
Alexander Gallus. Doctrinale. 1493. Acqui, s. n. t.,	65
Antonius de Alexandro. Super secundo codicis Iustiniani. 1474. Naples, S. Riessinger,	75
Athanasius contra Arium &c. 1500. Paris, A. Bocard,	98
Atila persecutore de la christiana fede. 1491. Venice, s. n. t.,	70
Augustine. De Ciuitate Dei. 1473. Mainz, P. Schoeffer,	23
—— 1470. Venice, J. & W. of Speier,	36
—— 1486/87. Abbeville, DuprÉ & Gerard,	179
Augustine. Explanatio Psalmorum. 1489. Basel, Jo. de Amerbach,	143
Augustine. Manuale. 1471. Treviso, G. de Lisa,	59
Avicenna. De medicina. 1473. Milan, F. da Lavagna,	60
Balbus, Jo. Catholicon. 1460. Mainz, s. n. t.,	13
—— 1469. Augsburg, G. Zainer,	81
Bartolus de Saxoferrato. Lectura super prima parte Digesti Veteris. 1478. Venice, John of Cologne & J. Manthen,	55
Bartolus de Saxoferrato. Lectura super secunda parte Digesti Veteris. 1473. Venice, W. of Speier,	39
Biblia Latina. 1462. Mainz, Fust & Schoeffer,	10
—— 1476. Vicenza, L. Achates,	94
Biel, Gabriel. Sermo Dominicae Passionis. s. a. Hagenau, s. n. t.,	143
Boccaccio, Giovanni. Genealogiae Deorum. 1481. Reggio, L. & B. Bruschus,	71
Bonetus de Latis. Annulus Astronomicus. c. 1496. Rome, A. Freitag,	130
Boniface VIII. Liber Sextus Decretalium. 1465. Mainz, Fust & Schoeffer,	17
—— 1473. Mainz, P. Schoeffer,	23
—— 1472. Rome, U. Han,	165
—— 1477. Basel, M. Wenssler,	82
Bononia Illustrata. 1494. Bologna, P. de Benedictis,	74
Brant, Seb. La Nef des Fols. 1497 [misprinted in text 1457]. Paris, G. Marnef,	106
Breviarium Illerdense. 1479. Lerida, H. Botel,	102
Bridget, S. Revelationes. 1500. Nuremberg, A. Koberger,	149
Bruno, Hen. Super Institutionibus. c. 1488. Louvain, Aeg. van der Heerstraten,	128
Butrio, Antonio de. Comment. super primo decretalium. 1473. Rome, U. Han,	101
Capella, Martianus. Opera. 1499. Vicenza, H. de Sancto Urso,	115
Capitulos de governadores. 1500. Seville, Pegnitzer & Herbst,	118
Castro, Paulus de. Consilia. 1485. Nuremberg, A. Koberger,	139
Cavalca, Domenico. Frutti della Lingua. s. a. Florence, s. n. t.,	154
Cavalca, Domenico. Specchio di Croce. s. a. Florence, s. n. t.,	154
Caxton, William. Cronycles of England. 1493. Antwerp, G. Leeu,	72
Charles the Great. 1485. Westminster, W. Caxton,	136
Christine de Pisan. Fayts of Arms. 1489. Westminster, W. Caxton,	137
Christine de Pisan. Moral Proverbes. 1478. Westminster, W. Caxton,	174
Cicero. De Officiis. 1478. Naples, s. n. t.,	162
Cicero. De Oratore. 1470. Venice, C. Valdarfer,	49
Cicero. Epistolae ad Atticum. 1470. Venice, N. Jenson,	43
Cicero. Epistolae ad Familiares. 1469. Venice, John of Speier,	32
—— Second edition,	33
—— 1471. Venice, N. Jenson,	48
—— 1472. Milan, F. da Lavagna,	149
Cicero. Officia et Paradoxa. 1465. Mainz, Fust & Schoeffer,	18
Cicero. Orationes. 1471. Venice, C. Valdarfer,	50
—— 1472. Venice, Adam of Ammergau,	52
Cicero. Orationes Philippicae. c. 1470. Rome, U. Han,	88
Cicero. Rhetorica. 1470. Venice, N. Jenson,	42
Cleve, Johann von. Moteta. 1580. Augsburg, P. Ulhard & A. Reinheckel,	129
Colonna, F. de. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. 1499. Venice, Aldus,	124
Cordyale. 1479. Westminster, W. Caxton,	176
Curtius, Franciscus. Consilia. 1496. Milan, U. Scinzenzeler,	115
Cyprian. Epistulae. 1471. Rome, Sweynheym & Pannartz,	87
Dante. Divina Commedia. 1476. Venice, W. of Speier,	40
Decor Puellarum. See Honore de le Donzelle.
Destructorium Vitiorum. 1485. Cologne, s. n. t.,	168
—— 1496. Nuremberg, A. Koberger,	ib.
—— 1497. Paris, P. Levet,	ib.
Durandus, Gul. Speculum. 1488. Venice, Paganinis & Arrivabene,	166
Exercitium puerorum grammaticale. 1494. Strassburg, s. n. t.,	95
Faber, Joannes. Breviarium super codice. c. 1475. Louvain, John of Westphalia,	84
Fasciculus Temporum. 1476. Louvain, J. Veldener,	84
—— 1481. Rougemont, H. Wirzburg,	167
—— 1482. Basel, B. Richel,	ib.
—— 1495. Geneva, s. n. t.,	168
Gambilionibus, Angelus de. Lectura super Institutionum libros quatuor. 1473. Pavia, Jo. de Sidriano,	58
Gambilionibus, Angelus de. Tractatus Maleficiorum. 1472. Mantua, Petrus Adam,	60
Godefroy of Boloyne. 1481. Westminster, W. Caxton,	134
Gregory IX. Decretales. 1474. Rome, U. Han,	108
—— 1489. Venice, P. de Paganinis,	169
—— 1491. Venice, Jo. Hamann,	ib.
Gringore, P. Le Chasteau de Labour. 1500/01. Paris, Pigouchet for Vostre,	179
Guido de Baysio. Super Decretis. 1481. Venice, John of Cologne & Jenson,	78
Guillermus. Postilla. 1493. Strassburg, s. n. t.,	183
Harderwyck, Gerard. Commentarii in quatuor libros noue logice. 1494. Cologne, U. Zell,	156
Herolt, Joannes. Sermones Discipuli de Tempore. 1476. Rostock, Brothers of the Common Life,	93
Homeliarius Doctorum. 1499. Basel, N. Kessler,	155
Homer. Opera. 1488. Florence, B. Libri,	5
Honore de le Donzelle. ‘1461.’ Venice, N. Jenson,	45
Hroswitha. Opera. 1501. Nuremberg, Sodalitas Celtica,	119
Hugo de S. Caro. Postilla super Psalterium. 1496. Venice, Gregorii,	112
Jacobus Bergomensis. Supplementum Chronicarum. 1483. Venice, B. Benalius,	131
—— 1490. Venice, B. Rizus,	132
Jerome. Commentaria in Bibliam. 1498. Venice, Gregorii,	112
Jerome. Epistulae. 1470. Mainz, P. Schoeffer,	19
Jerome. Expositio in symbolum Apostolorum. See Rufinus.
Journal Spirituel. 1505. Paris, A. VÉrard,	105
Justinian. Codex. 1475. Mainz, P. Schoeffer,	24
Justinian. Institutiones. 1476. Mainz, P. Schoeffer,	26
Laet, Joannes. Pronosticationes. 1476. Louvain, John of Westphalia,	86
Leonardo, Aretino. De Bello Italico. 1471. Venice, N. Jenson,	48
Leonardo, Aretino. Istoria Fiorentina. 1476. Venice, Ja. de Rossi,	180
Lima Vitiorum. See Quadragesimale.
Lucretius. De Rerum Natura. c. 1473. Brescia, T. Ferrandus,	153
Luctus Christianorum. See Pianto de Christiani.
Malory, Sir Thomas. Morte d’Arthur. 1485. Westminster, W. Caxton,	125
Mandeville, Sir John. Itinerarius. s. a. Caracteribus Veneticis,	80
Maneken, Carolus. Epistolarum Formulae. 1476. Louvain, J. Veldener,	164
Mataratius, Franciscus. De componendis versibus. ‘1468.’ Venice, E. Ratdolt,	46 note
Mates, Bartolommeo. Libellus pro efficiendis orationibus. ‘1468.’ Barcelona, Jo. Gherlinc,	46 note
Matthaeus Silvaticus. Liber cibalis. 1474. Naples, Arnold of Brussels,	106
Miraculi de la Vergene Maria. ‘1469.’ Milan, Lavagna,	60
Mirror of the World. 1480. Westminster, W. Caxton,	176
Missale Vratislauiense. 1483. Mainz, P. Schoeffer,	8
Missale Misnense. 1485. Freiberg, C. Kachelofen,	66
Missale Romanum. 1484. Venice, Paganinis & Arrivabene,	147
Missale Salisburgense. 1498. Nuremberg, G. Stuchs,	145
Natta, Georgius. Repetitio de verborum significatione. 1482. Pavia, C. de Canibus,	125
Nicolaus de Auximo. Supplementum Summae Pisanellae (author’s colophon),	133
—— (Printer’s) c. 1472. Venice, W. of Speier,	173
Nuremberg Chronicle. See Schedel.
Pace, Richard. Oratio. 1518. London, R. Pynson,	118
Parole devote de l’anima inamorata. 1471. Venice, N. Jenson,	44
Paul, S. Epistres S. Pol. 1507. Paris, A. VÉrard,	117
Petrarch. Sonetti. 1470. Venice, W. of Speier,	38
Petrarch. Trionfi. 1477. Lucca, Bar. de Cividale,	59
Petrus de Abano. Expositio Problematum Aristotelis. 1475. Mantua, Paul of Butzbach,	97
Petrus de Abano. Remedia Venenorum. 1475. Rome, J. P. de Lignamine,	175
Petrus de Ancharano. Repetitio. 1493. Bologna, Ben. Hectoris,	141
Phalaris. Epistolae. 1485. Oxford, Rood & Hunte,	61
Pianto de Christiani. 1471. Venice, N. Jenson,	43
Pius II, Pope. Epistolae. ‘1458.’ Cologne, J. Koelhoff,	47
Pliny. Historia Naturalis. 1469. Venice, John of Speier,	35
Plutarch. Apophthegmata. 1471. Venice, John of Speier,	38
Politian. Opera. 1499. ‘Florence.’ [Brescia, B. Misinta.]	160
Psalterium. 1457. Mainz, Fust & Schoeffer,	12
Psalterium. 1459. Mainz, Fust & Schoeffer,	13
Quadragesimale quod dicitur Lima Vitiorum. 1497. Brescia, Ang. Britannicus,	114
Quintilian. Instituta. 1471. Venice, N. Jenson,	48
Regius, Raphael. Epistulae Plinii. 1490. Venice, Anima Mia,	74
Robertus de Licio. Quadragesimale. 1472. Venice, B. de Cremona,	52
Rolewinck, Werner. See Fasciculus Temporum.
Royal Book. 1484. Westminster, W. Caxton,	135
Rufinus of Aquileia. Expositio in symbolum Apostolorum. ‘1468.’ Oxford. [T. Rood.]	46 note
Sallust. Opera. 1470. Venice, W. of Speier,	37
—— [Second edition.] 1471,	39
—— 1470. Paris, Gering, &c.,	69
—— 1474. Venice, John of Cologne & J. Manthen,	77
Schedel, Hartmann. Liber Chronicarum. 1493. Nuremberg, A. Koberger,	121
Seneca. Tragediae. 1497. Venice, P. Bergamascho,	113
Statius. Achilleis. 1473. Parma, S. Corallus,	109
Suetonius. Vitae Caesarum. 1471. Venice, N. Jenson,	47
Thomas Aquinas. De Veritate. 1499. Cologne, H. Quenteil,	145
Thomas Aquinas. Quodlibet. 1475. Ulm, J. Zainer,	58
Tituli Decisionum. 1477. Mainz, P. Schoeffer,	23
Tritheim, Joh. Compendium de Origine regum et gentis Francorum. 1515. Mainz, J. Schoeffer,	26
Triumpho de Virtude. 1471. Venice, N. Jenson,	44
Turrecremata, Cardinal. Meditationes. 1472. Rome, U. Han,	120
Valla, Laur. De Elegantia Linguae Latinae. 1475. Rome, A. Pannartz,	96
Valturius. De Re Militari. 1472. Verona, J. de Verona,	120
Vegetius. De Militari Disciplina. 1488. Pescia, Sig. Rodt,	100
Virgil. Opera. 1472. Padua, L. Achates,	54
—— 1471/72. Florence, Cennini,	63
Visconti, Gasparo. Rithmi. 1493. Milan, A. Zarotus,	103
Vitas Patrum. 1495. Westminster, W. de Worde,	72, 174
Vocabularius ex quo. 1467. Eltville, BechtermÜnze & Spiess,	15

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GENERAL INDEX

i class="isub1">list of, 173.

DuprÉ and Gerard, colophon quoted, 179.

Easter day, 1470-1521, list of dates on which it fell, 178;

French year began with, 179.

Editions, number of copies in those first printed at Venice, 32, 34, 37;

at Milan, 151 sq.

Editors’ and authors’ colophons, 123-158.

Eggestein, Heinrich, his books before 1471 not dated, 11.

Elementa, Elementatum, meaning of the words, 24-80.

England, year used to begin on March 25th in, 176;

regnal years of kings (1461-1603), 172.

Errors of dating in colophons and in reading them, 183 sq.

Floods, allusion to, in a colophon, 167.

Florence, colophons of books printed at, 5, 63, 154, 160;

Florentine year began on Lady day, 181.

Foresti, Jacobus. See Jacobus Bergomensis.

Fossa, Evangelio, privilege granted to, for all his writings, 113.

France, regnal years of kings (1461-1610), 172.

Franciscus, Magister, his verses in Mainz editions of Justinian, 26.

Free trade, effect of, on English printing, 110.

Freiberg, first book printed at, 67.

Fust, Johann, colophons from books printed by, 10 sqq.;

failure of his health, 18.

Geese of the Capitol, Ulrich Han’s allusion to, 88.

‘Germani fidelissimi,’ who they were, 77.

Germany, day on which the year began in, 177;

method of indicating days of the month and week by saints’ days, introits, etc., used in, 182 sq.;

privileges for exclusive printing granted in, 119.

Grammars vaunted as royal roads to learning, 95 sqq.

Grammatical slips in borrowed colophons, 165 sq.

Greek, allusion in a Florentine colophon to the practice of leaving blank spaces for Greek quotations, 64;

a Greek colophon, 5.

Gregorii, J. and G., colophons quoted, 112 sqq.

Gutenberg, Johann, never put his name to any printed book, 11;

his tradition of secrecy imitated, ib.;

sale of his types, 17.

Hamann, Johann, adopts part of a colophon, 169.

Han, Ulrich, colophons quoted, 88, 101, 108, 120;

financed by Simon Chardella, 101;

copies Schoeffer’s colophons and makes blunders in them, 165-168.

Henry VII, Caxton’s relations with, 137.

Herbort, Johann, colophons quoted, 78 sq.

Hoemberch, Conrad de. See Winters.

Horae, references in, to their pictures, Wendelin of Speier.

Stuchs, Georg, colophon quoted, 146.

Sweynheym and Pannartz, their apology for their harsh names, 87.

Therhoernen, Arnold, colophon quoted, 92.

Title-pages, first appearance of, xvii.

Tuppo, Francesco, relations with Riessinger, 76.

V misprinted for X, 61;

often mistaken for it, 183.

Valdarfer, Christopher, colophons quoted, 49, 51;

his colophon to his 1474 ‘Confessionale’ unintelligently copied in Germany, 161.

Veldener, Jan, mentions his device in a colophon, 84 sq.;

one of his colophons pirated by Conrad of Westphalia, 163 sq.;

its subsequent history, 165.

Venice, colophons quoted, 25-56, 77, 80, 111, 112, 124, 131, 132, 147, 173;

Oxford colophon’s allusion to Venice printers, 62;

a reference to its foundation, 70;

book privileges granted at, 111-113;

list of doges of, 173;

date when the year began at, 180.

VÉrard, Antoine, careful address in his colophons, 105;

colophons quoted, 105, 117.

Verona, colophon quoted, 120.

Verse, use of, in colophons, 31;

the author’s apology for his renderings, ib.

Vicenza, books printed at, protected by Venetian privileges, 115.

Virgil, verses in Wendelin of Speier’s 1470 edition, 37.

War, references to, in colophons, 69 sq.

Wendelin of Speier, colophons quoted, 36-41.

Wenssler, Michael, colophon quoted, 82;

imitates Schoeffer’s use of armorial device, 22;

copies one of Schoeffer’s colophons, 168.

Westminster colophons. See Caxton.

Westphalia, John of. See John.

Winds, allusion to, in a colophon, 168.

Winters, Conrad, mentions his device in a colophon, 85.

Wirzburg, Heinrich, colophon quoted, 166.

Wolgemut, M., illustrator of the ‘Nuremberg Chronicle,’ 121.

X, examples of accidental omission of, from dates in colophons, 43, 46 sq.;

V printed in the place of, 61;

often mistaken for it, 183.

Year, date of beginning in various countries, 175 sqq.

Zainer, GÜnther, verse colophon with acrostic of his Christian name, 81.

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