Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, [1494 c.], vdm: 1080
[a1r, printed in red:] Sequūtur Benedictōes ac Cerimonialia scđm cōsue||tudinem et Rubricam Ecclesie Brixinensis [...]
fol. 73r: Finita ac completa sunt hec que continentur || in obsequiali ẜm ↄsuetudinē et statuta Brixieñ || diocisis diligentiq𝔷 dicussione emendata arte || impressoria ingeniosi ac ꝓuidi viri cꝰ nomen || propriū eiusq𝔷 loci in metris circa signetū de || pingi iussit pro cuius vita orate.||
fol. 73v: A shield upon which a naked man holds a star over his stomach and genitals with his left hand. In his right hand he holds two snakes aloft. The shield is topped with a helmet with fronds cascading down. There are two large horns on top of the helmet, between which is a six-pointed star. Above this is printed the couplet, 'Erhardi Ratdolt felicia conspice signa.|| Testata artificem qua valet ipse manum.||'. The printer's mark is printed in black and red (c. 104 x 139 mm).
Augsburg
Liturgical book
[*1v-*2r:] Quemadmodum Constitucioñ sacri consilij Tol||letañ. [...] (introdcutory preface)
[*2v:] Registrum huius libelli ostendit quotto folio in || ueniat˜ ista que ↄtinent˜ in eo vt patet intuenti.|| (register)
[*2r:] woodcut of a bishop, most likely Melchior von Meckau, with heraldic arms, printed in black, red, and yellow (79 x 130 mm).
a1r: decorated woodcut initial, printed in red and black (42.5 x 48.5 mm).
fol. 33r: decorated woodcut initial (c. 29 x 30 mm).
Latin
D-Mbs Rar. 447: first gathering unsigned, c-d gatherings unsigned, e1 unsigned, i(1) missigned as h,i3 missigned as h3, k1 unsigned, k2 missing. A recent hand has added the missing signatures to the bottom right corners in pencil. These collations appear in the BSB-Ink catalogue.
[2], I-LXXIII [1]; (IX misfoliated as XI).
D-Mbs Rar. 447
D-Mbs
multiple impression
Rotunda, Uncial, Textura
multicoloured print, red initials, red staff lines, red text
The printer's mark (fol. 73v) and one initial (fols. 1r) are printed in red and black. The woodcut of the bishop on [*2r] appears to have been printed in black, red, and yellow. Space is always left for the large red uncial initials, which start new pieces or important sections of chant. No space is left for the black textura initials, which usually start verses. A blind impression of a string of capital X's appears at the bottom of b2. The staves are constructed of segments of several widths: 4 mm, 6.5 mm, and c. 2o.5 mm. A full-length staff is made up of between 6-7 of these segments.
Hufnagel notation
full-length staff: 113 x 16.5 mm (b4r, second system).
Height of virga one: 8.5 mm; height of virga two: 9 mm; height of virga three: 12 mm.
The notation is clearly and carefully printed, with a full range of notational forms. Ratdolt uses a wider variety of clefs in this edition than he does in his other prints.
chant, hymn
Chants and hymns for various ceremonies carried out by the priest and not contained in the missal.
A-Imf, A-Iu, A-Imf, A-Iu, A-Iw, A-SPL, A-Wn, D-Bkk, *D-Mbs, A-BRz, GB-Lbl, H-Bu, I-BREs, I-BREs, US-Wcr
Meyer-Baer, Kathi. Liturgical music incunabula: a descriptive catalogue. London: The Bibliographical Society, 1962 (no. 14.)
imperfect, wanting fols. 67-73
Vellum
Imperfect: k2 (blank) is missing. Otherwise in good condition. Leather tabs, slight foxing, stained corners.
BSB-Ink: R-203,1.
fols. 30v, 49v, and 50r: marginalia with additions and corrections.
1. Innsbruck, University Library; 2. Acquired by Munich Royal Library in 1914.
D-Mbs
acquisition of 1946
imperfect, wanting fols. 46 and 47 and the preliminary leaves.
imperfect