An Essay on Colophons, with Specimens and TranslationsPollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
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An Essay on Colophons, with Specimens and Translations
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
Books -- History -- 1450-1600; Colophons; Incunabula -- Bibliography
Explicit missale secundum morem romane ecclesie, summa cum
diligentia et fideli studio purgatum ab his erroribus quibus
uel ignorantia uel incuria librariorum adductis communis
abusus inualuit. Quocirca quicunque legerit obsecratum uelim
ne adhibeat manum precipitem ad corrigendam uel potius
corrumpendam libri rectitudinem magno partam labore, sed
multiplicato sincero examine postmodum exequatur quicquid recta
ratio et spiritus veritatis ingesserit. Ad laudem omnipotentis
dei et sanctissime uirginis matris eius, totiusque curie
celestis. Impressum Venetiis arte et impensis Georgii de
Riuabenis Mantuani et Paganini de Paganinis Brixiani sociorum:
sub Inclyto duce Ioanne Mocenico, quinto kalendas octobris.
M.cccclxxxiiii. Amen.
Here ends the Missal according to the custom of the Roman
Church, with the utmost diligence and faithful study purged
from the errors with which, introduced by the ignorance
and carelessness of copyists, the common perversion became
established. Wherefore I would pray whoever reads it not to
lay hasty hands to the correction, or rather corruption, of
the accuracy of the book, which was obtained only by great
labor; but let him examine it again and again with a single
heart and thereafter carry out whatever right reason and the
spirit of truth suggest. To the praise of Almighty God and
of the most holy Virgin his Mother, and of all the court of
heaven. Printed at Venice by the skill and at the charges of
Georgio di Arrivabene of Mantua and Paganino dei Paganini of
Brescia, partners, under the renowned doge Giovanni Mocenigo,
27 September, 1484. Amen.
Somewhat in the same spirit as the boast of the Venetian missal-printers,
we find Koberger declaring—let us hope, after consulting ecclesiastical
authorities—that his edition of the Revelations of S. Bridget is so
complete that if any one produces additional revelations they may be
dismissed as spurious.
Finit diuinum volumen omnium celestium Reuelationum preelecte
sponse christi sancte Birgitte de regno Suetie. A religiosis
patribus originalis monasterii sanctarum Marie et Brigitte in
Watzstenis, prematuro studio et exquisita diligentia, in hos
suprascriptos numerum et ordinem accuratius comportatum. Et
si forte alique alie reuelationes, sicut repertum est, beate
Brigitte per errorem aut temerarie a quoque quomodolibet
ascribantur, preter has que in hoc presenti volumine aut in
vita seu legenda sancte Birgitte maiori continentur, tanquam
false et erronee decernentur.
Insuper iam alterato per Anthonium Koberger ciuem
Nurembergensem impresse finiunt. Anno domini M.ccccc. xxi.
mensis Septembris. Laus omnipotenti deo. Amen.
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