Opera Hrosuite :
illustris uirginis et monialis Germane, gente Saxonico orte /
nuper a Conrado Celte inuenta.

Description

Main Author

Hrotsvitha, approximately 935-approximately 975.

Related Names

Celtis, Konrad, 1459-1508, editor.
Kulmbach, Hans von, ca. 1480-1522, illustrator.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, illustrator.
Sodalitas Celtica

Language(s)

Latin

Published

Impressum Norunbergae : Sub priuilegio Sodalitatis Celticae a Senatu Rhomani Imperii impetratae, anno Quingentesimoprimo supra Millesimum, [1501]

Subjects

Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Christian drama, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Woodcuts > Woodcuts / Germany > Woodcuts / Germany / 16th century.

Note

Provenance: Purchased 3 October 1952 from Christensen.
Binding: Modern half parchment over wooden boards; brass clasps.
Guide letters; printer's device; signature register.
Names of the members of the Sodalitatis Celticae in Nuremberg listed on p. [6]-[7] in verse.
Pages [123]-[126] and [149]-[163] are found in two settings, with running heads: (a) Dyonisii, Agnetis, Oddonum, or (b) Sancti Dyonisii, Agnetis, Ottonum, respectively; the colophon varies, with readings (a) Sodalitis ... impetratae, or (b) Sodalitatis ... impetrato.
Signatures: a¹ b-k.
Imprint from colophon.
Illustrations attributed to Albrecht Dürer and Hans Süss von Kulmbach. Cf. Strieder, P. Albrecht Dürer.

Physical Description

[164] p. (last p. blank) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 31 cm. (fol.).

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