Mamotrectus Super Bibliam Leaf

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Mamotrectus Super Bibliam Leaf
Italian (Venice), 1479

Author: Marchesinus, Joannes of Reggio (Franciscan Friar, late 13th-early 14th Century)
Printer: Jensen, Nicholas

Language: Latin

height 18.5 cm
width 13.5 cm

A printed leaf from a commentary on the Bible, this from Ezra. It is printed in Latin in double columns of 38 lines on laid paper of hemp and linen which shows a partial watermark. Printed by Nicholas Jenson in his rotunda blackletter, the lower case displays much humanist influence and is "close to the Subiaco type in many ways." A heading of "Esdre II" is printed on the recto along with a catchword at the bottom outside corner. The author was a Franciscan Friar.

Reed College Library Special Collections, Lloyd Reynolds 4
Gift of Steven Herold    

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Commentary
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Marchesinus, Joannes of Reggio (Franciscan Friar, late 13th-early 14th Century)
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Image reproduced with permission from Reed College. The institutions that house the specific Medieval Portland objects ultimately hold the rights to their image and reproduction; the images are provided here as a courtesy by those institutions and are for non-profit, educational use only.
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