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The Mainz Psalter: Psalterium Benedictinum cum canticis et hymnis, for Bursfeld use. [Mainz:] Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 29 August 1459.
An unrecorded fragment of a noble incunable, only the second book printed in multiple colours, the second printed book explicitly dated, from the printing shop first established by Gutenberg and continued by his partners Fust and Schoeffer. It is printed with the same material as the 1457 Psalter, both editions under the auspices of the Benedictines of St. James at Mainz. The 1459 Psalter was even more grand, printed in a larger format than its predecessor; all copies of both editions were printed on vellum. ISTC currently lists 12 complete or largely complete copies and 18 other fragments. H 13480*; Boh(LB) 949; BMC I 19; BSB-Ink P-851; CIBN P-668; Bod-inc P-519;De Ricci, Mayence 55; Schäfer 279; ISTC ip01062000; Goff P-1062.
Fragment of a single leaf printed on vellum, imperial folio (353 x 100mm). Leaf 17 [2/7], type 2:286G, lombard versal initials printed in red, 23 lines, music notation on staves supplied in contemporary manuscript. Survived as a binding fragment (light wear and a few tiny holes at old folds).
An unrecorded fragment of a noble incunable, only the second book printed in multiple colours, the second printed book explicitly dated, from the printing shop first established by Gutenberg and continued by his partners Fust and Schoeffer. It is printed with the same material as the 1457 Psalter, both editions under the auspices of the Benedictines of St. James at Mainz. The 1459 Psalter was even more grand, printed in a larger format than its predecessor; all copies of both editions were printed on vellum. ISTC currently lists 12 complete or largely complete copies and 18 other fragments. H 13480*; Boh(LB) 949; BMC I 19; BSB-Ink P-851; CIBN P-668; Bod-inc P-519;De Ricci, Mayence 55; Schäfer 279; ISTC ip01062000; Goff P-1062.
Fragment of a single leaf printed on vellum, imperial folio (353 x 100mm). Leaf 17 [2/7], type 2:286G, lombard versal initials printed in red, 23 lines, music notation on staves supplied in contemporary manuscript. Survived as a binding fragment (light wear and a few tiny holes at old folds).
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