Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Vincent, of Beauvais, -1264
Title:
Incipit prologus Fratris Vincēncij [sic] de burgundia ordinis predicatorum in libru[m] qui dicitur Speculum hystoriale.
Alternate Title(s):
Speculum hystoriale
Published / Created:
[Augsburg] : [Printed at the Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra], M.cccc.lxxiiij. [1474]
Physical Description:
3 volumes ([676], [662], [744] pages) ; 40-42 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN ZZi 1639: Pars 1, ff. 10-11, 214b, 338b, pars 2, f. 331b pars 3, f. 372 (pasted to back cover) blank. Pars 1, f. 21, 30, 225, 234, pars 3, f. 303, 312, 328b are in manuscript. The text of vol. 1 f. 233b (Bk. VII, parts of chapter 66-67) has been repeated, due to the printer's error, on f. 154b. The correct text of f. 154b (Bk. V, end of ch. 38 through beg. of ch. 40) has been supplied in negative photostat from the copy in the Boston public library.
Subject Terms:
World history -- Early works to 1800. | History, Ancient -- Early works to 1800. | Middle Ages -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881- -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula. | Fragments (object portions) | Hand coloring. | Manuscript waste (Binding)
Contributors:
St. Ulrich und Afra (Benedictine abbey : Augsburg, Germany), printer.