[Biblia latina : cum postilis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Mattiae Doering].

Title and imprint details from ISTC.

"Prolog[us] prim[us] Venerabil[is] fratris Nicolai de lyra"--Leaf [2]r, part1. "Explicit oratio regis manasses"--Leaf [468]r, part 1, col. 2, (end commentary).

"Incipit [pro]logus in libru[m] Esdre"--Leaf [1]r, part 2. "Explicit liber ecclesiasticus"--Leaf [370]r, part 2, (end, text).

"Incipit prologus in Esaiam [pro]phetam"--Leaf [1]r, part 3. "Explicit s[e]c[un]d[u]s liber machabeorum"--Leaf [348]r, part 3 (end, text) .

"Incpit postilla su[per] Matheu[m]"--Leaf [2]r, part 4. [Colophon] "Exactum est Nuremberge insignie hoc : ac inusitatu[m] opus biblie vnacu[m] postillis vener[n]di viri ordinis minoru[m] fratris Nicolai de lyra : cu[m]q[ue] additionibus per venerabile[m] episcopum Paulum burgensem editis : ac replicis magistri Mathie dorinck eiusdem ordinis minor[u]n fratris [et] theoligi optimi : charactere [ver]o impressu[m] habes iucundissimo : impensisq[ue] Anthonij kobergers prefate ciuitatis incola[m] : Anno incarnate deitatis. M. cccclxxxv. Sabbato post Ioha[n]nis ante porta[m] latina[m] : [et] i[n] hu[n]c fine[m] vsq[ue] [per]ductum. De quo honor inuictissime trinitati necno[n] intemerate virgini Marie ih[es]u [christ]i gerule : Amen"--Leaf [378]r, part 4.

"Incipit libellus editus [per] mag[ist]r[u]m Nicolau[m] de lyra ordinis mino[rum] theologie [pro]fessore[m] : in q[uo] sunt pulcherrime q[uaesti]ones iudaica[m] [per]fidia[m] i[n] catholica fide improba[n]tes"--Leaf [379]r, part 4. "Et sic est finis. Laus deo"--Leaf [384]r, part 4 (end).

Part 1: 468 unnumbered leaves, the first leaf blank.

Printed in gothic type in double columns, with text surrounded by commentary.

236 (249) x 153 mm ; 73 lines of commentary and head-line. A column of 56 lines of text measures 234 mm. ; initial spaces with guide letters in the commentary, occupying 2, 3, 4 and 5 lines; gothic 165 (head-lines, names and numbers of books); gothic 92 (83) (text). gothic 64a (commentary).

Text on paper watermarked with bull's head.

ISTC (RLIN), ib00613000

BM 15th cent., II, p. 427 (IB.7323, variant)

GW, 4288

Goff, B-613

Hain, 3166

Proctor, 2041

Oates, 1004

First leaf of text with illuminated initial Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2007 Alexander Turnbull Library copy

The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy has part 1 only, with leaves unnumbered and unsigned. Binding: purple morocco over pasteboard which includes printer's waste; strip of early 15th century vellum ms showing next to lower pastedown, with remains of 37 lines of writing (Latin), black ink, on one side only; cursive bastarda, 15th century; spine with 4 double cord supports; plaited endbands.

The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Provenance: rubricated throughout with initials and paragraph marks in red; initials in red and blue at beginning of each book; illuminated initial in gold and colours on first leaf of text. Contemporary inscriptions in brown ink on recto of first blank leaf which includes the name Ludovicus Crimauldus, and on verso of final leaf of text; an inscription has been erased from tail margin of first leaf of text with some damage to the paper; ms inscription, mostly obscurred, beneath front pastedown. Deposited in the ATL on permanent loan by the Bible Society in New Zealand, 1978. Water stains prominent in places; some browning; tear in head margin extending into text on final leaf. Acc. 343541.

Digital image available: first leaf of text with illuminated initial, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.