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  • NICOLAS DE LYRE

Moralia super totam Bibliam

[INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible]

Paul Butzbach|Mantoue [Mantua] 29 avril 1481|19 x 27 cm|relié

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Paul Butzbach, Mantoue 29 April 1481, 190 x 270 mm (7 1/2 x 10 5/8 ”), [280] ff [sig a10, b6,c4,d-z8, A-J8, K6, L12], stiff vellum

 

First Italian edition of the Franciscan Nicholas of Lyra’s (1270-1349) famous moral commentary, the third edition of this work. The first was published in Cologne in 1478. The text, in Latin, used for this edition is the one revised by Ludovico della Torre (? – 1365) who added the alphabetical index at the end, preceded by his Epistola pro operis emendatione et pro ipsius Tabula miro artificio ordinata, dated December 1480 and addressed to Francesco Raimondo of the San Apollonio monastery near Brescia.
Manuscript reference to a former owner, Don Octavius Feragnus Casalmaiorensis, dated 4 February 1598 at Cremona and noting the price of the book (“2 lira 5 solidi”) as well as that of the binding (“1 lira 10 solidi”).
A very handsome printing by Paul Butzbach, based in Mantua, in Gothic Lettre Bastarde in 54 lines divided into two columns. The large illuminated initial at the beginning of the prologue takes up the entire height of the page and a whole column, with delicate flower motifs. Typical of the Northern Italian school, this initial is very fine: the artist has given it depth by heightening it with little light and dark touches, applied with a brush no more than two or three hairs thick. The gilt ground of the initial, the use of the color purple and the stark color palette all come directly from the Byzantine tradition of illumination, which would last in Italy more than in the rest of Europe. The other initials are alternately rubricated in red or blue.
Stiff vellum with small flaps, reusing a page of a dedicatory epistle written in red, with a triple blue and red frame, vellum pastedowns from a 15th century gradual setting to music a text from Matthew’s Gospel, staves in red, words and notes in black, two historiated initials with vegetal motifs in blue, red and gold and heightened with white, three smaller initials in red and blue. Lower edge with the note “Nicol. de Lyr. S. tot. Biblim”.
Two wormtracks not touching text, one repaired in first leaves.
The last work printed by the German Paul Butzbach (circa 1447-1495) who started his career in his native province of Mainz, before emigrating to Italy and Verona, where he specialized in grammatical works. For reasons unknown, he moved to Mantua, where he established a press in which he printed 18 works in very different fields (theology, philosophy, exegesis and law). He then diversified his activities by beginning to deal in books: notarized documents from the period describe him both as a printer but also as merchator librorum; he even got together with a Venetian colleague to develop a distribution network. On the back of his success, he joined the court of Frederic II of Mantua, whose aesthetic traditions he took on.
A very good incunable with delicate illuminations, witness of a transitional period between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, between stylization and a form of representation closer to reality.

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Très belle impression de Paul Butzbach, imprimeur à Mantoue, en gothique bâtarde sur 54 lignes réparties en deux colonnes. La grande lettrine enluminée, en tête du prologue, se déploie sur toute la hauteur de la page et sur une colonne de largeur en des motifs floraux délicats. Caractéristique de la tradition de l’Italie du Nord, cette lettrine est d’une grande finesse : l’artiste lui a donné de l’épaisseur en la rehaussant de petites touches claires ou plus foncées, appliquées à l’aide de pinceaux à deux ou trois poils. Le fond doré de la lettrine, l’utilisation de la couleur pourpre et la palette de couleurs franches sont des spécificités directement issues de la tradition de l’enluminure byzantine qui perdura en Italie davantage que dans le reste de l’Europe. Les autres lettrines sont alternativement rubriquées en bleu ou rouge.
Reliure en vélin rigide à petits rabats, réemployant une page d’épître dédicatoire calligraphiée en rouge, ornée d’un triple encadrement bleu et rouge, contreplats doublés du vélin d’un graduel du 15e siècle mettant en musique un texte provenant de l’évangile de Matthieu, portées en rouge, paroles et neumes en noir, deux lettrines ornées de motifs végétaux en bleu, rouge, or et rehaussées de blanc, trois plus petites lettrines en rouge et bleu. Sur la tranche inférieure, il a été peint « Nicol. de Lyr. S. tot. Biblim ».
Deux galeries de vers ne portant pas atteinte au texte, l’une d’elle a été restaurée aux premiers feuillets.
Dernier ouvrage imprimé par l’Allemand Paul Butzbach (ca 1447-1495) qui a débuté sa carrière dans sa région natale de Mayence avant d’émigrer en Italie à Vérone où il se spécialisa en ouvrages de grammaire. Pour des raisons inconnues, il déménagea à Mantoue où il ouvrit une presse sur laquelle il imprima 18 ouvrages de domaines très différents (théologie, philosophie, exégèse et droit). Il diversifia alors ses activités en s’engageant dans le commerce de livres : des actes notariés de l’époque le décrivent en tant qu’imprimeur mais également merchator librorum, il s’associa même à un confrère vénitien pour développer son réseau de distribution. Fort de son succès, il s’introduisit à la cour de Frédéric II de Mantoue dont il sut s’approprier les traditions esthétiques.
Bel incunable délicatement enluminé, témoignage d’une période charnière entre Moyen âge et Renaissance, entre stylisation de la forme et représentation plus proche de la réalité.

Bibliographical description of this copy

  • author:
    Nicolas de Lyre
  • Publisher:
    Paul Butzbach
  • Place of publication:
    Mantoue [Mantua]
  • Year:
    29 avril 1481
  • Dimensions:
    19 x 27 cm
  • Collation:
    [280] ff. [sig. a10, b6,c4,d-z8, A-J8, K6, L12]
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NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
NICOLAS DE LYRE • [INCUNABULA] [Moral Commentaries on the Entire Bible] • Moralia super totam Bibliam • 1481
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