Title from incipit.

Imprint from colophon.

Colophon: Collegit ingenio Quadragesimale frater clarissimus ordinis sancti francisci magister Iohannes Gritsch de Basilea p[ro]fessor sacre theologie eximius multis ex sacre theosis codicib[us] nucleum quem in hoc volumine. Deniq[ue] quam vigili cura hoc vtile admodum quadragesimale impressum sit et quam celebriori digestione quam antea vn[quam] emendatum oculi quibus se obiecerit testabuntur Quod et procurante expendenteq[ue] Henrico quentel ciue oppidi Coloniensis salubri fine consummatu[m] e[st]. Anno Mcccclxxxj, xi Iulij. Laus deo.

Printed in one column; registrum in two columns; 39-40 lines; capital spaces.

According to Verfasserlexikon 2, Bd 3 col 291ff, the author is Conradus Gritsch (Sack(Freiburg))

The Quadragesimale section consists of fifty sermons for Lent and Holy Week. The Registrum contains sermon outlines and introductions for all Sundays and feast days of the ecclesiastical year). This work is meant to function as handbook for preachers and presents citations from the Bible, the Church Fathers, classical and more recent authors. The last section gives the titles of sermons to use during festival saints' days.

Burke Library copy: Inscription on first leaf: Monasterij B.M.V. quod est in diocaesis Halberstadensis in Huisseburgh.

Burke Library copy: Rubricated throughout, with large initials supplied in red.

Burke Library copy: Some marginal annotation throughout.

Burke Library copy: Binding: Blind-tooled leather over wooden boards; clasps and bosses removed; metal cornerpieces intact; manuscript waste on inside front cover; printed waste inside back cover.

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, G498

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 11547

Incunabula short title catalogue, ig00498000

Hain-Copinger 8068*

Voull(K) 511

Proctor 1246

BM 15th cent. I, p. 263 (IB.4390)

Gatch. Van Ess catalog B-35