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Book/Printed Material Speculum Christiani.

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About this Item

Title

  • Speculum Christiani.

Names

  • Watton, John, active approximately 1360-1370, attributed name.
  • Caducanus Bangoriensis, -1241, attributed name.
  • Machlinia, William de, active 1481-1486, printer.
  • Frankenberg, Henry, bookseller.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, William de Machlinia for Henry Frankenberg [ca. 1486]

Headings

  • -  Christian life--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1486

Notes

  • -  In Latin, with English verse and prose interspersed.
  • -  Ascribed to John Watton or (by Leland) to Cadwgan, Bp. of Bangor.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 569
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, W-9
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 14914
  • -  Duff, E.G. Fifteenth century English books, 415
  • -  LC copy: old brown leather, clasps, boss with arms of the Bishop of Bangor on upper cover and one inscribed "Caldicanus, Monk of Dure" (i.e. Cadwgan, Bp. of Bangor) on lower cover. Provenance: Henricus Darby, canon of the monastery of Thurgarton (16th cent. inscription).

Medium

  • [118] leaves (the first and last blank, wanting). 22 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. X .S7

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48031320

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Watton, John, Active Approximately , Attributed Name, -1241 Caducanus Bangoriensis, William De Machlinia, Henry Frankenberg, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Speculum Christiani. [London, William de Machlinia for Henry Frankenberg, 1486] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48031320/.

APA citation style:

Watton, J., Caducanus Bangoriensis, -., Machlinia, W. D., Frankenberg, H. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1486) Speculum Christiani. [London, William de Machlinia for Henry Frankenberg] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48031320/.

MLA citation style:

Watton, John, Active Approximately , Attributed Name, et al. Speculum Christiani. [London, William de Machlinia for Henry Frankenberg, 1486] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/48031320/>.