Goff A-877
Antoninus Florentinus, Summa theologica
  Strassburg: Johann Gruninger, 1490
  f°  Leaf: 307 x 215mm
  Ref: HC(+add) 1248*; BMC I 106; GW 2191; BSB-Ink A-600
  

Union Theological
Seminary Library
 
Provenance

Binding
Contemporary, German
City or Locale: Strassburg
Workshop: "Granatapfelornament"
                    EBDB w002810
                    w002163, w002959

 

Stamps
EBDB:
  Granatapfel s021283 = s023800
   Rautengerank s021284 = s023801
   
   Schrift r001469
  

 

 

 

 

Other details
  Covering: calf
  Endbands: beaded, blue and white
  Boards: nk
  Supports: nk
  Edges:
  Binding waste: none
  Text finish: rubricated red & blue
                      
 
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Notes:The surviving original catches on the upper cover of this binding are strong evidence for a Strassburg identification, since this type of catch can be found on many other bindings located to Strassburg. The stamps in the centermost panel of the upper cover are those shown in EBDB for a Strassburg workshop (w002810). The prominent Ihesus/Maria schrift roll is not illustrated in EBDB for this workshop, but is shown for another(?) shop (w002959). For this latter workshop a name is even given, "Ihesus-Maria-Rolle". The roll is illustrated in the rubbings made by Paul Needham for the Donaueschingen sale catalogue (Incunabula from the Court Library at Donaueschingen, Sotheby's London, 1994: rubbings p. 308, for Lot 54). The Donauschingen incunable is also a Strassburg printing by Grüninger.
It appears that EBDB has three different workshops using the stamps and rolls that appear on the above binding. All the attributions to workshop w002163 are from copies at Wolfenbüttel HAB, with no localization for the bindings given. It seems likely these are Strassburg bindings, and the three EBDB workshops (w002810, w002163, and w002959) are all the same bindery.
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