De civitate Dei

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[Augustinus]. [De civitate dei,] Books I-XXII, [a1]r-[C8]v; [Thomas Valois et Nicolaus Triveth]. [Prologue to commentary on De civitate dei], [D1]r-v; [Thomas Valois]. [Commentarium super libros Augustini De ciuitate Dei I.1-X,28], [D1]v-[K6]v; [Nicolaus Triveth]. [Commentarium super libros Augustini De ciuitate Dei X,29-XXII.30], [K6]v-[L4]r; [Nicolaus Triveth]. Tabula, [L4]r-[M5]v.

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Title and imprint from the Incunabula short title catalogue.
Printed in two columns, 47 lines (text) and 57 lines (commentary), in gothic type.
Commentary by Thomas Wallensis and Nicholas Trivet: leaves [253a-326a].
Signatures: [a-e¹⁰ f⁸ g-r¹⁰ s⁸ t-z¹⁰ A¹⁰ B-C⁸ D⁸⁺² E-K¹⁰ L⁸ M⁶] (M6 blank, wanting).
Princeton copy 1: Rubricated with red initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes; chapter headings and outlining of certain sections of text also supplied in red.
Princeton copy 1: Early manuscript notes with corrections or additions to the text, possibly carried out in Mentelin's workshop.

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Princeton copy 1: 16th century blind-stamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards (possibly executed in Buxheim); concentric rectangles decorated with rolls in a floral design; two metal clasps; manuscript fragments from a 12th century Missal with heightened neumes (Germany) used as pastedowns.

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