Bible Question:
Thank you very much this moves me forward on,my quest. I am not sure if this is it.The last page of my book has Excudebat Theobaldus Paganus Lugduni. Had I been a better latin student I would not be struggling now would I ;-) |
Bible Answer: Excudebat Theobaldus Paganus Lugduni [Lvgdvni] By what I can find, he is the "colophon". Definition: Colophon 1. a publisher's or printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works. 2. an inscription at the end of a book or manuscript, used esp. in the 15th and 16th centuries, giving its title, author, date, etc. Following quote is from the University of Calgary Library http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/SpecColl/pre1600texts.htm Quote: 1540 Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547 Petri Bembi Epistolarvm Leonis decimi Pont. Max. nomine scriptarum Libri XVI. Placuit praeterea eiusdem autoris epistolas aliquot sanequàm doctas adnectere. Videlicet Ad Longolium III. Ad Budaeum II. Ad Erasmum I. Excudebat Lugduni (Lyon): Iacobvs Givnta, M. D. XL. (1540) 462, [2], p. 15.8 cm. (8vo) a-z8, A-F8 (F8 blank) Colophon: Lvgdvni, Excudebat Theobaldus Paganus Printer's device of Jacobus Giunta on title page and variant on verso of p. 271; initials Pages 55, 104, 228, 449, 453, 456, 457, 460, 461 incorrectly numbered as 59, 401, 218, 450, 429, 455, 456, 420, 427; pages 58, 115, 165, 185, 195, 225, 275, 355 and 385, number 5 printed upside down Italic type Initials; some historiated Printed marginal notes Bound in limp vellum; remains of ties Manuscript notes on inside of front and back cover Bound with Petri Bembi Opuscula aliquot, 1532 Baudrier, sér. VI, p. 190 Unidentified name on inside of front cover; date 1598; unidentified notes on inside of back cover Catholic Church. Pope (1513-1521: Leo X) Giunta, Jacques, 1486-1546; printer Payen, Thibauld, 16th century; printer(?) Unquote: (brackets are mine) The above is appearently a literary piece they have in their library but it shows the same markings that you describe. Sounds to me you may have a real treasure and some collector may very well be interested. Latin is not my forté either! eklektos |
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