Main entry:

Mirabilia Romae.

Title & Author:

Mirabilia Rome vrbis.

Publication:

[Rome] : [Eucharius Silber], [approximately 1495]

Description:

[16] pages : 1 illustration (woodcut) ; 14 cm (8vo)

Notes:
Woodcut t.p. with border containing at bottom initials I.H.I.S.
Leaf 1 (v): Mirabilia Rome vrbis. [M]Urus vrbis habet trecẽtas sexagin-ta et vnã turres. Propugnacula sex milia & nonaginta. & .xxii miliara porticularia. Incircuitu vero sunt.xxii.exceptis transtiberim & ciuitate leonina: & porticu Sancti Petri:vbi sunt.xx.miliaria. In 7 lines. 24 line pages follow to p. [16] with 17 lines ending: & est ecclesia fratrum minorum, and "Finis", 18th line.
Roman type; space for initial M, opening paragraph. Without catchwords, foliation or signature marks.
Ill.: woodcut on t.p. depicting kneeling Rhea Silvia with city in background and, below, the wolf with Romulus and Remus, all within a white on black border of Roman symbols and floral ornament. For reproductions of similar cuts, cf. Sander, fig. 779-780. The initials I.H.I.S. (or possibly H.I. and I.S.) appear centered on a scroll in the lower portion of the border. The initials have been interpreted as those of H.I., an unknown artist, and I.S. (Jacob von Strassburg), woodcutter, by Nagler (Monogrammisten, III, no. 1127), but Jacob, mentioned in the Strassburg archives and known to have worked in Venice, is not known to have worked in Rome.
"Two distinct guidebooks for pilgrims are known under this name: 1. The Mirabilia Romae proper ... a short description of Roman antiquities [this work]. 2. A text variously designated as Indulgentiae ecclesiarum urbis Romae, Historia et descriptio urbis Romae, Memorabilia urbis Romae, containing an outline of the history of Rome ... an account of its churches with their indulgences, relics ... stations. These two guidebooks were sometimes published together. The Mirabilia Romae proper is entered under this name in L.C. catalogs; the other ... under: Indulgentiae ecclesiarum urbis Romae"--N.U.C. pre-56.
Leaf 1 (v): Mirabilia Rome vrbis. [M]Urus vrbis habet trecẽtas sexagin-ta et vnã turres. Propugnacula sex milia & nonaginta.&.xxii miliara porticularia. Incircuitu vero sunt.xxii.exceptis transtiberim & ciuitate leonina:& porticu Sancti Petri:vbi sunt.xx.miliaria. In 7 lines. 24 line pages follow to p. [16] with 17 lines ending: & est ecclesia fratrum minorum, and "Finis", 18th line.
Ill.: woodcut on t.p. depicting kneeling Rhea Silvia with city in background and, below, the wolf with Romulus and Remus, all within a white on black border of Roman symbols and floral ornament. For reproductions of similar cuts, cf. Sander, fig. 779-780. The initials I.H.I.S. (or possibly H. I. and I. S.) appear centered on a scroll in the lower portion of the border. The initials have been interpreted as those of H.I., an unknown artist, and I.S. (Jacob von Strassburg), woodcutter, by Nagler (Monogrammisten, III, no. 1127), but Jacob, mentioned in the Strassburg archives and known to have worked in Venice, is not known to have worked in Rome.
Sander 4603
IGI 6492
Hain 11180
Library copy: binding: modern red morocco with arms of Prince d'Essling stamped in gilt on upper and lower covers; inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed: M. Lortic.

Subject:

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages Italy Rome.
Incunabula Italy Rome.
Incunables Italie Rome.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Incunabula.
Rome (Italy) Guidebooks Early works to 1800.
Italy Rome.

Form/genre:

Incunabula.
Early works.
Guidebooks.

Added entries:

Silber, Eucharius, active 1480-1510.
I. H. I. S.
Jacob, von Strassburg, active 1494-1530.
Silber, Eucharius, fl. 1480-1510
I.H.I.S.
Jacob, von Strassburg, fl. 1494-1530
Provenance. Essling, Victor Masséna, prince d', 1836-1910. Binding
Lortic.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage plus 58205
Call No.: ID:90-B6541
Status: Available