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104 THEOLOGY. [Frohen,,
copy, although somewhat soiled, is in a sound state, and elegantly
bound in blue moroceo.
42. Novum Testamentum Erasmi. Gr. et
Lat. Printed hy Frohen. JBcisil. 1516. Folio.
The entire title is as follows: ‘ Novum Instnunentu omne, dili-
genter ab Erasmo Roterodamo recognitum et emendatum, no solum
ad grsecam ueritatem, ueriun etiam ad multorum vtriusq; linguse
codicum, eorumq; ueterum simul et emendatorum fidem, postremo
ad probatissimorum autorum citationem, emendationem et interpreta-
tionem, praecipue, Origenis, Chrysostomi, Cyrilli, Vulgarij, Hieronymi,
Cypriani, Ambrosij, Hilarij, Augustini, una cu Annotationibus, quae
lectorem doceant, quid qua ratione mutatum sit. Quisquis igitur amas
ueram Theologiam, lege, cognosce, ac deinde iudica. Neq; statim of-
fendere, si quid mutatum offenderis, sed expende, num in melius mu-
tatum sit. Apud inclytam Germaniae Basitiaeam.' With Froben’s
smallest device beneath, and a privilege from the Emperor Maximilian
for four years exclusive sale.
An address from Froben to the reader, dated March 1516, ison the
reverse; in which the printer observes, that he is * as anxious for a
good reputation as for money; tliat he has spared neither labour nor
divided into two compartments: at top, as in the first cut, certain people are complain-
ing before Death, who is seated upon a throne: at bottom, we perceive a convent on
the left hand, at the door of which are ten monks—to the right is a garden, having in it
a tree charged with fruit, a woman crowning an infant, and another woman conversing
with a youngman. Between the convent and the garden is a block, upon which various
characters are engraved, and which may be meant to signify the arts and sciences, as not
to be protected from the attacks of death: this being the subject of the chapter which
precedes it.
The Jifth cut is in part represented by the opposite fac-simile. Above the figures
there seen, sits the Almighty upon athrone, with an attendantangel on eachside. He is
putting the fore finger of his left hand into the centre of his right; and upon each of the
hands is an eye, denoting, I presume, the omniscience of the Deity. His countenance
is expressive of thought; and frorn the whole manner it would appear that he was
summing up the justice or injustice of the relative claims of the parties before him. The
cut is surrounded with a bold line border, which, in the fac-simile, is almost wholly
omitted, in order that the effect of a part of this cut might not be spoilt. I may add that
it is coloured, as are all the cuts in the above German and Latin Biblia Pauperum, in the
rude ancient manner of the times : and that 9 lines and a half of text are printed upon thc
recto of the same leaf.
copy, although somewhat soiled, is in a sound state, and elegantly
bound in blue moroceo.
42. Novum Testamentum Erasmi. Gr. et
Lat. Printed hy Frohen. JBcisil. 1516. Folio.
The entire title is as follows: ‘ Novum Instnunentu omne, dili-
genter ab Erasmo Roterodamo recognitum et emendatum, no solum
ad grsecam ueritatem, ueriun etiam ad multorum vtriusq; linguse
codicum, eorumq; ueterum simul et emendatorum fidem, postremo
ad probatissimorum autorum citationem, emendationem et interpreta-
tionem, praecipue, Origenis, Chrysostomi, Cyrilli, Vulgarij, Hieronymi,
Cypriani, Ambrosij, Hilarij, Augustini, una cu Annotationibus, quae
lectorem doceant, quid qua ratione mutatum sit. Quisquis igitur amas
ueram Theologiam, lege, cognosce, ac deinde iudica. Neq; statim of-
fendere, si quid mutatum offenderis, sed expende, num in melius mu-
tatum sit. Apud inclytam Germaniae Basitiaeam.' With Froben’s
smallest device beneath, and a privilege from the Emperor Maximilian
for four years exclusive sale.
An address from Froben to the reader, dated March 1516, ison the
reverse; in which the printer observes, that he is * as anxious for a
good reputation as for money; tliat he has spared neither labour nor
divided into two compartments: at top, as in the first cut, certain people are complain-
ing before Death, who is seated upon a throne: at bottom, we perceive a convent on
the left hand, at the door of which are ten monks—to the right is a garden, having in it
a tree charged with fruit, a woman crowning an infant, and another woman conversing
with a youngman. Between the convent and the garden is a block, upon which various
characters are engraved, and which may be meant to signify the arts and sciences, as not
to be protected from the attacks of death: this being the subject of the chapter which
precedes it.
The Jifth cut is in part represented by the opposite fac-simile. Above the figures
there seen, sits the Almighty upon athrone, with an attendantangel on eachside. He is
putting the fore finger of his left hand into the centre of his right; and upon each of the
hands is an eye, denoting, I presume, the omniscience of the Deity. His countenance
is expressive of thought; and frorn the whole manner it would appear that he was
summing up the justice or injustice of the relative claims of the parties before him. The
cut is surrounded with a bold line border, which, in the fac-simile, is almost wholly
omitted, in order that the effect of a part of this cut might not be spoilt. I may add that
it is coloured, as are all the cuts in the above German and Latin Biblia Pauperum, in the
rude ancient manner of the times : and that 9 lines and a half of text are printed upon thc
recto of the same leaf.