Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Oth.]: Bibliotheca Spenceriana: or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Earl Spencer (Band 1) (London, 1814) [Cicognara, 4650-1]

Toledo ; 1502.]

BREVIARIES.

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copy of this Breviary : namely, that the reverse of the eolophon was
blank, and no table succeeded. In other respects his description is
not quite so minute as is the present. This copy was also out of the
Colbert collection, and is equally distinguished with the preceding one
for its beauty and magnificence. Having entered into such a length
of description in tlie previous article, (the whole of the authorities of
which relate also to the present one) it only remains to subjoin the
opinion of Franciscus Antonius Lorenzana, the editor of the reim-
pression of 1775, respecting the purity of the respective texts:

Licet non idem modus, ordo, et latini sermonis facundia in omnibus
precibus appareat; in Gothicis tamen exemplaribus ingenuus sermo
resplendet, non arte politus, sed vetustatem redolens, ob idque Gram-
matices regulis non tam arcte adstrictus, ut in uno vel altero loco
hujus nostrae editionis videre licet: cseterum propter CC. venerabilem
canitiem ea illsesa relinquimus; et oblevamen legentium, maximb
recitantium, unamquamque dictionum suo proprio accentu insignivi-
mus: in Misali autem, et Breviaro Romano cuncta recte satis dis-
posita, perpolita, a pluribus mendis purgata, et vigiliis clarissimorum
Cardinalium Baronii Bellarmini, et aliorum in melius redacta.’ &c.
Edit. 1775, fol. p. iii. iv.

The reader may be pleased to consult a brief notice of the reim-
pressions of the Mozarabic Missal and Breviary at p. 214 of my
Bibliomania.