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ST. AUSTIN.
189
ters of the first book commence at bottom of the reverse of the first
leaf; and, with those of the 2d and 3d books, occupy the two succeed-
ing leaves. On the recto of the 4th leaf, from the beginning- of the
volume, we have
SJncigit libtt ptimusU fccati augu£tini. SDe crcatorc ct
coatitutionc crcatura^. ct rcciuic aB omiti ojpc. ct t[uitx
mirafiilc ct pcccato ijotm ct attgciotf. Capittuiu. t.
having 26 lines beneath. A full page contains 30 lines.
The work ends on the reverse of the 54th, and last leaf, thus:
%ibtt Bcati auguotini aurciij ppponen cpiOcopi.
£De mitaMifm^ ^acrc ^cripturc. crpiicit fclicitcr.
The present work would seem to be somewhat scarce, as there was
no copy of it in the collections of La Valliere, Crevenna, or Pinelli;
and, as far as I can discover, it has escaped Panzer. The late Mr.
Mason, to whom this copy had belonged, refers to Maittaire, vol. iv.
and says that Denis had no knowledge of the impression. He thought
it ‘ to be of somewhere about the date of 147 V and combats Maittaire’s
supposition of the resemblance of the types to those of J. de West-
phalia of 1483. Lord Spencer has shewn his usual bibliographical
accuracy in the following memorandum, inserted with a pencil upon
the fly leaf. ‘ This book is printed in the eharacters used by Nicholas
Ketelaer and Gherard de Leempt at Utrecht, in the year 1473. The
* From the xith chapter of this book, I extract the following passage concerning the
miracle of Lot’s TVije being turned into a pillar of salt: having filled up the contracted
words.
De vxore loth in statuam salis mutata. Capit. xi.
[D] E peccatorum plaga loth dei seruus per angelos eruitur. sed illius vxore retro respiceret
iussa dum respueret in salis statuam solidatur vt cuius iussus immunis ex culpe consortio
mortem effugere non posset quamuis propter iusti contubernium eruta sit de incendio.
sed dum hec assumpsimus quod nil in dei creatura contra naturam sit sed insita natura
semper in omnibus gubernatur qualiter vxor loth cum in salis statuam vertitur contra
humani corporis in hac mutatione gubernatione salis nature in humane corpore esse
nullus ambigit qui lacrimarum salsitudinem comprobauit que a turbato felle vt medici
dicunt egredientes salis naturam quam in recondito nature sinu concipiunt de oculis
fluentes etiam saporis comprobatione ostendunt et non solum in lacrimis sed etiam in
flemute et tussi expressc sputo pectoris sapitur quod salis natura per humanum corpus in
seratur potens ergo rerum gubernator cum totum in partem vertere cupit quod in modica
parte latebat per totum infundit atq; hac ex causa cum vxorem loth in statuam salis
vertere voluit pars illa tenuissima salis que carnis inerat totum corpus infecit. &c.
ST. AUSTIN.
189
ters of the first book commence at bottom of the reverse of the first
leaf; and, with those of the 2d and 3d books, occupy the two succeed-
ing leaves. On the recto of the 4th leaf, from the beginning- of the
volume, we have
SJncigit libtt ptimusU fccati augu£tini. SDe crcatorc ct
coatitutionc crcatura^. ct rcciuic aB omiti ojpc. ct t[uitx
mirafiilc ct pcccato ijotm ct attgciotf. Capittuiu. t.
having 26 lines beneath. A full page contains 30 lines.
The work ends on the reverse of the 54th, and last leaf, thus:
%ibtt Bcati auguotini aurciij ppponen cpiOcopi.
£De mitaMifm^ ^acrc ^cripturc. crpiicit fclicitcr.
The present work would seem to be somewhat scarce, as there was
no copy of it in the collections of La Valliere, Crevenna, or Pinelli;
and, as far as I can discover, it has escaped Panzer. The late Mr.
Mason, to whom this copy had belonged, refers to Maittaire, vol. iv.
and says that Denis had no knowledge of the impression. He thought
it ‘ to be of somewhere about the date of 147 V and combats Maittaire’s
supposition of the resemblance of the types to those of J. de West-
phalia of 1483. Lord Spencer has shewn his usual bibliographical
accuracy in the following memorandum, inserted with a pencil upon
the fly leaf. ‘ This book is printed in the eharacters used by Nicholas
Ketelaer and Gherard de Leempt at Utrecht, in the year 1473. The
* From the xith chapter of this book, I extract the following passage concerning the
miracle of Lot’s TVije being turned into a pillar of salt: having filled up the contracted
words.
De vxore loth in statuam salis mutata. Capit. xi.
[D] E peccatorum plaga loth dei seruus per angelos eruitur. sed illius vxore retro respiceret
iussa dum respueret in salis statuam solidatur vt cuius iussus immunis ex culpe consortio
mortem effugere non posset quamuis propter iusti contubernium eruta sit de incendio.
sed dum hec assumpsimus quod nil in dei creatura contra naturam sit sed insita natura
semper in omnibus gubernatur qualiter vxor loth cum in salis statuam vertitur contra
humani corporis in hac mutatione gubernatione salis nature in humane corpore esse
nullus ambigit qui lacrimarum salsitudinem comprobauit que a turbato felle vt medici
dicunt egredientes salis naturam quam in recondito nature sinu concipiunt de oculis
fluentes etiam saporis comprobatione ostendunt et non solum in lacrimis sed etiam in
flemute et tussi expressc sputo pectoris sapitur quod salis natura per humanum corpus in
seratur potens ergo rerum gubernator cum totum in partem vertere cupit quod in modica
parte latebat per totum infundit atq; hac ex causa cum vxorem loth in statuam salis
vertere voluit pars illa tenuissima salis que carnis inerat totum corpus infecit. &c.