06486

Title

Subject

Description

First printed edition of Nicolaus de Lyra's commentary on the Bible. This edition includes fruits, birds, and insects in the manner of the Venetian painter Carlo Crivelli (c. 1430–c. 1495).

Creator

Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270–1349, Sweynheim, Konrad, –1477, printer, and Pannartz, Arnold, –approximately 1478, printer.

Source

06486. NICOLAUS DE LYRA (c. 1270–1349). Postilla super totam Bibliam. Edited by Joannes Andrea de Bussi, Bishop of Aleria (1417–1475). Vol. 5. Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, 13 March 1472.

Relation

Italy

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Royal folio

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270–1349, Sweynheim, Konrad, –1477, printer, and Pannartz, Arnold, –approximately 1478, printer. , “06486,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed May 19, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1314.