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07061

Inscription by owner, Lucas Teintzer, Prior of the Benedictine abbey of Plankstetten in Bavaria, 1499

Title

Subject

Catholic Church - Sermons

Description

This is the first edition of a collection of eleven sermons composed by St. Bernardino of Siena in praise of the Virgin Mary. An immensely popular preacher and Franciscan missionary, St. Bernardino came to be regarded as the "Apostle of Italy." The book features a single woodcut by Michael Wolgemut (1434–1519).

Creator

Bernardino, da Siena, Saint, 1380–1444 and Creussner, Friedrich, fl. 1472–1499, printer.

Source

07061. St. Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444). Sermones de festivitatibus Virginis gloriosae. Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, 1493.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Fifteenth

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Sermons

Collection

Welcome Additions

Citation

Bernardino, da Siena, Saint, 1380–1444 and Creussner, Friedrich, fl. 1472–1499, printer. , “07061,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed October 13, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1659.