Pope Sylvester II; Gerbert; John of Saresbury; Stephen, Bishop of Tornai. Epistolae Gerberti Primo Remorvm, Dein Ravennatvm Archiepiscopi, Postea Romani Pontificis Silvestri Secvndi. Qvibvs Accessit Decretvm Electionis eius, anno Domini 998. Epistolae Ioannis Saresberiensis, Episcopi Carnotensis, ab anno 1154 vsque ad 1180. Epistolae Stephani, Primo Beati Evvrcii Avreliae ad Ligerim Praefecti, postea S. Genouefae Parisiis Abbatis, tandem Tornacensis Episcopi, Ab anno 1159. vsque ad 1196. Nvnc Primvm In Lvcem Editae E Bibliotheca Papirii Massoni, Foresii, in Senatu Parisiensi Aduocati. Avspiciis Antistitvm Et Cleri Galliae. Parisiis: Apud Franciscvm Salis, via D. Ioannis Lateranensis. M. DC. XI. Cum Priuilegio Regis., 1611. [11687]
Limp vellum in good condition, light soil, handwritten title to spine, remnants of white paper label beneath, lacks the tie closures, 22.8 x 17 cm (9 x 6 5/8 inches). Remnants of an Episcopal Library bookplate on the ffep; markings/notes in pencil on the free end papers; round library emboss stamp on the tp & one text leaf. The text has head and tail pieces. [i-xvi], 1-722, [2] pages; L2-M improperly numbered; p. 212 misnumbered as 112. Collated and complete: collation sent on request. The text is generally good or better, old stain on the first couple of leaves, neat pencil marginalia in many places; pp. 581-596 darkly toned.
Good. Hardcover.
English translation: “Letters of Gerbert, First Archbishop of Reims, Then Archbishop of Ravenna, Afterwards Pope Sylvester the Second. To whom the Decree of His Election was added, in the year of our Lord 998. Letters of John of Saresbury, Bishop of Carnot, from the year 1154 to 1180. Letters of Stephen, First Prefect of the Blessed Evrcius Aurelius at Ligerim, Afterwards Abbot of St. Genevieve of Paris, Finally Bishop of Tournai, From the year 1159 to 1196. Now First Published in Lucem From the Library of Papyri Massoni, Foresius, Advocate in the Senate of Paris. With the Aid of the Bishops and Clergy of Gaul.”
Spine title in ink: Variorum de Variis epistola. The text is in Latin.
