44 - INCUNABULUM. — A set of 8 leaves on vellum, fragments of German incunabula printed by Schöeffer or Zainer.

INCUNABULUM. — A set of 8 leaves on vellum, fragments of German incunabula printed by Schöeffer or Zainer. — A folio double-leaf on vellum from the first edition of Emperor Justinian’s *Institutiones* (Mainz, Peter Schöeffer, May 24, 1468). (GW, 7580.) Folios 3 and 6 of the edition, text in two columns with a gloss in a border, rubricated initials in red and blue ink. A small cut at the bottom of the first folio, with no loss of text. Some soiling and crease marks. — One folio leaf on vellum from the Decretalium of Pope Boniface VIII (Mainz, Peter Schöeffer, April 17, 1470). (GW, 4850.) Folio 33 of the edition, text in two columns with a gloss in a border, rubricated initials in red and blue ink. Stains, small tear in the middle that has been reattached. — A folio double-leaf on vellum from the Constitutiones of Pope Clement V (Mainz, Peter Schöeffer, August 13, 1471). (GW, 7080.) Initials rubricated in red and blue ink. Creased, with significant soiling and water stains; the first leaf is cut in half with loss of text. Large old handwritten inscription on the second leaf. — A two-leaf quarto on vellum from Valerius Maximus’s *Facta et dicta memorabilia* (Mainz, Peter Schöeffer, June 14, 1471). (GW, M49160.) Text in 30 long lines, ruled, initials rubricated in red and blue ink. Handwritten annotations from the period. Stains. — A folio leaf on vellum from the German edition of the *Legenda aurea sanctorum* by Jacobus de Voragine (Augsburg, Günther Zainer, 1471–1472). (GW, M11402; Schramm, vol. II, no. 62.) Text in two columns, rubricated initials in red ink, with a later colored woodcut depicting the Massacre of the Innocents.