Commentaria in Bibliam by St. Jerome - ORIGINAL INCUNABULA LEAF PRINTED IN 1498

This is an original incunabula leaf from the second volume of "Commentaria in Bibliam" by St. Jerome.

Incunabula is the term used to describe any printed material within the first fifty years (1451-1501) after Johannes Gutenberg invented printing with moveable type.

It contains all of St. Jerome's biblical commentaries dating from the fourth and fifth centuries which were compiled and published in this work.

It was published in Venice on the 25th of August,1498 by Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis de Forlivio. The printer gave this exact date of publication in the colophon of the book. In early printed books a colophon contained all the necessary bibliographical information about the publication i.e. date, place, printer etc., much like a copyright page in books published today. This leaf is 420 years old.

The folio sized paper leaf measures 345mm x 220mm in totality and contains 60 lines of Roman and Gothic type printed single column in Latin.