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Breviarium Pataviense [COMMISSIONED BY CHRISTOPH SCHACHNER, BISHOP OF PASSAU]. AUGSBURG: ERHARD RATDOLT 27 NOVEMBER 1490 Median folio (332 x 222mm.), Kalendarium: 9 leaves (of 10, without initial blank), Officium S. Stephani; Officium BMV in sabbato: 6 leaves; Psalterium: 38 leaves, a-d8 e6; Proprium de tempore et de sanctis, pars hiemalis: 150 leaves, f-z8 [et]6; Proprium de tempore, pars aestivalis, Proprium de sanctis, pars aestivalis: 158 leaves, aa-tt8 vv6; Commune sanctorum, 15 leaves (of 16, without final blank), A-B8, double column, 45 lines, gothic type, printed in red and black throughout, 1- to 3-line lombard initials, 6- to 9-line woodcut initials, large woodcut armorial printed in colours (with blue added by hand) of the diocese of Passau, bishops Schachner and Oettingen on verso of first leaf, woodcut illustration, large woodcut device on final recto printed in red and black, early annotations in different hands (including headlines and additions to the calendar dated 1522-1541), sixteenth-century German blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, two later clasps, modern cloth folding box, first and last leaves laid down, wormed (with some repairs), a few leaves with some staining, printed foliation slightly shaved on a few leaves, gg3 torn and repaired without loss, spine repaired at head and foot, binding wormed, lacking metal corner-pieces