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Folio: [5 (of 8)]-326 (of 330) ff., 38 ll., Gothic types (ff. [1], [2], [8], i, xliv, cccxxix, cccxxx missing, ff. [2], [8] replaced by a contemp. ms. copy, gutter of last ff. repaired with loss of text, first ff. and ff. xliii, xlv split, soiling and spotting, toned, rare ms. annot.).

Mod. half vellum, flat spine (covers sl. rubbed). S.w.a.f.

First edition of the Dutch translation (1st ed. in Latin: Cologne, 1474) of this famous universal chronicle from the creation of the world to the 1470s by the Carthusian monk and historian Rolewinck (1425-1502). This version contains textual additions relating to the history of the dioceses of Utrecht, Brabant, Holland and Zeeland. Text in Gothic type, illustrated with numerous timelines and woodcuts (chronological and geographical schematic figures, Tower of Babel, Noah's Ark, the Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, etc.).
The organisation of this text presents a peculiarity typical of the medieval concept of history. The monk thus takes the birth of Christ as his starting point and relates the events that took place since that date, on the one hand, by progressing to the end of the fifteenth century and, on the other hand, by going back to Genesis. This parallel established between the two Testaments is far from insignificant. Medieval theologians believed that the Old Testament announces the New, which in turn confirms the Old.
Ref. ISTC ir00278000. - GW M38760. - Bod-Inc R-128. - BMC IX:12. - BSB-Ink R-256. - Polain 3379. - Brussels exhib.1973, cat.76. - Adam, R. - Werner Rolevinck, in "Les seigneurs du livre". Brussels, KBR, 2008, pp. 49-50.