Notes_Queries
Amber Billey asked for help with this monstrously difficult title page. Yikes! Maybe we can help. I'll start.
- This is black letter, which means that every capital that looks like 'J' and 'U' is really 'I' and 'V' (dcrmb G4.1)
- "Iesus" and "Maria" would normally be considered separate words. Try searching with a space between the two words (dcrmb 0G4.2)
- The "Iesus Maria" may not be part of a title at all, but an invocation of sorts. What does look familiar in all this is a normal Latin title beginning with the genitive of the author's name: Pub Ouidii Nasonis preclarum opus ... '
- The imprint is clear, which may be a help in identifying the title and/or pointing to more sources of information: Venundantur Lugduni a Stephano Gueynard ...[Sold in Lyons by Stephanus Gueynard]
- It's been verified: The "Iesusmaria" is a pious invocation. Even though it comes first in the list of things to be silently omitted, I'd never seen one until now.