HAYMO, bishop of Halberstadt.

In Omneis D. Pauli. Epl'as Enarratio.Cologne, Heron Alopecius (Fuchs), 1539. 8vo. Title-page with 8 woodcut illustrations of biblical figures. Further with 26 woodcut initials. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, clasps lacking.

(8), 312 ll. Adams H-117 (1 copy); OCLC WorldCat. (2 copies); not in BMC STC German.Rare first edition of a ninth-century commentary on the Pauline Epistles by Haymo, bishop of Halbertstadt († 853), published in Cologne. In fourteen chapters (one for each epistle) plus a prologue and a 14-page index. The title is framed by eight woodcut illustrations showing Jesus (above), St Paul (bellow), the apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (in the corners), and King David and perhaps St Peter (on the sides). Haymo of Halberstadt was educated by Alcuin at the Benedictine monastery at Tours. His numerous commentaries on both the Old and the New Testament remained popular and several were printed during the sixteenth century.The binding is tooled in a panel design using a rosette and two rolls, one showing allegorical female figures (JUSTIC[IA], LUCRICI[A], PRUDEN[TIA], SVPERB[IA]) and the other showing foliage with a cherub head and two profile heads. With an 1883 bookplate stating the book was bequeathed to the Bishopric of Cornwall by reverend Franke Parker, and an earlier owner's inscription on the title-page. A very good copy, with some water stains in the first 4 leaves and 3 marginal tears or chips. The binding is slightly rubbed and lacks its fastenings, but is still good. Rare sixteenth-century first edition of a ninth-century work.

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