| Record ID | cp010403 |
| Voet reference number | 1663 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Author | Arnoldus MERMANNIUS (MERMANS) |
| Title page transcription | THEATRVM ‖ CONVERSIONIS ‖ GENTIVM TOTIVS ORBIS; ‖ SIVE, ‖ CHRONOLOGIA ‖ DE VOCATIONE OMNIVM ‖ populorum, & propagatæ per vniuersum or- ‖ bē fidei, Christianæ’que religionis descriptio: ‖ Auctore F. Arnoldo Mermannio Alostano. ‖ MATTH. XXVIII. ‖ Data est mihi omnis potestas in cælo, & ‖ in terra: euntes ergo ‖ docete omnes gentes. ‖ MARC. XVI. ‖ Illi autem profecti, prædicauerunt vbique, Domino cooperante ‖ & sermone confirmante sequentibus signis. ‖ ⊕ 18 ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ ANNO M.D. LXXII. |
| Collation | 8⁰ [123]: A-N⁸; pages 1-192, [193-208] (Errors: 167 for 157) |
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| Pages | [1]: Title[2]: Ad lectorem3-12: Illustrissimo domino principi, D. Fulgentio de Bragança, sereniss. regis Hispaniarum D. Philippi cognomento proprio catholici, affini proximo…(Antwerp, 23 July 1572, signed by Frater Arnoldus Mermannius Alostanus; italic type)13-164: Text (parts in italic type, words in Go, marginals in roman type)165-192: Appendix (parts in italic type, words in greek type, marginals in roman type)[193]: Ad lectorem ecclesiae catholicae triumphantis candidatum (italic type, marginal in roman type)[194-200]: Index (on two columns; marginal lines)[201-207]: Altera lucana παραινεσις de fastis triumphalibus Evangelii (parts in italic type, marginals in roman type)[207]: approbation (s. Sebastianus Baer Delphius, Antwerp); Errata[208]: Privilege (to A. Mermannius: Brussels, 18 July 1572, s. I. De la Torre) |
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| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 138Bollandist LibraryCambridgeUniversity and City Library, Cologne - Cologne (Germany, BRD)Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibliothek, Cologne - Cologne (Germany, BRD)Jesuit Convent, Egenhoven - Egenhoven (The Netherlands)Ghent University LibraryBritish Library LondonBibliothèque nationale de FranceInstitute for Franciscan Studies, St Truiden (St. Trond)Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla - Sevilla (Spain) |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 123 (1572, no. 11)B. de Troeyer, II, no. 272 (with reproduction of the title-page) |
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| Note 1 | Historical exposition of the spreading of Christianity in Antiquity and Middle Ages. The ‘colophon atque appendix’ (pages 165-192), on the same subject, is in the form of a dedicatory to Fulgentius de Bragança, and dated 23 July 1572. |
| Note 2 | Valerius Andreas, quoted by RDB, page 34, no. 1, notes an edition of 1563. This must be an error for 1573. Plantin’s 1572-publication seems to have been the editio princeps (as already noted by RDB, pages 140-141 [1573, no. 21]). |
| Note 3 | A copy of the ‘Theatrum conversionis gentium’ was mailed to Gilbert d’Oignies, Bishop of Tournai, on 22 December 1572 (Corr., III, no. 447). |
| Note 4 | Listed in M 296, folio 18v (Theatrum Conversionis Gentium P. Alostani, 8⁰, A⁰ —, f[euilles] —, [price:] stuivers 3). |
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