Mnemonics.- Petrus de Rosenhaym. Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum, [?Cologne], [?Ludwig von Renchen], [c.1480-1490].

Mnemonics.- Petrus de Rosenhaym. Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum, collation: [a-f8], 48 ff. (the first blank), 32 lines, Gothic type, initials, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red, initial blank loose, library blind-stamp to lower corner of second and final f., blank with small repaired hole, lower corners stained, some spotting, late 19th century half vellum, [?Cologne], [?Ludwig von Renchen], [c.1480-1490].

⁂ First edition of this aid to the memorising of biblical texts. The hexameters of each section of the summary form an acrostic of the letters of the alphabet, and the metrical prologue to the work forms an acrostic reading 'Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum compilatum per fratrem Petrum de Rosenhaim monachum monasterii Medlicensis'.

Literature: BMC I, 312; BSB-Ink P-362; Goff R336; GW M32724; HC 13988*

Provenance: Wigan Public Library (accession note to front free endpaper 'cat. bought January 1908. H.J.T') (large bookplate and blind-stamps).