Bl. 1 leer. Bl. 2a
(a)L Ingratitude vtterly ſettyng apart / we owe to calle to ouꝛ myndes the manyfolde gyftes of grace / with the benefaittis. that our lorde of his mooſt plentiueuſe bonte hath ymen vs wretches in this pꝛeſent tranſitoire lif. … Bl. 3a
(t²)His preſent tretys is deuided in four pꝛincipal parties … Bl. 3b. Z. 18 Here afteꝛ folowes the prologue of the fouꝛ laſt thinges … Bl. 4a
(m³)Emorare nouiſſima et in eternum non peccabis. Eccleſiaſtici. ſeptimo capitulo. … Lage b all the biꝛth in payne/ the lif in labouꝛ/ and neceſſaꝛily al … Endet Bl. 76a Z. 27 … To whiche bꝛinge us the fadeꝛ / ⁊ the ſoone / ⁊ the holy gooſt reigning Bl. 76b in vnite ſempiteꝛnally woꝛld withouten ende. AMEN (t)His book is thus tranſlated out of frenſhe into our maternal tongue by the noble and vertuouſe loꝛd Anthoine Erle Ryuiers / … Z. 8 which book was deliuered to me William Caxton by my ſaide noble lorde Ryuiers on the day of purificacion of our bliſſid lady / fallyng the tewſday the ſecunde day of the moneth of feuerer. In the yeeꝛ of our loꝛd .M.CCCClxxviij for to be enprinted / … Endet Bl. 77b Z. 14 … Whiche weꝛke pꝛe-ſent I begathe moꝛ afteꝛ the ſaide Purificacion of ouꝛ bliſſid Lady. Whiche was the the daye of Seint Blaſe Biſſhop and Martir. And fiinſſhed on the euen of than nunciacion of ouꝛ ſaid biliſſid Lady fallyng on the wedneſday the xxiiij daye of Marche. In the xix yeer of Kyng Edwarde the fouꝛthe Bl. 78 leer.
Vorlage: Cambridge UL (Kopie).
Anm. 1. Die Ablieferung des Manuskripts erfolgte nach Bl. 76b Z. 8 am Dienstag, den 2.II.1479 (so zu verbessern, da der 2.II.1478 ein Montag war); der Druck wurde also in weniger als 2 Monaten vollendet.
Anm. 2. Vgl. Bühler, Curt F.: Corrections in Caxton’s ‘Cordiale’. In: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 48(1954) S. 194–196. — Zum Ex. Leeds UL vgl. Harding, Robert J. D.: Given by Lady Joan Ingoldisthorpe: The Caxton ‘Cordyal’ (1479) from a Library at Pott Chapel (Pott Shrigley, Cheshire), c. 1493, Identified. In: The Library 7,24 (2023) S. 445–453.
HC 5714.
Duff-Hellinga 109.
De Ricci: Census of Caxtons 33.
Ce³ C-907.
IDL 1413.
Pr 9631.
BMC XI 112.
Bod-inc C-457.
Oates 4071.
ISTC ic00907000.
Birmingham PL.
Cambridge UL.
Glasgow UL.
Haag MMeerman (def.).
Leeds UL (def.).
London BL.
Los Angeles ClarkL.
Manchester RylandsL.
New Haven CenterBritArt (def.).
New York MorganL.
Oxford Bodl (def.).
San Marino (Calif.) HuntingtonL.
Washington (D.C.) LC. — Penrose (Devon) (def.).
Gesamtüberlieferung: 13 Exemplare/Fragmente in öffentlichen Einrichtungen und mindestens 1 Exemplar in Privatbesitz nachgewiesen.