printed  by  Mentelin.  This  biblioa^rapher  notices  a  dateless  edition  of
the  Bible,  executed,  like  the  present,  in  Roman  letters,  and  having  56
lines  in  a  full  page.  He  says  it  contains  424  leaves,  and  is  printed
like  *  Vincent  de  Beauvais,'  which  came  from  the  press  of  Mentelin  at
Strasbourg,  in  1473  :*  see  his  Jnahjse  des  Op'mio7is  divernes  mr  Vorigine
de  I'lmprimerie ;  p.  24.  note.  Panzer,  Annul.  Typog.  vol.  iv.  p.  96,  has
not  described  the  present  impression.
It  begins  thus,  on  the  recto  of  the  first  leaf,  with  the  usual  prefa-
tory pieces  of  St.  -Jerom ;

Rater     Ambiosi®

tua  mihi  munus^

cula  perferens :  de

tulit  simul  &  sua"

uissimas    litteras.
q  a  principio  ami

ciciarum.  fide  f-^

bate  iara  fidei  &

vetis  amicicie  no

ua  preferebant.
Vera  eni  ilia  necessitudo  e.  &  xpi  glutino  co

pulata  :  qua  non  vtilitasrei  familiaris  :  no  p"

.  sencia  tantum  corpo2f» :  non  subdola  et  palpas.
&c.  &c.  &c.
From  the  peculiar  formation  of  the  letter  R,  this  bible  has  been
called  the  R  bible.  Perhaps  a  fac-simile  of  the  type  may  not  be  unac-
ceptable.
