1490 – Dominican Teaching & Sermon Preparation | Herolt Incunable, First Edition

Discipulus de eruditione christifidelium by Johannes Herolt is a rare 1490 incunable written to help Dominican fathers and ministers with their preparations for Sunday sermons. It covers a wide variety of topics including teaching on the Ten Commandments, the seven deadly sins, The Lord’s Prayer, the Creed and sacraments, as well as instructions on mercy.

While the content is not uncommon from a literary standpoint, the 15^th-century printing makes this one of the earliest works of its kind.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discipulus de eruditione christifidelium, cum thematibus sermonum dominicalium
• Author(s): Johannes Herolt
• Publisher: Argentorati, Impressus per Johannem Pryss
• Edition: Incunable, 1490
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Binding: Leather
• Size:  10.75 in x 8 in (27.3 cm x 20.3 cm)
• Collation: 136 unnumbered leaves
• Contents Include:
  • Ten Commandments
  • Seven deadly sins
  • Works of mercy
  • Lord’s Prayer, Ave Maria, Creed
  • Seven sacraments
  • Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit

Condition:

Very Good. Leather binding with modern marbled boards remains tight. Pages show light age staining. Some early handwritten notes appear on preliminary leaves. Internal leaves are clean and well-preserved.

Why Collect This?

• Early, 15^th-century Strasbourg printing
• Practical structure for late medieval preachers
• Noted in key incunable bibliographies

Item Number: #29624