Fragments of Jerome's Epistolae (Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 1470) in the Utrecht University Library

Utrecht University Library possesses a partially complete print on vellum of the first volume of Jerome’s Epistolae, printed in 1470 by Peter Schoeffer in Mainz. The University Library also holds several fragments of the 1470 Epistolae, both detached and in situ, and printed on vellum as well. Several descriptions state that these fragments come from a second volume of the same provenance as the first, but this note shows that this is physically impossible. The provenance of the fragments, most of which come from books owned by Hubert van Buchell (1513-1599), is explored, as well as the importance of fragmentology for early print studies.