The device is the first of his so-called
"Sagittarius" forms, and the one most commonly used from 1506 to
1518. Ames-Dibdin, ii, p. 103. Morgan Cat. iii, p. 214, n. 743.
The present copy lacks the first four leaves, containing the title and
the table of contents; but both the title and the woodcut accompanying
it are repeated elsewhere in the volume, the title on fol. 218^a, the
woodcut on fol. 87^a.
Of the French original, _L'ordinaire des chrestiens_, at least six
editions were printed before 1500, the earliest apparently at Rouen, c.
1487. In them it is stated that the writing was commenced 22 May, 1467
and finished (_consomme_) 22 May, 1469. The corresponding dates in the
prologue and epilogue of the translation are "fyrst begonne to be
wryten" 14 Jan., 1467, "fyrst consumed" 14 Jan., 1500. The confusion,
common to both the French and the English of the 15th century, in the
derivatives of _consummare_ and _consumere_ relieves the translator,
Andrew Chertsey, from the appearance of an over-literal translation, but
the change in the date of the completed work can hardly be in the
direction of accuracy.
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