Postilla Super Epsitolas - 1490

Postilla, from Latin for "Post illa" was a word used in the Middle Ages for short comments on individual verses of the bible.  The full title of this book is Postilla Super Epistolas et Evangelia De Tempore et Sanctis et Pro Defunctis.    A loose translation is Notes on the Epistles and Gospels of the Dead Saints.  

This handsome copy was bound in a calfskin? leather, over wood boards, and tooled in a panel design with blind embossing, sewn on four raised cords, with two clasps, now missing.  It appears the clasp may have been leather straps, as peices of velleum are still attached on the rear board at the original clasp location.  Several hand made brads are still present in the boards.  Inscriptions on the front fly page which I cannot interpret. Two hand written inscriptions on the title page, one appears to be a gift note in English or French, the second note with hand written date of 1524, appears to be old latin and is "Ad usum sacredotis Theoderici De Galen, Ordinis Praedicatorum, 14, Octobris Anno 1524."    Quite possibly this person was related to the famous Catholic family of Bishop Van Galen.

Inside the book, are numerous hand written marginalia, but the most impressive feature I think is that the red lettering at the start of each paragraph through the book is hand done in red ink.