Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/00200477 Ballard 505 [00200477]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Countway Library of Medicine (US) : Ballard 505

ISTC No.io00136000
AuthorOvidius Naso, Publius
TitleOpera
ImprintVenice : Lazarus de Suardis, de Saviliano, 1492
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
KeywordsPoetry; Collection
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id00200477
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Countway Library of Medicine (US)
CollectionBoston Medical Library/William Norton Bullard Collection
ShelfmarkBallard 505
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Physical DescriptionInitial spaces not filled in; without rubrication.
Size of leaves320 × 214 mm
Copy FeaturesNo rubrication
Reuse of manuscript leaves
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 2440

Provenance 1492 - 1500

Areae
Time period1492 - 1500
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary blind-stamped leather over wooden boards (rebacked, possibly in the 17th century, with ms. leaves used as pastedowns, apparently an inventory of some sort, with names and dates). Marks of two clasps (all clasps, catchplates, and straps not present). Leather partially worn away, exposing wooden boards; top of spine pulled away, exposing headband.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1492 - 1525

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Areae-au
Time period1492 - 1525
Provenance nameVannius, Udalricus [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
NoteInscription on dd6v: "Ad Conu[n]tu[m] Veneta[m] [sic] … s. doro. p[re]catio Vdalrici Va[n]nij"; Latin Sapphic verses on that leaf signed at end: "Vdalric[us] Va[n]ni[us]".
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesA few substantial ms. annotations, with scattered other marginal notes; Sapphic verses on blank dd6v.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookParts only
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes

Provenance 1525 - 1575

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Areae-au
Time period1525 - 1575
Provenance nameVienna, Augustinian Canons Regular, S. Dorothea, OSA, 1414-1786 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteThe dates of ownership are conjectural, and represent early 16th century to late 16th century, between the ownership of Vannius and Hoffmann. Inscription on S6v: "Ad Diuu[m] Augustinu[m] pro Conventu Sancte Dorothee Saphici", but the Sapphic poems are written on dd6v, with the inscription: "Ad diuam Dorotheam Saphicu[m] pro conuentu Sancte Dorothee".
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1575 - 1607

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Note on provenance placeHoffmann probably acquired this copy in Vienna, but it then remained in his collection and that of his family in Prague and elsewhere.
Areae-au
Time period1575 - 1607
Provenance nameHoffmann, Ferdinand, Freiherr zu Grünbüchl und Strechau, 1540-1607 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Civil servant, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteLarge bookplate, engraved by Lucas Kilian after Matthäus Gundelach, inside front cover.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1679 - 1933

PlaceMikulov (Geonames ID: 3070720)
Areae-xr
Time period1679 - 1933
Provenance nameBibliothek Alexander Fürst Dietrichstein <Mikulov>, 1679 - 1933 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
NoteNo. 506 in Rudolf Pindter’s 1905-06 catalogue of the Dietrichstein library; no. 228 in the Gilhofer & Ranschburg sale catalogue, November 1933. In red crayon on blank A1r: "Inc. 506"; and in blue crayon, in a similar hand and size: "I, V, 34" (presumably the shelving location); in pencil, in a box at upper left: "228" (the sale catalogue number).
Method of acquisitionDonation
Binding noteThe rebacking may have occurred around the time of acquisition by the Dietrichstein library; the ms. pastedowns appear to be 17th century, perhaps an inventory of some sort.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1933 -

PlaceBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1933 -
Provenance nameHarvard Library, 1636 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteIn the Boston Medical Library collection (acquired after William Norton Bullard's death, thus probably purchased).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2017-10-08 14:24:28

All Copies

  00200477

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Countway Library of Medicine (US) : Ballard 505

ISTC No.io00136000
AuthorOvidius Naso, Publius
TitleOpera
ImprintVenice : Lazarus de Suardis, de Saviliano, 1492
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
KeywordsPoetry; Collection
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id00200477
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Countway Library of Medicine (US)
CollectionBoston Medical Library/William Norton Bullard Collection
ShelfmarkBallard 505
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Physical DescriptionInitial spaces not filled in; without rubrication.
Size of leaves320 × 214 mm
Copy FeaturesNo rubrication
Reuse of manuscript leaves
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 2440

Provenance 1492 - 1500

Areae
Time period1492 - 1500
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary blind-stamped leather over wooden boards (rebacked, possibly in the 17th century, with ms. leaves used as pastedowns, apparently an inventory of some sort, with names and dates). Marks of two clasps (all clasps, catchplates, and straps not present). Leather partially worn away, exposing wooden boards; top of spine pulled away, exposing headband.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1492 - 1525

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Areae-au
Time period1492 - 1525
Provenance nameVannius, Udalricus [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
NoteInscription on dd6v: "Ad Conu[n]tu[m] Veneta[m] [sic] … s. doro. p[re]catio Vdalrici Va[n]nij"; Latin Sapphic verses on that leaf signed at end: "Vdalric[us] Va[n]ni[us]".
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesA few substantial ms. annotations, with scattered other marginal notes; Sapphic verses on blank dd6v.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookParts only
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes

Provenance 1525 - 1575

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Areae-au
Time period1525 - 1575
Provenance nameVienna, Augustinian Canons Regular, S. Dorothea, OSA, 1414-1786 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteThe dates of ownership are conjectural, and represent early 16th century to late 16th century, between the ownership of Vannius and Hoffmann. Inscription on S6v: "Ad Diuu[m] Augustinu[m] pro Conventu Sancte Dorothee Saphici", but the Sapphic poems are written on dd6v, with the inscription: "Ad diuam Dorotheam Saphicu[m] pro conuentu Sancte Dorothee".
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1575 - 1607

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Note on provenance placeHoffmann probably acquired this copy in Vienna, but it then remained in his collection and that of his family in Prague and elsewhere.
Areae-au
Time period1575 - 1607
Provenance nameHoffmann, Ferdinand, Freiherr zu Grünbüchl und Strechau, 1540-1607 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Civil servant, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteLarge bookplate, engraved by Lucas Kilian after Matthäus Gundelach, inside front cover.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1679 - 1933

PlaceMikulov (Geonames ID: 3070720)
Areae-xr
Time period1679 - 1933
Provenance nameBibliothek Alexander Fürst Dietrichstein <Mikulov>, 1679 - 1933 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
NoteNo. 506 in Rudolf Pindter’s 1905-06 catalogue of the Dietrichstein library; no. 228 in the Gilhofer & Ranschburg sale catalogue, November 1933. In red crayon on blank A1r: "Inc. 506"; and in blue crayon, in a similar hand and size: "I, V, 34" (presumably the shelving location); in pencil, in a box at upper left: "228" (the sale catalogue number).
Method of acquisitionDonation
Binding noteThe rebacking may have occurred around the time of acquisition by the Dietrichstein library; the ms. pastedowns appear to be 17th century, perhaps an inventory of some sort.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1933 -

PlaceBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1933 -
Provenance nameHarvard Library, 1636 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteIn the Boston Medical Library collection (acquired after William Norton Bullard's death, thus probably purchased).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2017-10-08 14:24:28