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mei/00200558 101431 [00200558]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 101431

ISTC No.ih00357850
TitleHorae: ad usum Romanum (Rome)
ImprintNaples : Mathias Moravus, 3 Oct. 1486
Format8°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsreligion; literature-devotional; education
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00200558
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark101431
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster, based on Dondi and book in hand.
Copy HistoryBookseller's price code (?) on rear pastedown: "tag/s/-", which would suggest a price in excess of £100, thus perhaps an intermediary bookseller between Quaritch and White; not identifiable with any provenance. [Late 19th-early 20th century]
Size of leaves102 × 71 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Parchment
SourceCristina Dondi, Printed books of hours from fifteenth-century Italy, 26

Provenance 1486 - 1600

PlaceNaples (Geonames ID: 3172394)
Areae-it
Time period1486 - 1600
Provenance nameTorelli family [Former Owner] (Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Binding
Decoration
NoteArms of the Torelli family of Naples (argent an ox passant or) on a1r, within the lower border. Dates conjectural.
Binding noteContemporary Italian, probably Neapolitan, gold-tooled black goatskin: concentric frames of knotted work, marks of a clasp and catch in the middle of the fore-edge, catch-plate on the front cover.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions113 × 80 × 29 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Decoration NoteCuts colored. The pages facing the cuts present blue, red, and green floral borders with gold bezants, edged in gold and black; some orange in the curls of the edges of the letter and in the border, and some flowers; the work of a contemporary Neapolitan artist according to Quaritch. Main initials are supplied in blue with white penwork on a gold ground edged in black; inside the letter a circle in gold filled with red/purple colouring with floral design of the same, in different shades. Other main initials are supplied in gold on a shaped blue ground with white penwork, inside the letter red/purple with white penwork.
Illustration coloured in by handYes
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
Coat of armsYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteOther initials in red or blue (generally blue over printed red initial) with violet or red penwork decoration.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1875 - 1892

PlaceNaples (Geonames ID: 3172394)
Areae-it
Time period1875 - 1892
Provenance nameMaglione, Benedetto, 1841 - 1892 [Person; Former Owner] (Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteLot 33 in the Paris sale catalogue of his library, January 1894.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1894 - 1894

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
timeperiod1894 - 1894
ownerQuaritch, Bernard, 1819 - 1899 (, )
provenanceType1
notePurchased by Quaritch at the Maglione sale. Offered in catalogue 140, 15 April 1894 (item 1182; described as 18mo; £72).
methodofacqa
price72/0/0 pounds sterling Price at which the book was offered, not what Quaritch paid.
certaintya
psourceg

provenance 1894 - 1926

placenameBrooklyn (Geonames ID: 5110302)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1894 - 1926
ownerWhite, William Augustus, 1843-1927 (, )
provenanceType1
noteSold to Rosenbach, probably in early 1926, who immediately sold it to Henry E. Huntington. Probably purchased from Quaritch.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourceg

provenance 1926 - 1926

placenamePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us-pa
timeperiod1926 - 1926
ownerRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 (, )
provenanceType1
noteRecorded as purchased by Henry E. Huntington from Rosenbach in February 1926.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcec

provenance 1926 - 1927

placenameSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
arean-us-ca
timeperiod1926 - 1927
Provenance nameHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850 - 1927 [Person; Donor] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteRecorded as purchased from Rosenbach in February 1926.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino, California, United States (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteDonated by Henry E. Huntington at the founding of his library.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-07-02 06:57:53

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  00200558

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 101431

ISTC No.ih00357850
TitleHorae: ad usum Romanum (Rome)
ImprintNaples : Mathias Moravus, 3 Oct. 1486
Format8°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsreligion; literature-devotional; education
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00200558
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark101431
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster, based on Dondi and book in hand.
Copy HistoryBookseller's price code (?) on rear pastedown: "tag/s/-", which would suggest a price in excess of £100, thus perhaps an intermediary bookseller between Quaritch and White; not identifiable with any provenance. [Late 19th-early 20th century]
Size of leaves102 × 71 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Parchment
SourceCristina Dondi, Printed books of hours from fifteenth-century Italy, 26

Provenance 1486 - 1600

PlaceNaples (Geonames ID: 3172394)
Areae-it
Time period1486 - 1600
Provenance nameTorelli family [Former Owner] (Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Binding
Decoration
NoteArms of the Torelli family of Naples (argent an ox passant or) on a1r, within the lower border. Dates conjectural.
Binding noteContemporary Italian, probably Neapolitan, gold-tooled black goatskin: concentric frames of knotted work, marks of a clasp and catch in the middle of the fore-edge, catch-plate on the front cover.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions113 × 80 × 29 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Decoration NoteCuts colored. The pages facing the cuts present blue, red, and green floral borders with gold bezants, edged in gold and black; some orange in the curls of the edges of the letter and in the border, and some flowers; the work of a contemporary Neapolitan artist according to Quaritch. Main initials are supplied in blue with white penwork on a gold ground edged in black; inside the letter a circle in gold filled with red/purple colouring with floral design of the same, in different shades. Other main initials are supplied in gold on a shaped blue ground with white penwork, inside the letter red/purple with white penwork.
Illustration coloured in by handYes
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
Coat of armsYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteOther initials in red or blue (generally blue over printed red initial) with violet or red penwork decoration.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1875 - 1892

PlaceNaples (Geonames ID: 3172394)
Areae-it
Time period1875 - 1892
Provenance nameMaglione, Benedetto, 1841 - 1892 [Person; Former Owner] (Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteLot 33 in the Paris sale catalogue of his library, January 1894.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1894 - 1894

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1894 - 1894
Provenance nameQuaritch, Bernard, 1819 - 1899 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePurchased by Quaritch at the Maglione sale. Offered in catalogue 140, 15 April 1894 (item 1182; described as 18mo; £72).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price72/0/0 pounds sterling Price at which the book was offered, not what Quaritch paid.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1894 - 1926

PlaceBrooklyn (Geonames ID: 5110302)
Arean-us-ny
timeperiod1894 - 1926
ownerWhite, William Augustus, 1843-1927 (, )
provenanceType1
noteSold to Rosenbach, probably in early 1926, who immediately sold it to Henry E. Huntington. Probably purchased from Quaritch.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourceg

provenance 1926 - 1926

placenamePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us-pa
timeperiod1926 - 1926
ownerRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 (, )
provenanceType1
noteRecorded as purchased by Henry E. Huntington from Rosenbach in February 1926.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcec

provenance 1926 - 1927

placenameSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
arean-us-ca
timeperiod1926 - 1927
ownerHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850 - 1927 (, )
provenanceType1
noteRecorded as purchased from Rosenbach in February 1926.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcef

provenance 1927 -

placenameSan Marino, California, United States (Geonames ID: 5392400)
arean-us-ca
timeperiod1927 -
ownerThe Huntington (, )
provenanceType1
noteDonated by Henry E. Huntington at the founding of his library.
methodofacqc
certaintya
psourcef

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2019-07-02 06:57:53