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mei/00200750 5156.1497 copy 2 [00200750]

Princeton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US) : 5156.1497 copy 2

ISTC No.ip01033000
TitlePsalterium [Greek]. Ed: Justinus Decadyus
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, [not after 1 Oct. 1498]
Format4°
Languagegrc
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsbible
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00200750
Holding InstitutionPrinceton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US)
Shelfmark5156.1497 copy 2
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves180 × 133 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Variant
Copy Features - NoteIn this variant, a line of text was omitted at the top of leaf ι1r in the original setting, and the missing line added in ms., presumably in the printing house. [Other copies of this variant noted at Seville, Munich, the Vatican, Harvard, and the University of California, Los Angeles] In the later variant, the first three lines at the top of leaf ι1r have been reset in smaller type, to add the omitted line of text. [Other copies of this variant noted at Madrid and Vienna, and the other copy at Princeton.]
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1498 - 1498

PlaceVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Areae-it
Time period1498 - 1498
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, Venice, 1498 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageOmitted line of text
Manuscript notesThe missing line on ι1r has been added in ms., as in other copies, probably in the printing house.
Corrections by printerYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1520 - 1540

Areae-gx
Time period1520 - 1540
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Germany, 1520-1540 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
H. P., 1500-1552 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageHP monogram and annotations
Binding (covers and spine)
Binding note16th-century German blind-tooled calf over thin wooden boards (possibly bound in Pegau[Scott Husby] or Nuremberg [Paul Needham]); remains of two ties on both covers; covers detached, spine badly chipped.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions183 × 140 × mm
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesA very few marginal translations. Ms. notes on the front free endleaf (recto and verso) and on the title page (a list of languages into which the Psalms have been translated, with initials "HP" at head) may be in the same hand as the two pages of Latin verse on leaf υ8v and the recto of the first rear endleaf. Each psalm is numbered in ms. On the front pastedown is a table relating arabic numbers with their Greek alphabetic counterparts. A prayer in German, dated 1552 at the head, occupies the entire verso of the rear free endleaf; a German verse at the top of the rear pastedown may be related. Identity of the hands not certain.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
SupplementsYes
TranslationsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1575 - 1700

PlaceNuremberg (Geonames ID: 2861650)
Areae-gx
Time period1575 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, Germany , 1575-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesOn the rear pastedown, there is a transcription of the text that appears on a medal struck in 1538 to commemorate the construction of the city walls in Nuremberg. It is in a different hand from any of the other ms. material in the volume, probably late 16th or 17th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 - 1858

Areae
Time period1800 - 1858
Provenance nameCreuzer, Georg Friedrich, 1771-1858 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, University lecturer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageCreuzer monogram stamp
NoteCreuzer's stamp below the title on α1r (addorsed "CC" monogram below a coronet of 7 points). A shelfmark partially visible under Manzoni's bookplate at upper right of the front pastedown in blue crayon ("... 6 1" or "... b 1") may relate to this provenance.
Method of acquisitionunknown
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1860 - 1893

placenameLugo (Geonames ID: 3174494)
areae-it
timeperiod1860 - 1893
ownerManzoni, Giacomo, 1816-1889 (, )
provenanceType1
1
noteManzoni's bookplate on front pastedown. Lot 4030 in part 2 (1893) of the auction sale of his library, Rome, Sangiorgio. Acquisition date conjectural.
methodofacqx
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1890 - 1913

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1890 - 1913
Provenance nameMorgan, Junius Spencer, 1867-1929 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteA note on the Princeton bookplate on the front pastedown reads: "Old Library? Mr. J. S. Morgan?" - i.e., the provenance is uncertain. The date of 4 June 1913 stamped in the book is probably later than the date of acquisition.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1913 -

PlacePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
Arean-us-nj
Time period1913 -
Provenance namePrinceton University Library, 1750- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Stamp
NotePrinceton bookplate; date stamp of 4 June 1913 is probably later than the date of acquisition.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-07-31 12:43:21

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  00200750

Princeton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US) : 5156.1497 copy 2

ISTC No.ip01033000
TitlePsalterium [Greek]. Ed: Justinus Decadyus
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, [not after 1 Oct. 1498]
Format4°
Languagegrc
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsbible
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00200750
Holding InstitutionPrinceton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US)
Shelfmark5156.1497 copy 2
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves180 × 133 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Variant
Copy Features - NoteIn this variant, a line of text was omitted at the top of leaf ι1r in the original setting, and the missing line added in ms., presumably in the printing house. [Other copies of this variant noted at Seville, Munich, the Vatican, Harvard, and the University of California, Los Angeles] In the later variant, the first three lines at the top of leaf ι1r have been reset in smaller type, to add the omitted line of text. [Other copies of this variant noted at Madrid and Vienna, and the other copy at Princeton.]
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1498 - 1498

PlaceVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Areae-it
Time period1498 - 1498
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, Venice, 1498 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageOmitted line of text
Manuscript notesThe missing line on ι1r has been added in ms., as in other copies, probably in the printing house.
Corrections by printerYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1520 - 1540

Areae-gx
Time period1520 - 1540
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Germany, 1520-1540 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
H. P., 1500-1552 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageHP monogram and annotations
Binding (covers and spine)
Binding note16th-century German blind-tooled calf over thin wooden boards (possibly bound in Pegau[Scott Husby] or Nuremberg [Paul Needham]); remains of two ties on both covers; covers detached, spine badly chipped.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions183 × 140 × mm
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesA very few marginal translations. Ms. notes on the front free endleaf (recto and verso) and on the title page (a list of languages into which the Psalms have been translated, with initials "HP" at head) may be in the same hand as the two pages of Latin verse on leaf υ8v and the recto of the first rear endleaf. Each psalm is numbered in ms. On the front pastedown is a table relating arabic numbers with their Greek alphabetic counterparts. A prayer in German, dated 1552 at the head, occupies the entire verso of the rear free endleaf; a German verse at the top of the rear pastedown may be related. Identity of the hands not certain.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
SupplementsYes
TranslationsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1575 - 1700

placenameNuremberg (Geonames ID: 2861650)
areae-gx
timeperiod1575 - 1700
ownerAnonymous annotator, Germany , 1575-1700 (, )
provenanceType1
Manuscript notesOn the rear pastedown, there is a transcription of the text that appears on a medal struck in 1538 to commemorate the construction of the city walls in Nuremberg. It is in a different hand from any of the other ms. material in the volume, probably late 16th or 17th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 - 1858

Areae
Time period1800 - 1858
Provenance nameCreuzer, Georg Friedrich, 1771-1858 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, University lecturer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageCreuzer monogram stamp
NoteCreuzer's stamp below the title on α1r (addorsed "CC" monogram below a coronet of 7 points). A shelfmark partially visible under Manzoni's bookplate at upper right of the front pastedown in blue crayon ("... 6 1" or "... b 1") may relate to this provenance.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1860 - 1893

PlaceLugo (Geonames ID: 3174494)
Areae-it
Time period1860 - 1893
Provenance nameManzoni, Giacomo, 1816-1889 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteManzoni's bookplate on front pastedown. Lot 4030 in part 2 (1893) of the auction sale of his library, Rome, Sangiorgio. Acquisition date conjectural.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1890 - 1913

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1890 - 1913
Provenance nameMorgan, Junius Spencer, 1867-1929 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteA note on the Princeton bookplate on the front pastedown reads: "Old Library? Mr. J. S. Morgan?" - i.e., the provenance is uncertain. The date of 4 June 1913 stamped in the book is probably later than the date of acquisition.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1913 -

PlacePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
Arean-us-nj
Time period1913 -
Provenance namePrinceton University Library, 1750- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Stamp
NotePrinceton bookplate; date stamp of 4 June 1913 is probably later than the date of acquisition.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
psourcea

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completeness1
Last Edit2023-07-31 12:43:21