Athens, Gennadius Library (GR)
: B/HG 473/P 69
ISTC No.ip00659000
AuthorPius II, Pont. Max. (formerly Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini)
TitleDe captione urbis Constantinopolitanae
Imprint[Rome : Stephan Plannck, 1488-90]
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature
KeywordsCurrent affairs; Turcica
PeriodHumanist
Description of Copy
Copy Id00201097
Holding InstitutionAthens, Gennadius Library (GR)
ShelfmarkB/HG 473/P 69
NoteCreated by Geri Della Rocca de Candal and Stavros Grimanis.
Size of leaves192 × 133 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteWanting the last (blank?) leaf, a4.
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1490 -
1600
Areae-gx
Time period1490 - 1600
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
NoteFailed attempt at drawing a crest with a rampant lion and a bar across, followed by a short Latin inscription in brown ink, on the verso of a3 (last leaf of this copy). One manicula, the initial letter of the text and a few underlinings seem to belong to the same hand.
Date of evidence1490-1600
Pen initialsYes
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1850 -
1906
Time period1850 - 1906
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteHalf-binding, brown cloth and marbled paper. Second half of the 19th century. Very small stamp on top left corner of front pastedown, not compeltely legible, but seems to read [Se]mardel[li].
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions198 × 139 × 5 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1906
Areae-fr
Time period - 1906
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteStated in Gennadius's accession journal.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1906 -
1922
Areae-uk
Time period1906 - 1922
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
Accession mark
NoteGennadius's pencil inscription on the recto of the first flyleaf: accession code, shelfmark (also followed by the Gennadius Library), former shelfmark. Cut-out from two booksellers/auctioneers's catalogues, presumably added by Gennadius.
Date of evidence1906-1922
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Historic ShelfmarkByz Hist 110.3A S
Price1/15/- GBP Price from accession register (n° 20644).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1922 -
PlaceAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
Areae-gr
Time period1922 -
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
Date of evidencec. 1902-1922
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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