Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/00201834 1.b.15 [00201834]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.b.15

ISTC No.ib00450000
AuthorBernardus de Gordonio
TitlePractica, seu Lilium medicinae. De ingeniis curandorum morborum. De regimine acutarum aegritudinum. De prognosticis
ImprintVenice : Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, for Benedictus Fontana, 16 Jan. 1496/97
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectMedicine
Keywordseducation; pathologies; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00201834
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.b.15
NoteCreated by Laura Nuvoloni
Physical DescriptionThe table of contents, in an unsigned and unfoliated 4-leaf quire, is bound at the beginning; leaves r3-r6, i.e. fols 131-134, incorrectly bound as r4, r3, r6, r5, with 16th-century signes-de-renvoi ("signs of return"). Wanting first and last leaves of last quires (H1 and H8, i.e. fols 265 and [272] respectively), the last being a blank.
Size of leaves208 × 154 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
Electronic ReproductionCopy in Bayerische StaatsBibliothek, 4 Inc.c.a. 1297 a
Other IdentifierGW 4083 (GW)
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, no. 131.

Provenance 1497 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1497 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501 - 1550 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NotePossible manuscript ownership notes on leaf [pi]1 recto obliterated and washed away, illegible also under UV light.
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in brown or grey ink by different hands, passim, many cropped away by later binder. The notes include maniculae (pointing hands), passim, the drawing of a man head in profile with description of the different parts of the human brain on leaf F5r, i.e. fol. 253r, and recipes for minor ailments added in manuscript in grey ink on verso of leaf H7, i.e. fol. 271.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1551 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1551 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1551 - 1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NotePossible manuscript ownership notes on leaf [pi]1 recto obliterated and washed away, illegible also under UV light.
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in brick red, brown or black ink by different hands, passim, many cropped away by later binder. The notes include maniculae (pointing hands), passim.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1601 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1601 - 1650
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1601 - 1650 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in brown ink by different hands, passim, cropped away by later binder. The notes include maniculae (pointing hands).
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1650 - 1700

Areae-it
Time period1650 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1651-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in brown or grey ink by different hands, passim, many cropped away by later binder. The notes include maniculae (pointing hands), passim.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1701 - 1800

Areae-it
Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1701 - 1750 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in black ink by an anonymous hand, passim, some cropped away by later binder.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1930 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1930 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Library, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought in Florence in 1930. Accession no. 63910.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding note20th-century Wellcome binding on parchment over pasteboards, with author, title and date of printing printed in black ink accross the spine.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions215 × 163 × 45 mm
TitlingPrint Label
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Price1200 Italian Lire Price annotated in pencil on lower pastedown.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:28

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  00201834

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.b.15

ISTC No.ib00450000
AuthorBernardus de Gordonio
TitlePractica, seu Lilium medicinae. De ingeniis curandorum morborum. De regimine acutarum aegritudinum. De prognosticis
ImprintVenice : Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, for Benedictus Fontana, 16 Jan. 1496/97
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectMedicine
Keywordseducation; pathologies; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00201834
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.b.15
NoteCreated by Laura Nuvoloni
Physical DescriptionThe table of contents, in an unsigned and unfoliated 4-leaf quire, is bound at the beginning; leaves r3-r6, i.e. fols 131-134, incorrectly bound as r4, r3, r6, r5, with 16th-century signes-de-renvoi ("signs of return"). Wanting first and last leaves of last quires (H1 and H8, i.e. fols 265 and [272] respectively), the last being a blank.
Size of leaves208 × 154 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
Electronic ReproductionCopy in Bayerische StaatsBibliothek, 4 Inc.c.a. 1297 a
Other IdentifierGW 4083 (GW)
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, no. 131.

Provenance 1497 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1497 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501 - 1550 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NotePossible manuscript ownership notes on leaf [pi]1 recto obliterated and washed away, illegible also under UV light.
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in brown or grey ink by different hands, passim, many cropped away by later binder. The notes include maniculae (pointing hands), passim, the drawing of a man head in profile with description of the different parts of the human brain on leaf F5r, i.e. fol. 253r, and recipes for minor ailments added in manuscript in grey ink on verso of leaf H7, i.e. fol. 271.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1551 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1551 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1551 - 1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NotePossible manuscript ownership notes on leaf [pi]1 recto obliterated and washed away, illegible also under UV light.
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in brick red, brown or black ink by different hands, passim, many cropped away by later binder. The notes include maniculae (pointing hands), passim.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1601 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1601 - 1650
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1601 - 1650 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in brown ink by different hands, passim, cropped away by later binder. The notes include maniculae (pointing hands).
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1650 - 1700

Areae-it
Time period1650 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1651-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in brown or grey ink by different hands, passim, many cropped away by later binder. The notes include maniculae (pointing hands), passim.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1701 - 1800

Areae-it
Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1701 - 1750 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Manuscript notesNota signs and notabilia in black ink by an anonymous hand, passim, some cropped away by later binder.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1930 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1930 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Library, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought in Florence in 1930. Accession no. 63910.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding note20th-century Wellcome binding on parchment over pasteboards, with author, title and date of printing printed in black ink accross the spine.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions215 × 163 × 45 mm
TitlingPrint Label
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Price1200 Italian Lire Price annotated in pencil on lower pastedown.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:28