Every item of data recorded (a certain style of decoration or binding, the date of a manuscript note, etc.) is treated as a valuable clue for provenance, therefore it can be geographically located and chronologically dated. This enables to track the movement of books across Europe and through the centuries.
mei/00206758 Gibson 403(7).
[00206758]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Gibson 403(7).
ISTC No.ij00090000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia
Provenance nameGibson, Strickland (1877-1958), 1877 - 1958 Keeper of the University Archives 1927, Keeper of Printed Books, Bodleian Library 1942; see R. H. Hill, `Valete', BLR 2 (1946), 129-30; `The Gibson Donation', BLR 4 (1953), 179; `Notes and News: The Late Mr Strickland Gibson', BLR 6,3 (1959), 449-50; Herbert J. Davis, `The Strickland Gibson Collection', BLR 6 (1961) 645-54.
Provenance nameGibson, Strickland (1877-1958), 1877 - 1958 Keeper of the University Archives 1927, Keeper of Printed Books, Bodleian Library 1942; see R. H. Hill, `Valete', BLR 2 (1946), 129-30; `The Gibson Donation', BLR 4 (1953), 179; `Notes and News: The Late Mr Strickland Gibson', BLR 6,3 (1959), 449-50; Herbert J. Davis, `The Strickland Gibson Collection', BLR 6 (1961) 645-54.