Material Evidence
in Incunabula

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data:
  descriptionLanguage: eng
  generalNotes:
    - 'Title from caption at incipit on leaf a2 verso. '
    - 'Place and date of printing from colophon on leaf f5 verso, which reads in full:  Finis hui[us] tractatuli venerabilis Alberti magni. Anno incarnac[i]o[n]is . M°.CCCC°.XXXi°. p[raese]ns opusculum [con]su[m]matu[m] est colonie. '
    - 'On the press, see Severin Corsten, Die Anfänge des Kölner Buchdrucks, Cologne, 1955, pp. 93ss. '
    - 'Main text falsely attributed to Albertus Magnus. '
    - 'Woodcut initial "S" inhabited by a standing figure [Albertus Magnus ?] on leaf a2 recto. '
    - 'Spaces left blank for initials. '
    - 'Signatures:  a-b⁸ c⁶ d-e⁸ f⁶.  First and last leaves, a1 and f6, blank.  Leaf a2 unsigned, leaves a3 and a4 signed "aij" and "a3". '
    - '[Preface], a2r-v;  [Pseudo-] Albertus Magnus.  Secreta mulierum et virorum cum commento, a2v-f5r;  Commentum, a2v-f5v;  colophon, f5v. '
    - 'Goff, A302 '
    - 'GW, 722 '
    - 'Hain-Copinger, 564 '
    - 'ISTC, ia00302000 '
    - 'Klebs, 26.4 '
    - 'Oates, 725 '
    - 'Wanting first and last blank leaves a1 and h6. '
    - '[44] leaves :'
    - 'Original item identifier in source database: 5101252'
  holdingInstitutionCollection: Inc.2-7
  holdingInstitutionId: CambridgeUL
  hostItemId: ia00302000
  provenance:
    - agent:
        - dates: 1787-1854
          name: 'Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard'
          ownerId: 00013021
          role: R390
          type: person
    - agent:
        - dates: 1853-1923
          name: 'Jenkinson, Francis'
          ownerId: 00018473
          role: R390
          type: person
    - agent:
        - characterisation:
            - noc
          name: Cambridge University Library
          ownerId: 3463
          professionOrType:
            - lib
          role: R390
          type: corporate
      area:
        - areaCode: e-uk-en
      bindingNote: "Half brown calf and marbled paper over pasteboards, with title and imprints gilt on red and green spine labels, Kloss's binding, Germany, 19th century."
      certainty: a
      decorationNote: 'Initials, paragraph marks, highlighting of printed capitals, underlining of words, line fillers, occasional running title and marginal nota sign, and colouring of woodcut initial on leaf a2 recto supplied in red by hand, Germany, 1480s.'
      note: "Johann Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss of Frankfurt am Main, his notes and bookplate on upper pastedown.  His sale, Sotheby's, 7-29 May 1835, lot 60.  Marked '19' and '5/6' in pencil on upper pastedown.  Bought at Puttick's, 26 June 1890, lot 376, by Francis Jenkison, University Librarian, his signature and purchase note on upper pastedown.  Given by Jenkinson, possibly in 1890."
      place:
        - geonamesId: 2653941
          name: Cambridge
  shelfmark: 'Inc.5.A.4.22[633]'
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  context:
    - _cam
  history:
    - timestamp: 2017-04-30T12:00:00Z
    - timestamp: 2018-03-10T08:18:49