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mei/00560464 Inc.6.A.41.1[4565] [00560464]

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.6.A.41.1[4565]

ISTC No.ih00433400
TitleHorae Beatae Virginis Mariae [German] Die sieben Zeiten unsrer lieben Frauen
Imprint[Kirchheim in Elsass : Marcus Reinhart], 1491
Format8°
Languageger
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SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsreligion; literature-devotional; education
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00560464
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.6.A.41.1[4565]
NoteSignatures: [A, a] b-f A-I8 [K4].
Colophon ([K4r]): Getruck zu[m] cleinē troya da man zalte von der geburt crifti. 1.4.9.1.
Woodcuts.
ISTC, ih00433400
Oates, 1333.5 (not in Oates)
Proctor, 3210
BMC, III, 691
GW, 12984
Imperfect: Lacking [A1] (title) and [A8] (the latter in facsimile), plus a1 (blank on the recto; the verso with some text in red). See enclosed letter from a member of GW staff (dated 1998).
BMC and GW both give the collation as [Aa] b-f A-I8 [K4], which would suggest that there is only a single gathering of 8 leaves immediately before sig. b. BMC goes on to say that there should be a total of 132 leaves (which would necessitate two gatherings of 8 before sig. b). These initial gatherings would perhaps best be described therefore as [A] [a]8.
[132] leaves :
Original item identifier in source database: 5460601

Provenance

Provenance nameEhrman, Albert [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

Provenance nameEhrman, John [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Note[A2r] inscribed 'Monasterij' in a seventeenth-century hand, the other part erased. Typed information (undated but before 1950; see below) from Martin Breslauer, offering the book for sale (price erased). He calls it 'the first German Book of Hours in the vernacular'. The Broxbourne Library of Albert Ehrman (1890-1969), with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown, with the motto 'pro viribus summis contendo', and the Bibliotheca Broxbourniana bookplate (dated 1950) to the rear pastedown. Front endpaper inscribed 'To John [Ehrman], a present for presenting us with a grandson, William. [From] Mummy & Daddy [i.e. Albert Ehrman], Sept. [19]50.' Presented by John Ehrman, through the Friends of the National Libraries, in April 1977.
Binding noteTwentieth-century brown morocco.
Decoration NoteBorders coloured by a contemporary hand (up to leaf f6; uncoloured after), as are the fourteen full-page miniatures and the printed historiated initials (mostly containing figures). Foliation and headings in an early hand.
certaintya

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CambridgeUL : Inc.6.A.41.1[4565]

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copyId00560464
holdingInstitutionIdCambridgeUL
holdingInstitutionCollectionInc.2-7
shelfmarkInc.6.A.41.1[4565]
noteSignatures: [A, a] b-f A-I8 [K4].
Colophon ([K4r]): Getruck zu[m] cleinē troya da man zalte von der geburt crifti. 1.4.9.1.
Woodcuts.
ISTC, ih00433400
Oates, 1333.5 (not in Oates)
Proctor, 3210
BMC, III, 691
GW, 12984
Imperfect: Lacking [A1] (title) and [A8] (the latter in facsimile), plus a1 (blank on the recto; the verso with some text in red). See enclosed letter from a member of GW staff (dated 1998).
BMC and GW both give the collation as [Aa] b-f A-I8 [K4], which would suggest that there is only a single gathering of 8 leaves immediately before sig. b. BMC goes on to say that there should be a total of 132 leaves (which would necessitate two gatherings of 8 before sig. b). These initial gatherings would perhaps best be described therefore as [A] [a]8.
[132] leaves :
Original item identifier in source database: 5460601

provenance

ownerEhrman, Albert

provenance

ownerEhrman, John

provenance

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
areae-uk-en
ownerCambridge University Library (, )
note[A2r] inscribed 'Monasterij' in a seventeenth-century hand, the other part erased. Typed information (undated but before 1950; see below) from Martin Breslauer, offering the book for sale (price erased). He calls it 'the first German Book of Hours in the vernacular'. The Broxbourne Library of Albert Ehrman (1890-1969), with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown, with the motto 'pro viribus summis contendo', and the Bibliotheca Broxbourniana bookplate (dated 1950) to the rear pastedown. Front endpaper inscribed 'To John [Ehrman], a present for presenting us with a grandson, William. [From] Mummy & Daddy [i.e. Albert Ehrman], Sept. [19]50.' Presented by John Ehrman, through the Friends of the National Libraries, in April 1977.
bindingNoteTwentieth-century brown morocco.
decorationNoteBorders coloured by a contemporary hand (up to leaf f6; uncoloured after), as are the fourteen full-page miniatures and the printed historiated initials (mostly containing figures). Foliation and headings in an early hand.
certaintya

otherInformation

Last Edit2020-08-18 06:54:58