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in Incunabula

mei/00560512 Inc.5.A.4.7[495] [00560512]

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.5.A.4.7[495]

ISTC No.ii00083000
AuthorInnocentius III, Pont. Max. (Lotharius de Conti)
TitleLiber de contemptu mundi, sive De miseria humanae conditionis. Add: Vita Udonis episcopi (H 15909*)
Imprint[Cologne : Printer of Augustinus, 'De fide', about 1473]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00560512
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.5.A.4.7[495]
NoteTitle from explicit on leaf [f1] verso.
The Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg copy has an owner's date "1474".
For the controversial identification of the printer with Goiswin Gops or Johann Schilling, see Paul Needham, "William Caxton and his Cologne partners: an enquiry based on Veldener's Cologne type", in Hans Limburg, H. Lohse and W. Schmitz (eds), Ars Impressoria: Entstehung und Entwicklung des Buchdrucks, Eine internationale Festgabe für Severin Corsten zum 65. Geburtstag, Munich, 1986, 103-131 (pp. 126-128)
Spaces left blank for initials.
Signatures: [a-f⁸]. Last leaf [f8] blank.
Innocentius III, Pont. Max. (Lotharius de Conti). Liber de contemptu mundi, sive De miseria humanae conditionis, Books 1-3, [a1]r-[f1]v; Vita Udonis episcopi [Speculum exemplorum, "Dist. 9, CLXXV"], [f2]r-[f7]v.
BM 15th cent., I, 233
BN cat. des incun., I-38
Bod-inc, I-007
BSB-Ink, I-173
Goff, I83
GW, M12126
Hain, 10211*
Hain, 15909* (Vita Udonis)
Hain-Copinger, 10211*
ISTC, ii00083000
Oates, 577
Made-up copy with the second text (Vita Udonis) inserted by the library from another copy.
First copy (Innocentius III. Liber de contemptu mundi): Height: 204 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [f2]-[f8]. Decoration: Initials supplied in blue by hand every second dedicated space, Germany, 1470s: decoration interrupted before the application of initials and other manuscript decoration in red. Bookblock edges mottled in red. Annotations: Two manuscript marginalia, one in Latin and one in German, in cursive hand, underlining of words and marginal section numbers on leaf [d8] recto and verso, Germany, late 15th or early 16th century.
Second copy (Vita Udonis): Height: 208 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [a1]-[f1] and last blank leaf [f8]. Decoration: Initial on leaf [f2] recto, paragraph marks and highlighting of printed capitals supplied in red by hand, Germany, 1470s.
[48] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5089068

Provenance

Provenance nameKgl. Hof- und Staatsbibliothek in München [Corporate body; Former Owner]

Provenance

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteProvenance (Innocentius III. Liber de contemptu mundi): The Royal Library at Munich, its stamp 'Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis', with superimposed stamp 'Duplum Bibliotheca R. Monac.', shelfmark 'Inc.S.a.1080' and note 'Dupl' in pencil on leaf [a1] recto. Bought of Anatole Claudin, France, Paris, on 16 February 1895 through the Rustat Fund: purchase note on lower right corner of upper pastedown. UkCU,Provenance (Vita Udonis): Possibly also from the Königliche Hof- und Staatsbibliothek of Munich as suggested by note 'Dupl' in pencil on leaf [f2] recto. Bought of Anatole Claudin, France, Paris, in June 1896 through the Rustat Fund: purchase note on lower right corner of upper pastedown.
Binding noteBrown cloth over pasteboards, Cambridge, 1923.
Decoration NoteFirst copy (Innocentius III. Liber de contemptu mundi): Height: 204 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [f2]-[f8]. Decoration: Initials supplied in blue by hand every second dedicated space, Germany, 1470s: decoration interrupted before the application of initials and other manuscript decoration in red. Bookblock edges mottled in red. Annotations: Two manuscript marginalia, one in Latin and one in German, in cursive hand, underlining of words and marginal section numbers on leaf [d8] recto and verso, Germany, late 15th or early 16th century. UkCU,Second copy (Vita Udonis): Height: 208 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [a1]-[f1] and last blank leaf [f8]. Decoration: Initial on leaf [f2] recto, paragraph marks and highlighting of printed capitals supplied in red by hand, Germany, 1470s.
Manuscript notesFirst copy (Innocentius III. Liber de contemptu mundi): Height: 204 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [f2]-[f8]. Decoration: Initials supplied in blue by hand every second dedicated space, Germany, 1470s: decoration interrupted before the application of initials and other manuscript decoration in red. Bookblock edges mottled in red. Annotations: Two manuscript marginalia, one in Latin and one in German, in cursive hand, underlining of words and marginal section numbers on leaf [d8] recto and verso, Germany, late 15th or early 16th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Other Information

Last Edit2017-04-30 12:00:00

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  00560512

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.5.A.4.7[495]

ISTC No.ii00083000
AuthorInnocentius III, Pont. Max. (Lotharius de Conti)
TitleLiber de contemptu mundi, sive De miseria humanae conditionis. Add: Vita Udonis episcopi (H 15909*)
Imprint[Cologne : Printer of Augustinus, 'De fide', about 1473]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00560512
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.5.A.4.7[495]
NoteTitle from explicit on leaf [f1] verso.
The Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg copy has an owner's date "1474".
For the controversial identification of the printer with Goiswin Gops or Johann Schilling, see Paul Needham, "William Caxton and his Cologne partners: an enquiry based on Veldener's Cologne type", in Hans Limburg, H. Lohse and W. Schmitz (eds), Ars Impressoria: Entstehung und Entwicklung des Buchdrucks, Eine internationale Festgabe für Severin Corsten zum 65. Geburtstag, Munich, 1986, 103-131 (pp. 126-128)
Spaces left blank for initials.
Signatures: [a-f⁸]. Last leaf [f8] blank.
Innocentius III, Pont. Max. (Lotharius de Conti). Liber de contemptu mundi, sive De miseria humanae conditionis, Books 1-3, [a1]r-[f1]v; Vita Udonis episcopi [Speculum exemplorum, "Dist. 9, CLXXV"], [f2]r-[f7]v.
BM 15th cent., I, 233
BN cat. des incun., I-38
Bod-inc, I-007
BSB-Ink, I-173
Goff, I83
GW, M12126
Hain, 10211*
Hain, 15909* (Vita Udonis)
Hain-Copinger, 10211*
ISTC, ii00083000
Oates, 577
Made-up copy with the second text (Vita Udonis) inserted by the library from another copy.
First copy (Innocentius III. Liber de contemptu mundi): Height: 204 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [f2]-[f8]. Decoration: Initials supplied in blue by hand every second dedicated space, Germany, 1470s: decoration interrupted before the application of initials and other manuscript decoration in red. Bookblock edges mottled in red. Annotations: Two manuscript marginalia, one in Latin and one in German, in cursive hand, underlining of words and marginal section numbers on leaf [d8] recto and verso, Germany, late 15th or early 16th century.
Second copy (Vita Udonis): Height: 208 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [a1]-[f1] and last blank leaf [f8]. Decoration: Initial on leaf [f2] recto, paragraph marks and highlighting of printed capitals supplied in red by hand, Germany, 1470s.
[48] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5089068

Provenance

Provenance nameKgl. Hof- und Staatsbibliothek in München [Corporate body; Former Owner]

Provenance

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteProvenance (Innocentius III. Liber de contemptu mundi): The Royal Library at Munich, its stamp 'Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis', with superimposed stamp 'Duplum Bibliotheca R. Monac.', shelfmark 'Inc.S.a.1080' and note 'Dupl' in pencil on leaf [a1] recto. Bought of Anatole Claudin, France, Paris, on 16 February 1895 through the Rustat Fund: purchase note on lower right corner of upper pastedown. UkCU,Provenance (Vita Udonis): Possibly also from the Königliche Hof- und Staatsbibliothek of Munich as suggested by note 'Dupl' in pencil on leaf [f2] recto. Bought of Anatole Claudin, France, Paris, in June 1896 through the Rustat Fund: purchase note on lower right corner of upper pastedown.
Binding noteBrown cloth over pasteboards, Cambridge, 1923.
Decoration NoteFirst copy (Innocentius III. Liber de contemptu mundi): Height: 204 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [f2]-[f8]. Decoration: Initials supplied in blue by hand every second dedicated space, Germany, 1470s: decoration interrupted before the application of initials and other manuscript decoration in red. Bookblock edges mottled in red. Annotations: Two manuscript marginalia, one in Latin and one in German, in cursive hand, underlining of words and marginal section numbers on leaf [d8] recto and verso, Germany, late 15th or early 16th century. UkCU,Second copy (Vita Udonis): Height: 208 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [a1]-[f1] and last blank leaf [f8]. Decoration: Initial on leaf [f2] recto, paragraph marks and highlighting of printed capitals supplied in red by hand, Germany, 1470s.
Manuscript notesFirst copy (Innocentius III. Liber de contemptu mundi): Height: 204 mm. Printed on half-sheets. Wanting leaves [f2]-[f8]. Decoration: Initials supplied in blue by hand every second dedicated space, Germany, 1470s: decoration interrupted before the application of initials and other manuscript decoration in red. Bookblock edges mottled in red. Annotations: Two manuscript marginalia, one in Latin and one in German, in cursive hand, underlining of words and marginal section numbers on leaf [d8] recto and verso, Germany, late 15th or early 16th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Other Information

Last Edit2017-04-30 12:00:00