Cambridge, University Library (GB)
: Inc.3.B.3.9[1404]
ISTC No.ij00089000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia
ImprintVenice : Christophorus Arnoldus, [not after 6 May] 1478
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id00560573
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.3.B.3.9[1404]
NoteOriginal item identifier in source database: 4775605
Size of leaves302 × mm
Provenance
1478 -
1500
Areae-uk-en
Time period1478 - 1500
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteInitials in red on leaves a2r-g6v and in alternating blue and red on leaves g9r-[rum]4v; paragraph marks in red; all added by hand, England, late 15th century.
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesOccasional marginal manuscript notes in a late 15th-century English hand. Traces of gathering signatures in ink added by hand, England, late 15th century.
Provenance
1674
Areae-uk-en
Time period - 1674
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscribed 'Liber Esaie Wardi ex Aedi [Christi] Oxon.', identifiable with Isaiah Ward, of Christ Church, Oxford and Cambridge, on leaf a2 recto.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Provenance
1714
Areae-uk-en
Time period - 1714
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Note From the collection of John Moore, Bishop of Ely.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Provenance
1714 -
1715
Areae-uk-en
Time period1714 - 1715
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteArmorial bookplate 'Munificentia regia 1715' on upper pastedown.
Date of evidence1715
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Provenance
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
NotePresented to Cambridge University Library by King George I, 1715.
Method of acquisitionDonation
Binding noteBlind-tooled brown calf over pasteboards, England, Cambridge, late 17th century; restored, 1968.
Manuscript notes Old foliation '1-263' on leaves a2-[rum]8 added by hand, England, 18th century?
Historic ShelfmarkOld shelfmarks 'B-3-17', crossed away, and 'AB-9-7' on leaf a2 recto.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Other Information
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