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mei/00560573 Inc.3.B.3.9[1404] [00560573]

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
full ISTC record
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

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk-en
Time period - 1674
Provenance nameWard, Isaiah, 1631-1674 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscribed 'Liber Esaie Wardi ex Aedi [Christi] Oxon.', identifiable with Isaiah Ward, of Christ Church, Oxford and Cambridge, on leaf a2 recto.
methodofacqx

Provenance 1714

Areae-uk-en
Time period - 1714
Provenance nameMoore, John, 1646-1714 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
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 nameGeorge I, King of England, 1660-1727 [Person; Donor] (Male, Royalty)
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 nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
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.
msNote Old foliation '1-263' on leaves a2-[rum]8 added by hand, England, 18th century?
histShelfmarkOld shelfmarks 'B-3-17', crossed away, and 'AB-9-7' on leaf a2 recto.
certaintya

otherInformation

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CambridgeUL : Inc.3.B.3.9[1404]

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copy

copyId00560573
holdingInstitutionIdCambridgeUL
holdingInstitutionCollectionInc.2-7
shelfmarkInc.3.B.3.9[1404]
noteOriginal item identifier in source database: 4775605
paperSize302 × mm

provenance 1478 - 1500

areae-uk-en
timeperiod1478 - 1500
provenanceType1
1
methodofacqx
decorationNoteInitials 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.
hasPenInitialsbooleanyes
msNoteOccasional 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

placenameOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod - 1674
ownerWard, Isaiah, 1631-1674 (, )
provenanceType1
noteInscribed 'Liber Esaie Wardi ex Aedi [Christi] Oxon.', identifiable with Isaiah Ward, of Christ Church, Oxford and Cambridge, on leaf a2 recto.
methodofacqx

Provenance 1714

Areae-uk-en
Time period - 1714
Provenance nameMoore, John, 1646-1714 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
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 nameGeorge I, King of England, 1660-1727 [Person; Donor] (Male, Royalty)
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 nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
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

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Last Edit2018-05-02 11:40:14