Cambridge, University Library (GB)
: Inc.2.B.3.2[1357]
ISTC No.ij00174000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [Italian] Legendario di Sancti (Tr: Niccolò Malermi)
ImprintVenice : Nicolaus Jenson, [between 1 July 1475 and 23 Feb. 1476]
Formatf°
Languageita
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy; translation
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id00560616
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.2.B.3.2[1357]
Note212 leaves only: wanting 106 leaves.5UkCU
Foliation, partly in Roman and partly in Arabic numerals, supplied by hand in ink in the upper right corner of leaves corrected by a later one in Arabic numerals.
[318] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 4754493
Size of leaves360 × mm
Provenance
1475 -
1511
Areae-it
Time period1475 - 1511
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteLarge initial in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red on leaf [a4] recto, Italy, probably Venice, late 15th century. Initials and paragraph marks in alternating red and blue.
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesOne marginal note by a 15th-century Italian hand on leaf 27. Inscribed "ann[us ?] 1511 [?] am[a]g[ist]ru[s] ?" in the margin of leaf 204 recto.
Personal NotesYes
Provenance
1620 -
1660
Areae-it
Time period1620 - 1660
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidence1646
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesOccasional marginal manuscript notes supplied by a 17th-century Italian hand, including the date 'MDCXXXXVI' in the margin of leaf 118.
Lecture notesYes
Provenance
1927
Areae-uk-en
Time period - 1927
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Date of evidenceMay 1927
Binding noteGilt- and blind-tooled brown morocco over pasteboard by Douglas Cockerell, 1903 and 1927.
Provenance
1927 -
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1927 -
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteGiven by Sir Henry Francis Herbert Thompson of Trinity College on May 1927.
Date of evidenceMay 1927
Method of acquisitionDonation
Manuscript notesModern foliation in pencil in the lower right corners of leaves.
CollationYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Other Information
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