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mei/00560708 Inc.3.A.2.15[185] [00560708]

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.3.A.2.15[185]

ISTC No.ij00455000
AuthorJohannes de Verdena
TitleSermones "Dormi secure" de tempore
ImprintStrassburg : [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 15 Sept. 1485
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjecttheology pastoral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00560708
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.3.A.2.15[185]
NoteTitle from title page on leaf a1 recto.
Place and date of printing from colophon on leaf p7 verso, which reads: ... finiu[n]t s[er]mones notabiles quanq[uam] breues. dormi secure intitulati imp[re]ssi Argentine. Anno domini .Mil:/lesimo q[ua]dringentesimo octogesimo q[ui]nto. Finiti altera die post festu[m] exaltationis sancte crucis.
Printed running titles.
Text in two columns.
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
Signatures: a⁸ b⁶ c⁸ d-o⁶ p⁸. First leaf a1 unsigned; leaves a2-a4 signed "a"-"a 3". Last leaf p8 blank.
Title page, a1r; Table of contents, a2r-a3v; Johannes de Verdena. Sermones "Dormi secure" de tempore, a4r-p7v; colophon, p7v.
BM 15th cent., I, 133
BSB-Ink, I-546 (with digital facsimile)
Goff, J455
GW, M14960 (with digital facsimile)
Hain-Copinger, 15974*
ISTC, ij00455000
Oates, 227
[96] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5553175

Provenance 1819-1892

Provenance nameAdams, John Couch, 1819-1892 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

Provenance nameStift Ranshofen (Ranshofen, Austria) [Corporate body; Former Owner]

Provenance

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteInscribed 'Monasterij Ranshouen' on leaf a1 recto, late 16th [?] century, i.e. the Augustinian Monastery of S. Pancratius in Ranshofen / Ranshoven, near Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, founded in 1125 and dissolved in 1811, whose library was transferred en bloc to Munich. Fragment of a oval blue library stamp, reading 'K / <...>adburg [?] / 145' pasted onto lower right corner of the inner side of the upper board. Marked '540' and priced '8/8/' and '/7/u [?]' in pencil on leaf a1 recto, 19th century. John Couch Adams, Lowndean Professor of Astronomy, his bookplate pasted onto the inner side of the upper boards; his bequest to Cambridge University Library in 1892.
Binding noteBlind-tooled quarter pigskin over beech-wood boards, sewn on two double-split alum-tawed skin spine bands, with fragments from 14th- and 15th-century parchment manuscript fragments used as gutter guards at centre of gatherings, lettered copper-alloy catch at centre of fore-edge of upper board and decorated rectangular copper-alloy plaquette holding stub of pigskin and brown leather fastening strap and clasp [wanting] at centre of fore-edge of lower board, and trace of paper title label on upper board, Austria, Ranshofen [?], late 15th or early 16th century.
Decoration NoteRed initials with penwork decoration in red on leaf a4 recto, initials, paragraph marks and highlighting of printed capitals in red throughout, all supplied by hand, Austria [?], late 15th or early 16th century.
Manuscript notesMarginal manuscript nota signs, including maniculae, and annotations in cursive Gothic hands in black and red ink (see leaves p7 verso - p8 verso), Austria, 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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  00560708

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.3.A.2.15[185]

ISTC No.ij00455000
AuthorJohannes de Verdena
TitleSermones "Dormi secure" de tempore
ImprintStrassburg : [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 15 Sept. 1485
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjecttheology pastoral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00560708
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.3.A.2.15[185]
NoteTitle from title page on leaf a1 recto.
Place and date of printing from colophon on leaf p7 verso, which reads: ... finiu[n]t s[er]mones notabiles quanq[uam] breues. dormi secure intitulati imp[re]ssi Argentine. Anno domini .Mil:/lesimo q[ua]dringentesimo octogesimo q[ui]nto. Finiti altera die post festu[m] exaltationis sancte crucis.
Printed running titles.
Text in two columns.
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
Signatures: a⁸ b⁶ c⁸ d-o⁶ p⁸. First leaf a1 unsigned; leaves a2-a4 signed "a"-"a 3". Last leaf p8 blank.
Title page, a1r; Table of contents, a2r-a3v; Johannes de Verdena. Sermones "Dormi secure" de tempore, a4r-p7v; colophon, p7v.
BM 15th cent., I, 133
BSB-Ink, I-546 (with digital facsimile)
Goff, J455
GW, M14960 (with digital facsimile)
Hain-Copinger, 15974*
ISTC, ij00455000
Oates, 227
[96] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5553175

Provenance

Provenance nameAdams, John Couch, 1819-1892 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

Provenance nameStift Ranshofen (Ranshofen, Austria) [Corporate body; Former Owner]

Provenance

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteInscribed 'Monasterij Ranshouen' on leaf a1 recto, late 16th [?] century, i.e. the Augustinian Monastery of S. Pancratius in Ranshofen / Ranshoven, near Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, founded in 1125 and dissolved in 1811, whose library was transferred en bloc to Munich. Fragment of a oval blue library stamp, reading 'K / <...>adburg [?] / 145' pasted onto lower right corner of the inner side of the upper board. Marked '540' and priced '8/8/' and '/7/u [?]' in pencil on leaf a1 recto, 19th century. John Couch Adams, Lowndean Professor of Astronomy, his bookplate pasted onto the inner side of the upper boards; his bequest to Cambridge University Library in 1892.
Binding noteBlind-tooled quarter pigskin over beech-wood boards, sewn on two double-split alum-tawed skin spine bands, with fragments from 14th- and 15th-century parchment manuscript fragments used as gutter guards at centre of gatherings, lettered copper-alloy catch at centre of fore-edge of upper board and decorated rectangular copper-alloy plaquette holding stub of pigskin and brown leather fastening strap and clasp [wanting] at centre of fore-edge of lower board, and trace of paper title label on upper board, Austria, Ranshofen [?], late 15th or early 16th century.
Decoration NoteRed initials with penwork decoration in red on leaf a4 recto, initials, paragraph marks and highlighting of printed capitals in red throughout, all supplied by hand, Austria [?], late 15th or early 16th century.
Manuscript notesMarginal manuscript nota signs, including maniculae, and annotations in cursive Gothic hands in black and red ink (see leaves p7 verso - p8 verso), Austria, late 15th or early 16th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Other Information

Last Edit2017-04-30 12:00:00