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mei/00562064 Inc.4.A.1.3b[27] [00562064]

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.4.A.1.3b[27]

ISTC No.is00677500
TitleSpiegel der volcomenheit [German] Spiegel der Volnkommenheyt
Imprint[Mainz : Peter Schoeffer, before 10 Sept. 1474]
Format4° in divided half-sheets
Languageger
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-moral
Keywordsliterature-devotional
Periodcontemporary?

Description of Copy

Copy Id00562064
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.4.A.1.3b[27]
NoteTitle from caption at incipit on leaf [a2] recto.
By Henricus de Herpf (or Herp): see Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters: Verfasserlexikon, ed. Kurt Ruh, Gundolf Keil and others, 2nd rev. edn, Berlin, [1977]-, Bd. 3, col 1123ff, and Bio-bibliographia Franciscana Neerlandica ante saeculum XVI, II, L. Mees, Pars bibliographica, Incunabula, Nieuwkoop,1974 (BBFN), Inc 57.
On the date, see BBFN, Inc 57.
Spaces left blank for initials.
Signatures: [a-m¹⁰ n-p⁸].
Henricus de Herpf. Spieghel der volcomenheit, in German, Spiegel der Volnkommenheyt, [a2]r-[n1]r; Von der Gestorbenheit, [n1]v-[n8]v; Von der Ungestorbenheit, [n8]v-[p3]r; Wie zu der Gestorbenheit sei zu kommen, [p3]v-[p8]r.
BN cat. des incun. (Addition), H-22a
BSB-Ink, H-221 (with digital facsimile)
Copinger, 2941
GW, 12229 (with digital facsimile)
ISTC, is00677500
Oates, 44
Benjamin de Troeyer and [L. Mees], Bio-bibliographia franciscana neerlandica ante saeculum XVI, 3 vols, Nieuwkoop, 1974, II, pp. 76-77, no. 57, III, ills 220-221
Text on leaf [p1] recto in variant setting.
Gatherings m-o misbound between leaves i10 and k1: therefore the sequence of gatherings in this copy is a-i m-o k-l p, with leaves in gatherings m-o signed "k1"-"m5" and those in gatherings k-l signed "n1"-"o6".
Item no. 2 in volume. Bound with: Mechthild von Hackeborn. Liber specialis gratiae, in German, Das buch geistlicher gnaden offenbarunge wunderliches vnde beschawlichen lebens der heiligenn iungfrawen Mechtildis vnd Gertrudis ... Leipzig : [Melchior Lotter the elder], 1503.
[144] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5503604

Provenance 1834-1902

Provenance nameActon, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance 1835-1919

Provenance nameCarnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance 1838-1923

Provenance nameMorley, John, 1838-1923 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

Provenance nameKartause Gaming [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 'Jouernberg' or 'jon ernberg' on leaf [a1] recto and leaf A2 recto of item no. 1 in volume, Germany or Austria, late 15th or early 16th century. Inscribed 'Dono mihi datus a ve[nerab]jli p[ri]ore Car[tusiae] Ge[m]nicen[sis] 1547' on leaf A1 of item no. 1 in volume, i.e. the Charterhouse in Gaming, Austria. Marked 'St. 1. 10' in blue crayon on upper pastedown. From the Acton Library, its shelfmark '45' in pencil on upper pastedown. Bought by Andrew Carnegie and given by him to Viscout John Morley, who presented it to Cambridge University in 1902.
Binding noteOriginal blind-tooled goatskin over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on three double-split alum-tawed skin spine bands, with two endbands of alum-tawed skin core and simple hemp [?] sewing, parchment manuscript fragments used as endpapers and paper manuscript fragment used as pastedowns, two decorated rectangular brass catches at fore-edge of upper board, stubs of two brown leather straps for fastening clasps (wanting) held at fore-edge of lower board by two small rectangular brass plaquettes, and decorated brass corner-pieces, executed at Gaming Charterhouse (EBDB w002537), Austria, 16th century, blind tools including a finial (EBDB s017802), a four-petal flower (EBDB s017807), and tools not recorded in Einbanddatenbank; rebacked. Parchment endpapers are fragments of two bifolia from a late 13th or 14th century manuscript of Alexander de Villa Dei's Doctrinale (Pars I) with commentary, 122 x 212 mm., in two columns, Gothic book hand interspersed with Gothic littera glossularis for commentary, initials in alternating red and blue, with contrasting blue or read pen-flourished decoration, and rubrics, paragraph marks and highlighting of capitals in red, Germany or Austria [?], late 13th or 14th century; paper pastedowns from a register of tithes entitled 'Registru[m] familie pro / graugia [sic] retro lacum' listing the following names: Andre Hofmaister, Pet[rus] Rechberg[ensis]; Jans Marreut[er] Kiczkneches [?]; Tristan Marreut[er] jue[n]is gaisknecht; Pet[rus] ga[n]stl [?]; Erhact [?] kam et [?] uxo[r]e, crossed away and substituted with Peter Greid[er]grab[er]; Pet[rus] hechttn[n]a[r]io [?], substituted with Pet[rus] perz[er]; Elizabeth pfannerin, substituted with Juue[n]is phleglpuhl [?] and Erhard Rechp[er]g[er] cu[m] uxo[r]e, Austria, 16th century.
Decoration NoteBinding: Original blind-tooled goatskin over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on three double-split alum-tawed skin spine bands, with two endbands of alum-tawed skin core and simple hemp [?] sewing, parchment manuscript fragments used as endpapers and paper manuscript fragment used as pastedowns, two decorated rectangular brass catches at fore-edge of upper board, stubs of two brown leather straps for fastening clasps (wanting) held at fore-edge of lower board by two small rectangular brass plaquettes, and decorated brass corner-pieces, executed at Gaming Charterhouse (EBDB w002537), Austria, 16th century, blind tools including a finial (EBDB s017802), a four-petal flower (EBDB s017807), and tools not recorded in Einbanddatenbank; rebacked. Parchment endpapers are fragments of two bifolia from a late 13th or 14th century manuscript of Alexander de Villa Dei's Doctrinale (Pars I) with commentary, 122 x 212 mm., in two columns, Gothic book hand interspersed with Gothic littera glossularis for commentary, initials in alternating red and blue, with contrasting blue or read pen-flourished decoration, and rubrics, paragraph marks and highlighting of capitals in red, Germany or Austria [?], late 13th or 14th century; paper pastedowns from a register of tithes entitled 'Registru[m] familie pro / graugia [sic] retro lacum' listing the following names: Andre Hofmaister, Pet[rus] Rechberg[ensis]; Jans Marreut[er] Kiczkneches [?]; Tristan Marreut[er] jue[n]is gaisknecht; Pet[rus] ga[n]stl [?]; Erhact [?] kam et [?] uxo[r]e, crossed away and substituted with Peter Greid[er]grab[er]; Pet[rus] hechttn[n]a[r]io [?], substituted with Pet[rus] perz[er]; Elizabeth pfannerin, substituted with Juue[n]is phleglpuhl [?] and Erhard Rechp[er]g[er] cu[m] uxo[r]e, Austria, 16th century. UkCU,Decoration: Initials, highlighting of printed capitals and underlining of captions supplied in red by hand, Germany or Austria, late 15th century.
Manuscript notesMarginal manuscript notes in Latin and underlining of text in light brown ink, Germany or Austria, late 15th and/or early 16th century. Manuscript signatures 'aj'-'p5', always signing the first leaf in the second half of each gathering, Austria [?], late 15th and/or early 16th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

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  00562064

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.4.A.1.3b[27]

ISTC No.is00677500
TitleSpiegel der volcomenheit [German] Spiegel der Volnkommenheyt
Imprint[Mainz : Peter Schoeffer, before 10 Sept. 1474]
Format4° in divided half-sheets
Languageger
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-moral
Keywordsliterature-devotional
Periodcontemporary?

Description of Copy

Copy Id00562064
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.4.A.1.3b[27]
NoteTitle from caption at incipit on leaf [a2] recto.
By Henricus de Herpf (or Herp): see Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters: Verfasserlexikon, ed. Kurt Ruh, Gundolf Keil and others, 2nd rev. edn, Berlin, [1977]-, Bd. 3, col 1123ff, and Bio-bibliographia Franciscana Neerlandica ante saeculum XVI, II, L. Mees, Pars bibliographica, Incunabula, Nieuwkoop,1974 (BBFN), Inc 57.
On the date, see BBFN, Inc 57.
Spaces left blank for initials.
Signatures: [a-m¹⁰ n-p⁸].
Henricus de Herpf. Spieghel der volcomenheit, in German, Spiegel der Volnkommenheyt, [a2]r-[n1]r; Von der Gestorbenheit, [n1]v-[n8]v; Von der Ungestorbenheit, [n8]v-[p3]r; Wie zu der Gestorbenheit sei zu kommen, [p3]v-[p8]r.
BN cat. des incun. (Addition), H-22a
BSB-Ink, H-221 (with digital facsimile)
Copinger, 2941
GW, 12229 (with digital facsimile)
ISTC, is00677500
Oates, 44
Benjamin de Troeyer and [L. Mees], Bio-bibliographia franciscana neerlandica ante saeculum XVI, 3 vols, Nieuwkoop, 1974, II, pp. 76-77, no. 57, III, ills 220-221
Text on leaf [p1] recto in variant setting.
Gatherings m-o misbound between leaves i10 and k1: therefore the sequence of gatherings in this copy is a-i m-o k-l p, with leaves in gatherings m-o signed "k1"-"m5" and those in gatherings k-l signed "n1"-"o6".
Item no. 2 in volume. Bound with: Mechthild von Hackeborn. Liber specialis gratiae, in German, Das buch geistlicher gnaden offenbarunge wunderliches vnde beschawlichen lebens der heiligenn iungfrawen Mechtildis vnd Gertrudis ... Leipzig : [Melchior Lotter the elder], 1503.
[144] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5503604

Provenance

Provenance nameActon, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

Provenance nameCarnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

Provenance nameMorley, John, 1838-1923 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

Provenance nameKartause Gaming [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 'Jouernberg' or 'jon ernberg' on leaf [a1] recto and leaf A2 recto of item no. 1 in volume, Germany or Austria, late 15th or early 16th century. Inscribed 'Dono mihi datus a ve[nerab]jli p[ri]ore Car[tusiae] Ge[m]nicen[sis] 1547' on leaf A1 of item no. 1 in volume, i.e. the Charterhouse in Gaming, Austria. Marked 'St. 1. 10' in blue crayon on upper pastedown. From the Acton Library, its shelfmark '45' in pencil on upper pastedown. Bought by Andrew Carnegie and given by him to Viscout John Morley, who presented it to Cambridge University in 1902.
Binding noteOriginal blind-tooled goatskin over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on three double-split alum-tawed skin spine bands, with two endbands of alum-tawed skin core and simple hemp [?] sewing, parchment manuscript fragments used as endpapers and paper manuscript fragment used as pastedowns, two decorated rectangular brass catches at fore-edge of upper board, stubs of two brown leather straps for fastening clasps (wanting) held at fore-edge of lower board by two small rectangular brass plaquettes, and decorated brass corner-pieces, executed at Gaming Charterhouse (EBDB w002537), Austria, 16th century, blind tools including a finial (EBDB s017802), a four-petal flower (EBDB s017807), and tools not recorded in Einbanddatenbank; rebacked. Parchment endpapers are fragments of two bifolia from a late 13th or 14th century manuscript of Alexander de Villa Dei's Doctrinale (Pars I) with commentary, 122 x 212 mm., in two columns, Gothic book hand interspersed with Gothic littera glossularis for commentary, initials in alternating red and blue, with contrasting blue or read pen-flourished decoration, and rubrics, paragraph marks and highlighting of capitals in red, Germany or Austria [?], late 13th or 14th century; paper pastedowns from a register of tithes entitled 'Registru[m] familie pro / graugia [sic] retro lacum' listing the following names: Andre Hofmaister, Pet[rus] Rechberg[ensis]; Jans Marreut[er] Kiczkneches [?]; Tristan Marreut[er] jue[n]is gaisknecht; Pet[rus] ga[n]stl [?]; Erhact [?] kam et [?] uxo[r]e, crossed away and substituted with Peter Greid[er]grab[er]; Pet[rus] hechttn[n]a[r]io [?], substituted with Pet[rus] perz[er]; Elizabeth pfannerin, substituted with Juue[n]is phleglpuhl [?] and Erhard Rechp[er]g[er] cu[m] uxo[r]e, Austria, 16th century.
Decoration NoteBinding: Original blind-tooled goatskin over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on three double-split alum-tawed skin spine bands, with two endbands of alum-tawed skin core and simple hemp [?] sewing, parchment manuscript fragments used as endpapers and paper manuscript fragment used as pastedowns, two decorated rectangular brass catches at fore-edge of upper board, stubs of two brown leather straps for fastening clasps (wanting) held at fore-edge of lower board by two small rectangular brass plaquettes, and decorated brass corner-pieces, executed at Gaming Charterhouse (EBDB w002537), Austria, 16th century, blind tools including a finial (EBDB s017802), a four-petal flower (EBDB s017807), and tools not recorded in Einbanddatenbank; rebacked. Parchment endpapers are fragments of two bifolia from a late 13th or 14th century manuscript of Alexander de Villa Dei's Doctrinale (Pars I) with commentary, 122 x 212 mm., in two columns, Gothic book hand interspersed with Gothic littera glossularis for commentary, initials in alternating red and blue, with contrasting blue or read pen-flourished decoration, and rubrics, paragraph marks and highlighting of capitals in red, Germany or Austria [?], late 13th or 14th century; paper pastedowns from a register of tithes entitled 'Registru[m] familie pro / graugia [sic] retro lacum' listing the following names: Andre Hofmaister, Pet[rus] Rechberg[ensis]; Jans Marreut[er] Kiczkneches [?]; Tristan Marreut[er] jue[n]is gaisknecht; Pet[rus] ga[n]stl [?]; Erhact [?] kam et [?] uxo[r]e, crossed away and substituted with Peter Greid[er]grab[er]; Pet[rus] hechttn[n]a[r]io [?], substituted with Pet[rus] perz[er]; Elizabeth pfannerin, substituted with Juue[n]is phleglpuhl [?] and Erhard Rechp[er]g[er] cu[m] uxo[r]e, Austria, 16th century. UkCU,Decoration: Initials, highlighting of printed capitals and underlining of captions supplied in red by hand, Germany or Austria, late 15th century.
Manuscript notesMarginal manuscript notes in Latin and underlining of text in light brown ink, Germany or Austria, late 15th and/or early 16th century. Manuscript signatures 'aj'-'p5', always signing the first leaf in the second half of each gathering, Austria [?], late 15th and/or early 16th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

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Last Edit2018-05-24 14:14:38