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mei/02000017 Inc.5.B.3.2[4321] [02000017]

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.5.B.3.2[4321]

ISTC No.ib00915500
AuthorBonaventura, S
TitleMeditationes vitae Christi [Italian]. Le deuote meditatione sopra la passione del nostro signore (with text ending: ritorno al sanctissimo corpo nel sepulchro)
Imprint[Venice : Nicolaus Jenson?, about 1478?]
Format8° or 4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Keywordstranslation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02000017
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkInc.5.B.3.2[4321]
Copy HistoryNothing known for 18th and 19th century. Not known when the book moves from Italy to UK. It is probable that left at soppression of religious institutions in Italy, end of 18th century and again in the 19th century. [18th and 19th century]
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1528 - 1528

PlaceLombardy [?]
Areae-it
Time period1528 - 1528
Provenance namePetrus Mantuanus OP, 1528 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious institution, Religious) Floruit
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteQuesto libro e de sor Alexia donato da suo barba frate petro mantuano ord[in]is p[re]dicator[um] die .25. septembris. 1528, on recto of single leaf added at the end.
Binding noteBrown goatskin over thin wooden boards with blind-tooled decoration in Northern Italian style [Lombardy?], late 15th century, with traces of ties at foredge.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
Decoration NoteNorthern Italian style (Lombardy?), late 15th century, initials with foliate decoration extending into the margins in colours and gold at the beg. of each meditation, the first on [a1r] historiated with Christ as the Man of Sorrow. Paragraph marks in red or blue.

Provenance 1528 - 1528

PlaceNorthern Italy
Areae-it
Time period1528 - 1528
Provenance nameAlexia, 1528 [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Religious) Floruit
.S.SDA, 16th century [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious)
Note.S.SDA, on upper pastedown
Method of acquisitionDonation
Manuscript notesHymns supplied in Alexia's hand on two leaves added at the beg. and one at the end, see Cambridge cat.
SupplementsYes

Provenance 1601 - 1700

Areae-it
Time period1601 - 1700
Provenance nameTeofila Guadagna, 17th century [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Religious)
NoteQuesto libro sia de s[or] teofila guadagna serva de Iesu cristo. Credo in deum, verso of 2nd leaf added at the beginning.

Provenance 1941 - 1950

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1941 - 1950
Provenance nameDavis and Orioli, booksellers, 1949 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay)
NotePurchased from Davis and Orioli by the Wilson-Barkworth Fund on 6 July 1949; mark 106 within circle in lower right corner of upper pastedown and armorial bookplate, ex legato Arturi Bromby Wilson-Barkworth, on lower pastedown

Provenance

Provenance nameCambridge, University Library [Corporate body; Present Owner]

Other Information

Last Edit2023-02-04 19:44:58

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  02000017

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.5.B.3.2[4321]

ISTC No.ib00915500
AuthorBonaventura, S
TitleMeditationes vitae Christi [Italian]. Le deuote meditatione sopra la passione del nostro signore (with text ending: ritorno al sanctissimo corpo nel sepulchro)
Imprint[Venice : Nicolaus Jenson?, about 1478?]
Format8° or 4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Keywordstranslation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02000017
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkInc.5.B.3.2[4321]
Copy HistoryNothing known for 18th and 19th century. Not known when the book moves from Italy to UK. It is probable that left at soppression of religious institutions in Italy, end of 18th century and again in the 19th century. [18th and 19th century]
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1528 - 1528

PlaceLombardy [?]
Areae-it
Time period1528 - 1528
Provenance namePetrus Mantuanus OP, 1528 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious institution, Religious) Floruit
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteQuesto libro e de sor Alexia donato da suo barba frate petro mantuano ord[in]is p[re]dicator[um] die .25. septembris. 1528, on recto of single leaf added at the end.
Binding noteBrown goatskin over thin wooden boards with blind-tooled decoration in Northern Italian style [Lombardy?], late 15th century, with traces of ties at foredge.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
Decoration NoteNorthern Italian style (Lombardy?), late 15th century, initials with foliate decoration extending into the margins in colours and gold at the beg. of each meditation, the first on [a1r] historiated with Christ as the Man of Sorrow. Paragraph marks in red or blue.

Provenance 1528 - 1528

PlaceNorthern Italy
Areae-it
Time period1528 - 1528
Provenance nameAlexia, 1528 [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Religious) Floruit
.S.SDA, 16th century [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious)
Note.S.SDA, on upper pastedown
Method of acquisitionDonation
Manuscript notesHymns supplied in Alexia's hand on two leaves added at the beg. and one at the end, see Cambridge cat.
SupplementsYes

Provenance 1601 - 1700

Areae-it
Time period1601 - 1700
Provenance nameTeofila Guadagna, 17th century [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Religious)
NoteQuesto libro sia de s[or] teofila guadagna serva de Iesu cristo. Credo in deum, verso of 2nd leaf added at the beginning.

Provenance 1941 - 1950

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1941 - 1950
Provenance nameDavis and Orioli, booksellers, 1949 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay)
NotePurchased from Davis and Orioli by the Wilson-Barkworth Fund on 6 July 1949; mark 106 within circle in lower right corner of upper pastedown and armorial bookplate, ex legato Arturi Bromby Wilson-Barkworth, on lower pastedown

Provenance

Provenance nameCambridge, University Library [Corporate body; Present Owner]

Other Information

Last Edit2023-02-04 19:44:58