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mei/02007334 Inc 278 [02007334]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 278

N° ISTCij00081000
AuteurJacobus de Voragine
TitreLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia
Adresse bibliographique[Strassburg : Heinrich Eggestein, not after 1471]
Format
Languelat
SujetHagiographie
Mots clésliterature devotional; liturgy
Périodemedieval

Description de l’exemplaire

ID de l’exemplaire02007334
Institution de conservationCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
CoteInc 278
NoteA more precise collation than that given by BMC (including the 2-leaf table of rubrics at the front) is: [1²; 2¹⁰ 3¹⁰(7+1) 4-9¹⁰ 10¹⁰(8+1) 11-13¹⁰ 14¹⁰(±6) 15-16¹⁰ 17⁸(6+1;-8); 18¹⁰(±2;7+1) 19-29¹⁰ 30⁶; 30/6 blank]. Leaves 10/8+1 and 17/6+1 are half-size leaves consisting of 1 column of text on recto, with verso blank. These were machined as folio half-sheets, with the blank portion used as a binding stub (visible after 10/2 and 17/2).
Record created by John Lancaster.
Description matérielleLacks the 2-leaf table of rubrics at front and final blank leaf.
Taille du feuillet315 × 222 mm
SourceWalsh 90

Provenance 1471 - 1500

LieuGermany?
Aire géographiquee-gx
timeperiod1471 - 1500
provenanceType1
rubricationNoteInitials, chapter titles, and capital strokes added in red; ms. incipits on 2/1r (= BMC [a]1r); half-leaf 17/6+1 has ms. chapter title on verso. -- Ms. quiring, partly trimmed away. (15th century)
certaintyb

provenance 1860 - 1912

placenameRichmond (Geonames ID: 2639389)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1860 - 1912
provenanceType1
noteHodgkin's ms. notes on a printed form with heading "Adnotatio" and his monogram on rear pastedown; also described in his "Rariora" (London, 1902), v. 2, pp. 92-93; no. 1561 in the catalogue of the Sotheby sale of his library, May 1914 (sold for £3-5-0 to P. Mordaunt Barnard [annotated copy of the catalogue at Harvard]).
bindingNoteBound by Hugh Shimmin of Liverpool in 19th-century black morocco over bevelled boards, stamped in blind and gilt to a 16th-century design; Shimmin's stamp in blind on front turn-in. -- Rebacked, with additional repairs and other conservation work, in 1987 by Brown Conservators (typescript note mounted on rear free endpaper).
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
titling
toolingc
edgesd
writingOnEdgesd
gaufferedd
certaintya

provenance 1914 - 1915

placenameTunbridge Wells (Geonames ID: 2639022)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1914 - 1915
provenanceType1
1
noteMordaunt's ms. description of the volume mounted on front free endpaper, with price £10-0-0; he is also recorded as the purchaser of the volume at the sale of Hodgkin's library, May 1914 (annotated copy at Harvard), for £3-5-0.
methodofacqa
price3/5/0 pounds sterling
certaintya
psourcea
e

provenance 1915 -

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1915 -
provenanceType1
noteBought with the Charles Eliot Norton fund, accessioned 20 April 1915.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Dernière modification2017-10-17 02:06:46

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copyId02007334
holdingInstitutionIdHarvardHoughton
shelfmarkInc 278
noteA more precise collation than that given by BMC (including the 2-leaf table of rubrics at the front) is: [1²; 2¹⁰ 3¹⁰(7+1) 4-9¹⁰ 10¹⁰(8+1) 11-13¹⁰ 14¹⁰(±6) 15-16¹⁰ 17⁸(6+1;-8); 18¹⁰(±2;7+1) 19-29¹⁰ 30⁶; 30/6 blank]. Leaves 10/8+1 and 17/6+1 are half-size leaves consisting of 1 column of text on recto, with verso blank. These were machined as folio half-sheets, with the blank portion used as a binding stub (visible after 10/2 and 17/2).
Record created by John Lancaster.
physicalDescriptionNoteLacks the 2-leaf table of rubrics at front and final blank leaf.
paperSize315 × 222 mm
sourceWalsh 90

provenance 1471 - 1500

placenameGermany?
areae-gx
timeperiod1471 - 1500
provenanceType1
rubricationNoteInitials, chapter titles, and capital strokes added in red; ms. incipits on 2/1r (= BMC [a]1r); half-leaf 17/6+1 has ms. chapter title on verso. -- Ms. quiring, partly trimmed away. (15th century)
certaintyb

provenance 1860 - 1912

placenameRichmond (Geonames ID: 2639389)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1860 - 1912
provenanceType1
noteHodgkin's ms. notes on a printed form with heading "Adnotatio" and his monogram on rear pastedown; also described in his "Rariora" (London, 1902), v. 2, pp. 92-93; no. 1561 in the catalogue of the Sotheby sale of his library, May 1914 (sold for £3-5-0 to P. Mordaunt Barnard [annotated copy of the catalogue at Harvard]).
bindingNoteBound by Hugh Shimmin of Liverpool in 19th-century black morocco over bevelled boards, stamped in blind and gilt to a 16th-century design; Shimmin's stamp in blind on front turn-in. -- Rebacked, with additional repairs and other conservation work, in 1987 by Brown Conservators (typescript note mounted on rear free endpaper).
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
titling
toolingc
edgesd
writingOnEdgesd
gaufferedd
certaintya

provenance 1914 - 1915

placenameTunbridge Wells (Geonames ID: 2639022)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1914 - 1915
provenanceType1
1
noteMordaunt's ms. description of the volume mounted on front free endpaper, with price £10-0-0; he is also recorded as the purchaser of the volume at the sale of Hodgkin's library, May 1914 (annotated copy at Harvard), for £3-5-0.
methodofacqa
price3/5/0 pounds sterling
certaintya
psourcea
e

provenance 1915 -

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1915 -
provenanceType1
noteBought with the Charles Eliot Norton fund, accessioned 20 April 1915.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Dernière modification2017-10-17 02:06:46