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mei/02009905 Typ Inc 1177 [02009905]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Typ Inc 1177

ISTC No.ig00429000
AuthorGregorius I, Pont. Max
TitleMoralia, sive Expositio in Job
Imprint[Cologne : Conrad Winters, de Homborch, about 1476]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Pastoral
Keywordscommentary
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02009905
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
CollectionPrinting and Graphic Arts
ShelfmarkTyp Inc 1177
NoteA more precise collation than that given by BMC would include: [n]^10 ([n]1 + 1).
Record created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves406 × 292 mm
SourceWalsh 396

Provenance 1479 - 1490

PlaceErfurt (Geonames ID: 2929670)
Areae-gx
Time period1479 - 1490
Provenance nameMilbach, Johannes, -1493 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on first leaf: Volumen moralium sancti Gregorij pape in librum Job, quod comparauit dominus Joh[annes] Milb[ach] anno domini 1479, tempore quo impressores librorum floruerunt industriose et legauit ad monasterium montis sancti Petri in Erff[ordia]. Also: Anno domini m°cccc°lxxxx° egregius doctor dominus Johannes Milbach sacre theologie professor legauit hunc librum cum alijs libris fratribus montis sancti Petri in Erffordia. Cui idem clauiger aditum regni celestis patefaciat.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, underlinings, book and chapter numberings in upper margin added in red. (15th century)
Manuscript notesMs. annotations in both red and brown, including numerous notes at the upper edges which seem to correspond to marginal symbols opposite text.
Location in BookThroughout
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Provenance 1490 - 1810

PlaceErfurt (Geonames ID: 2929670)
Areae-gx
Time period1490 - 1810
Provenance nameErfurt, Benedictines, Benediktinerkloster St. Peter und Paul OSB, 1059-1803 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on first blank leaf: "Anno domini m°cccc°lxxxx° egregius doctor dominus Johannes Milbach sacre theologie professor legauit hunc librum cum alijs libris fratribus montis sancti Petri in Erffordia. Cui idem clauiger aditum regni celestis patefaciat." Ms shelfmark on label mounted on front cover: "Q xxx" (identified as a shelfmark of the monastery by Matthias Eifler).
Method of acquisitionDonation
Binding noteContemporary blind-stamped leather over wooden boards, badly scuffed and worn; marks of center and corner bosses, clasp plates and latches, no longer present; vellum MS label on front cover, paper MS label on spine. Vellum bifolium opened and pasted down as a single unit inside front cover, from a 12th-century vellum German missal with colored interlaced initials; another vellum bifolium similarly pasted down inside back cover, of a 15th-century German breviary, without initials. The binding is identifiable from tools as having been made in the monastery's bindery (identified by Matthias Eifler). Vellum quire guards. Index tabs.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Historic ShelfmarkShelfmark on a paper label mounted on front cover: Q xxx (the number is in characters less than half the height of the letter). (Shelfmark pattern No.: 59)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Provenance 1861 - 1894

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1861 - 1894
Provenance nameBruce, David Wolfe, - 1895 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Bruce, George [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteThe collection of early printed books formed by George Bruce and his son, David Wolfe Bruce, was given to the Grolier Club in 1894. This copy, however, is not recorded in the catalogue of Bruce's gift (Catalogue of early printed books presented to the Grolier Club by David Wolfe Bruce. Exhibited at the Grolier Club 1894. New York: Grolier Club, 1894.) This volume and others were sold by the Club to Goodspeed's Book Shop in November 1968.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Provenance 1894 - 1968

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1894 - 1968
Provenance nameGrolier Club, 1884 - [Corporate body; Former Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteSold by the Grolier Club to Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, in November 1968; a note by the Club's librarian, Gabriel Austin, attesting to the sale, is on the front free endpaper.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Provenance 1968 - 1969

PlaceBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1968 - 1969
Provenance nameGoodspeed's Book Shop <Boston, Mass.>, 1898-1955 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteHofer's pencil note on front pastedown: "Bot of Goodspeed Boston 1/6/69" (i.e. 6 January 1969).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
certaintya

provenance 1969 - 1973

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1969 - 1973
ownerHofer, Philip, 1898 - 1984
provenanceType1
notePurchased by Philip Hofer from Goodspeed’s Book Shop, 6 January 1969; given to Harvard in August 1973.
methodofacqa
certaintya

provenance 1973 -

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1973 -
ownerHarvard Library, 1636-
provenanceType1
noteGift of Philip Hofer, August 1973.
methodofacqb
certaintya

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2019-06-06 20:20:02

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copyId02009905
holdingInstitutionIdHarvardHoughton
holdingInstitutionCollectionPrinting and Graphic Arts
shelfmarkTyp Inc 1177
noteA more precise collation than that given by BMC would include: [n]^10 ([n]1 + 1).
Record created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves406 × 292 mm
SourceWalsh 396

Provenance 1479 - 1490

PlaceErfurt (Geonames ID: 2929670)
Areae-gx
Time period1479 - 1490
Provenance nameMilbach, Johannes, -1493 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on first leaf: Volumen moralium sancti Gregorij pape in librum Job, quod comparauit dominus Joh[annes] Milb[ach] anno domini 1479, tempore quo impressores librorum floruerunt industriose et legauit ad monasterium montis sancti Petri in Erff[ordia]. Also: Anno domini m°cccc°lxxxx° egregius doctor dominus Johannes Milbach sacre theologie professor legauit hunc librum cum alijs libris fratribus montis sancti Petri in Erffordia. Cui idem clauiger aditum regni celestis patefaciat.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, underlinings, book and chapter numberings in upper margin added in red. (15th century)
Manuscript notesMs. annotations in both red and brown, including numerous notes at the upper edges which seem to correspond to marginal symbols opposite text.
Location in BookThroughout
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Provenance 1490 - 1810

PlaceErfurt (Geonames ID: 2929670)
Areae-gx
Time period1490 - 1810
Provenance nameErfurt, Benedictines, Benediktinerkloster St. Peter und Paul OSB, 1059-1803 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on first blank leaf: "Anno domini m°cccc°lxxxx° egregius doctor dominus Johannes Milbach sacre theologie professor legauit hunc librum cum alijs libris fratribus montis sancti Petri in Erffordia. Cui idem clauiger aditum regni celestis patefaciat." Ms shelfmark on label mounted on front cover: "Q xxx" (identified as a shelfmark of the monastery by Matthias Eifler).
Method of acquisitionDonation
Binding noteContemporary blind-stamped leather over wooden boards, badly scuffed and worn; marks of center and corner bosses, clasp plates and latches, no longer present; vellum MS label on front cover, paper MS label on spine. Vellum bifolium opened and pasted down as a single unit inside front cover, from a 12th-century vellum German missal with colored interlaced initials; another vellum bifolium similarly pasted down inside back cover, of a 15th-century German breviary, without initials. The binding is identifiable from tools as having been made in the monastery's bindery (identified by Matthias Eifler). Vellum quire guards. Index tabs.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
histShelfmarkShelfmark on a paper label mounted on front cover: Q xxx (the number is in characters less than half the height of the letter). (shelfmarkPattern: 59)
certaintya

provenance 1861 - 1894

placenameNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1861 - 1894
ownerBruce, David Wolfe, - 1895
Bruce, George
provenanceType1
noteThe collection of early printed books formed by George Bruce and his son, David Wolfe Bruce, was given to the Grolier Club in 1894. This copy, however, is not recorded in the catalogue of Bruce's gift (Catalogue of early printed books presented to the Grolier Club by David Wolfe Bruce. Exhibited at the Grolier Club 1894. New York: Grolier Club, 1894.) This volume and others were sold by the Club to Goodspeed's Book Shop in November 1968.
certaintya

provenance 1894 - 1968

placenameNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1894 - 1968
ownerGrolier Club, 1884 -
provenanceType1
noteSold by the Grolier Club to Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, in November 1968; a note by the Club's librarian, Gabriel Austin, attesting to the sale, is on the front free endpaper.
methodofacqb
certaintya

provenance 1968 - 1969

placenameBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1968 - 1969
ownerGoodspeed's Book Shop <Boston, Mass.>, 1898-1955
provenanceType1
noteHofer's pencil note on front pastedown: "Bot of Goodspeed Boston 1/6/69" (i.e. 6 January 1969).
methodofacqa
certaintya

provenance 1969 - 1973

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1969 - 1973
ownerHofer, Philip, 1898 - 1984
provenanceType1
notePurchased by Philip Hofer from Goodspeed’s Book Shop, 6 January 1969; given to Harvard in August 1973.
methodofacqa
certaintya

provenance 1973 -

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1973 -
ownerHarvard Library, 1636-
provenanceType1
noteGift of Philip Hofer, August 1973.
methodofacqb
certaintya

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2019-06-06 20:20:02