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mei/02011671 G.12028 [02011671]

London, British Library (GB) : G.12028

ISTC No.ip01033000
TitlePsalterium [Greek]. Ed: Justinus Decadyus
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, [not after 1 Oct. 1498]
Format4°
Languagegrc
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsbible
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02011671
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
CollectionGrenville Library
ShelfmarkG.12028
Note= IA.24461
NoteCreated by A. Panzanelli
Physical DescriptionAnother copy. In this copy the first two-and-a-half lines on [iota]1a have been reprinted with type 114 Gk. so as to make good the omission [See description of copy IA.24458]. The line omitted before [ro]1a is supplied in pen-and-ink on the preceding page. On 1a is the stamp of the CLER. REG. S. SILVESTRI and another stamp with a tower and the letters HCC. Bound in red morocco with the arms of Pope Pius VI (1775-1799). Grenville copy.
Size of leaves204 × 144 mm
Support material (book)Paper
SourceBMC V 563; Clark's slips.

Provenance 1600

PlaceVenedig (Geonames ID: 6542284)
Areae-it
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteA contemporary hand provides a missing line of text at the bottom of [pi]8v in brown ink. Structuring of the text in red and brown ink and pen flourish is provided throughout, probably by the same hand. Some further numbering of the psalms, in arabic numbers, are provided in dark brown ink, probably by a slightly later hand.
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceac

Provenance 1501 - 1800

PlaceRom (Geonames ID: 3169070)
Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1800
Provenance nameConvento di San Silvestro al Quirinale, Biblioteca <Roma> [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious)
Provenance TypeStamp
Manuscript notesOn the title-page there are two notes, washed out but still visible: the title in Latin (Psalterium) right below the printed title, and a shelfmark, at the bottom of the page, both in light brown ink. The shelfmark was already crossed out.
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Historic ShelfmarkA VII 19 (Shelfmark pattern No.: 9)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceabc

Provenance 1701 - 1800

PlaceRom (Geonames ID: 3169070)
Areae-it
Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance namePie <VI, pape>, 1717 - 1799 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious)
Provenance TypeBinding
Decoration NoteThe pope coat of arms tooled on the cover is made of his personal emblem in the center of a coat of arms parted in 8, where a lily, three stars, and the double-headed eagle alternate to each other (clockwise: lily, stars, lily, eagle, lily, stars, lily, eagle).
Coat of armsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1601 - 1900

Time period1601 - 1900
Provenance TypeShelfmark
NoteOn the left upper corner of the verso of the front flyleaf, in dark ink: Ca. Ia. H. 6. preceded by an abbreviated word (Dust.s?). It is not easy to say who, among the previous owners, has applied it to the book.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

PlaceReggio Emilia (Geonames ID: 6542002)
Areae-it
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameCremona Casoli, Giovanni [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay) Casoli or Cremona Casoli. Arms of the former and initials H.C.C. Giovanni inherited a rich library from his wife Teresa Re and two contemporaries were distinguished latinists and bibliophiles. The connection with the Cremonas started in 1844; of Reggio Emilia (L. Clark).
Provenance TypeStamp
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourcebc

Provenance 1801 - 1846

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1801 - 1846
Provenance nameGrenville, Thomas, 1755 - 1846 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
NoteGrenville's coat of arms is gold-tooled at the center of the inside of the upper cover; a leaflet with his notes on the rarity of the book (a quotation from Renouard) is attached to the front flyleaf. Here it was later applied a stamp with the script Grenville Library between B and L (possibly made in the 20th century) in green ink. This is repeated on the title-page and on the verso of the last printed leaf.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceabc

Provenance 1847 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1847 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteStamp in green ink that identifies the collection as part of the British Library (see above).
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceabc

Other Information

Last Edit2016-12-12 17:30:20

All Copies

  02011671

London, British Library (GB) : G.12028

ISTC No.ip01033000
TitlePsalterium [Greek]. Ed: Justinus Decadyus
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, [not after 1 Oct. 1498]
Format4°
Languagegrc
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsbible
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02011671
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
CollectionGrenville Library
ShelfmarkG.12028
Note= IA.24461
NoteCreated by A. Panzanelli
Physical DescriptionAnother copy. In this copy the first two-and-a-half lines on [iota]1a have been reprinted with type 114 Gk. so as to make good the omission [See description of copy IA.24458]. The line omitted before [ro]1a is supplied in pen-and-ink on the preceding page. On 1a is the stamp of the CLER. REG. S. SILVESTRI and another stamp with a tower and the letters HCC. Bound in red morocco with the arms of Pope Pius VI (1775-1799). Grenville copy.
Size of leaves204 × 144 mm
Support material (book)Paper
SourceBMC V 563; Clark's slips.

Provenance 1600

PlaceVenedig (Geonames ID: 6542284)
Areae-it
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteA contemporary hand provides a missing line of text at the bottom of [pi]8v in brown ink. Structuring of the text in red and brown ink and pen flourish is provided throughout, probably by the same hand. Some further numbering of the psalms, in arabic numbers, are provided in dark brown ink, probably by a slightly later hand.
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceac

Provenance 1501 - 1800

PlaceRom (Geonames ID: 3169070)
Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1800
Provenance nameConvento di San Silvestro al Quirinale, Biblioteca <Roma> [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious)
Provenance TypeStamp
Manuscript notesOn the title-page there are two notes, washed out but still visible: the title in Latin (Psalterium) right below the printed title, and a shelfmark, at the bottom of the page, both in light brown ink. The shelfmark was already crossed out.
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Historic ShelfmarkA VII 19 (Shelfmark pattern No.: 9)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceabc

Provenance 1701 - 1800

PlaceRom (Geonames ID: 3169070)
Areae-it
Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance namePie <VI, pape>, 1717 - 1799 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious)
Provenance TypeBinding
Decoration NoteThe pope coat of arms tooled on the cover is made of his personal emblem in the center of a coat of arms parted in 8, where a lily, three stars, and the double-headed eagle alternate to each other (clockwise: lily, stars, lily, eagle, lily, stars, lily, eagle).
Coat of armsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1601 - 1900

Time period1601 - 1900
Provenance TypeShelfmark
NoteOn the left upper corner of the verso of the front flyleaf, in dark ink: Ca. Ia. H. 6. preceded by an abbreviated word (Dust.s?). It is not easy to say who, among the previous owners, has applied it to the book.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

PlaceReggio Emilia (Geonames ID: 6542002)
Areae-it
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameCremona Casoli, Giovanni [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay) Casoli or Cremona Casoli. Arms of the former and initials H.C.C. Giovanni inherited a rich library from his wife Teresa Re and two contemporaries were distinguished latinists and bibliophiles. The connection with the Cremonas started in 1844; of Reggio Emilia (L. Clark).
Provenance TypeStamp
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourcebc

Provenance 1801 - 1846

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1801 - 1846
Provenance nameGrenville, Thomas, 1755 - 1846 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
NoteGrenville's coat of arms is gold-tooled at the center of the inside of the upper cover; a leaflet with his notes on the rarity of the book (a quotation from Renouard) is attached to the front flyleaf. Here it was later applied a stamp with the script Grenville Library between B and L (possibly made in the 20th century) in green ink. This is repeated on the title-page and on the verso of the last printed leaf.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceabc

Provenance 1847 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1847 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteStamp in green ink that identifies the collection as part of the British Library (see above).
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceabc

Other Information

Last Edit2016-12-12 17:30:20