Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
: Inc 2935.5
ISTC No.if00222000
TitleFlores poetarum de virtutibus et vitiis, sive Sententiae
Imprint[Leipzig : Printer of Capotius (Martin Landsberg or Andreas Frisner), about 1486-89]
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature-Moral
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02011776
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 2935.5
Also bound with this copyLiber moralis de consilio patris pro iuvenibus [Latin and German]. - [Leipzig : Printer of Capotius (Martin Landsberg or Andreas Frisner), about 1488] [ic00860000] (MEI ID: 02011778)
Proverbia communia [Latin and Low German]. - [Cologne : Heinrich Quentell, about 1485] [ip01025000] (MEI ID: 02011777)
NoteBearer types on the two final blank leaves.
Bound first in the volume.
Record created by John Lancaster.
Physical DescriptionLeaves in quire C misbound in order 4, 3, 6, 5.
Size of leaves192 × 134 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceWalsh 1021
Provenance
1501 -
1700
Areae
Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note16th/17th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; brass clasp plates on back cover, pins on edge of front cover, clasps with pigskin thongs; edges stained blue; later gilt spine label.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialAlum Tawed Skin
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceac
Provenance
1791 -
1800
Areae
Time period1791 - 1800
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteMS ownership notation on title page, “E Bibliotheca Mandelliana 1791.”
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteA few initials added in brown, but most spaces not filled in; without rubrication. (18th century?)
Manuscript notesA few marginal scribbles.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
CensorshipYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac
Provenance
1911 -
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1911 -
Provenance TypeExlibris
Note9 December 1920 - Bought with the Charles Eliot Norton fund.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2015-09-01 02:53:15