Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02012646 3.a.17 [02012646]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 3.a.17

ISTC No.ib00314000
AuthorBenedictus de Nursia
TitleDe conservatione sanitatis. Thaddaeus Florentinus (i.e. Johannes Hispalensis): De regimine sanitatis
ImprintBologna : Dominicus de Lapis, for Sigismundus de Libris, 1477
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjectmedicine-practical
Keywordscollection; regimen sanitatis
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02012646
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark3.a.17
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves196 × 139 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 119.

Provenance 1600

PlaceRom (Geonames ID: 3169070)
Note on provenance placeMaybe Papal States
Areae-it
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn leaf [a1v] inscription partly deleted, yet revealing that the incunabulum was bought by a certain friar George for 2 Iulii (Papal currency): 'Duobus Iulii frater Georgius emit. Attinet ad conventum [deleted] S.M. Ci. Ve. ordinis praedicatorum'. On leaf [a1v] and [a2r] two different monograms.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Decoration NoteInitials throughout supplied in red and gold; text enclosed within red ink rules.
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesPlenty of marginalia by 'frater Georgius', partly trimmed: lecture notes, running titles, foliation, reading marks.
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Lecture notesYes
Price2 Iulii
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 - 1700

PlaceSpoleto (Geonames ID: 3166236)
Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance nameServius, Petrus, - 1648 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn leaf [a2r] presumable inscription, 17th century: 'Petri Servii'.
Binding noteItaly, 17th-century vellum with fore-edge cover extensions; gilt-tooled publishing data on two red colored compartments at head of spine; sprinkled red-edged leaves (18th-c.).
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameClay, Charles <surgeon>, 1801 - 1893 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the front pastedown: 'Charles Clay M.D.'
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 2000

PlaceLondon
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance namePayne, Joseph Frank <physician>, 1840 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the front flyleaf: 'May 1883 J. F. Payne, London'.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1901 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1901 -
Provenance nameSotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London Auctioneers [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay)
Wellcome Library <London>, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought on July 1911, cf. Catalogue of the... collection of Early Medical Works (including Anatomy and Surgery) also a Large... collection of Books and tracts on Pestilence... The property of John [sic] Frank Payne F.R.C.P. (deceased), Days of sale: 12-14 July, [London]: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1911, nr. 452.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceabe

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:28

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  02012646

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 3.a.17

ISTC No.ib00314000
AuthorBenedictus de Nursia
TitleDe conservatione sanitatis. Thaddaeus Florentinus (i.e. Johannes Hispalensis): De regimine sanitatis
ImprintBologna : Dominicus de Lapis, for Sigismundus de Libris, 1477
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjectmedicine-practical
Keywordscollection; regimen sanitatis
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02012646
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark3.a.17
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves196 × 139 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 119.

Provenance 1600

PlaceRom (Geonames ID: 3169070)
Note on provenance placeMaybe Papal States
Areae-it
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn leaf [a1v] inscription partly deleted, yet revealing that the incunabulum was bought by a certain friar George for 2 Iulii (Papal currency): 'Duobus Iulii frater Georgius emit. Attinet ad conventum [deleted] S.M. Ci. Ve. ordinis praedicatorum'. On leaf [a1v] and [a2r] two different monograms.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Decoration NoteInitials throughout supplied in red and gold; text enclosed within red ink rules.
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesPlenty of marginalia by 'frater Georgius', partly trimmed: lecture notes, running titles, foliation, reading marks.
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Lecture notesYes
Price2 Iulii
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 - 1700

PlaceSpoleto (Geonames ID: 3166236)
Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance nameServius, Petrus, - 1648 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn leaf [a2r] presumable inscription, 17th century: 'Petri Servii'.
Binding noteItaly, 17th-century vellum with fore-edge cover extensions; gilt-tooled publishing data on two red colored compartments at head of spine; sprinkled red-edged leaves (18th-c.).
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameClay, Charles <surgeon>, 1801 - 1893 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the front pastedown: 'Charles Clay M.D.'
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 2000

PlaceLondon
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance namePayne, Joseph Frank <physician>, 1840 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the front flyleaf: 'May 1883 J. F. Payne, London'.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1901 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1901 -
Provenance nameSotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London Auctioneers [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay)
Wellcome Library <London>, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought on July 1911, cf. Catalogue of the... collection of Early Medical Works (including Anatomy and Surgery) also a Large... collection of Books and tracts on Pestilence... The property of John [sic] Frank Payne F.R.C.P. (deceased), Days of sale: 12-14 July, [London]: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1911, nr. 452.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceabe

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:28