Winchester, Winchester College (GB)
: SR2b
ISTC No.ib00536000
TitleBiblia latina
ImprintMainz : Peter Schoeffer, 23 Feb. 1472
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectBible
Keywordstranslation
Periodpatristic
Description of Copy
Copy Id02012668
Holding InstitutionWinchester, Winchester College (GB)
ShelfmarkSR2b
NoteCreated by Richard Foster
Physical DescriptionVol 2 (Proverbs-Maccabees) only of a set of 3.
Size of leaves413 × 285 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
Provenance
1472 -
1475
PlaceLeipzig (Geonames ID: 2879139)
Areae-gx
Time period1472 - 1475
Provenance TypeDecoration
Method of acquisitionConsignment
Decoration NoteElaborate painted initials and borders to the first page of text [sig. 2a1r], and further painted initials throughout. The decoration of this volume has been attributed by Eberhard Konig (private communication, 2014) to the late style of the Peacock Workshop.
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteRubricated throughout in red and blue. Running headings, chapter numbers, Lombard style initials at the beginning of each chapter, paragraph marks in red. The style of the rubrication is very similar to several copies of the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible and rather different to other surviving copies of the 1472 edition.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1471 -
1500
Time period1471 - 1500
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesThere are numerous textual corrections in black ink. All of these corrections are concerned with differences between the text of this edition and the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible, and evidently this volume was corrected side-by-side against a copy of the earlier edition. There are a few marginal references to the liturgical calendar. These, along with several passages marked in the margin with a pattern of three dots, suggest that this volume was used for reading aloud, perhaps in a refectory.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
Structuring the textYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1800 -
1900
Areae-uk
Time period1800 - 1900
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesBibliographical notes in two hands on one of the front endpapers. An early 19th century hand describes this as a copy of the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible. A late 19th century hand records that in 1885, J.S. Watson compared this with copies of the bible at the Bodleian and ascertained that this was a copy of the 1472 edition.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1850 -
1870
PlaceNorthampton (Geonames ID: 2641430)
Areae-uk
Time period1850 - 1870
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteQuarter calf over marbled boards. The binding is not signed, but a letter with the book by its then owner (c.1940), records that the volume was bound by Birdsall of Northampton 'somewhere about 1860'.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1940 -
1945
PlaceSt Mary Bourne, Andover (Geonames ID: 8129272)
Areae-uk
Time period1940 - 1945
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteA letter kept with this book records that it was presented by Mrs S.C. Boys to Winchester College at some point in the early 1940s. Mrs Boys had inherited it from her father, and he from his father (these earlier owners have not been identified - their last name was Watson).
Date of evidence1940
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source
Provenance
1940 -
PlaceWinchester (Geonames ID: 2633858)
Areae-uk
Time period1940 -
Provenance TypeStamp
Documentary Evidence
NoteA letter kept with the volume shows that it was given by Mrs S.C. Boys to Winchester College in the early 1940s. The letter is dated only by the day and the month, but references to the Second World War and ARP precautions suggest that it was written in or around 1940. Mrs Boys's brother, A.J. Watson had beeen a pupil at Winchester (1889-95).
Date of evidence1940
Method of acquisitionDonation
Price48 GB Pounds Probabte valuation c.1940.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
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