Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02012694 2.d.22 [02012694]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 2.d.22

ISTC No.ic00969000
AuthorCrescentiis, Petrus de
TitleRuralia commoda
Imprint[Speyer : Peter Drach, about 1490-95]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectAgriculture
Keywordsplants; animals; medicine-practical
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02012694
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark2.d.22
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves273 × 200 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
Electronic ReproductionTitle-page
Censorship intervention by the Anonymous owner - 1
Censorship intervention by the Anonymous owner - 2
Censorship intervention by the Anonymous owner - 3
Original binding (rebacked)
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, no. 197.

Provenance 1495 - 1525

Areae-hu
Time period1495 - 1525
Provenance nameAnonymous, Hungary, 1475 - 1525 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance Imagehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/134938756@N08/26726386926/sizes/l
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesOn the titlepage, from Job X,8 etc.: 'Manus tuae, Domine, fecerunt me, et plasmaverunt me totum in circuitu et sic repente pricipitas me'; rare marginal notes supplied by the same hand. Censorship interventions on some woodcuts, possibly realised by the same annotator.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
CensorshipYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1600 - 1650

PlaceEsztergom (Geonames ID: 3053163)
Areae-hu
Time period1600 - 1650
Provenance nameBanowsky, Simon, 1604 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Religious) Floruit, Hungarian canon
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Link to Provenance Imagehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/134938756@N08/26478741320/sizes/l
NoteOn the title page: 'Liber dono datus Simoni Banowskj canonico E. Strigonensi, a venerabili Michaele Chinorani (?), plebano Korosj[...], anno Domini 1604, 5 Septembris, in Korosr. comitati Nittriensis.' Book donated to canon Banowsky in the Duchy of Nitra (Nyitra vármegye), a polity now in western Slovakia.
Date of evidence1604
Method of acquisitionDonation
Binding noteTooled leather on oak boards; one original clasp; rebacked (20. century).
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1914 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1914 -
Provenance nameVoynich, Wilfred Michael <antiquarian; bibliophile>, 1865 - 1930 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
London, Wellcome Library, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought on 27 July 1914 from Wilfred M. Voynich, for 35 pouds, cf. Wellcome 'Accession register', 1910-1916, nr. 34393.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Other Information

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

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  02012694

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 2.d.22

ISTC No.ic00969000
AuthorCrescentiis, Petrus de
TitleRuralia commoda
Imprint[Speyer : Peter Drach, about 1490-95]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectAgriculture
Keywordsplants; animals; medicine-practical
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02012694
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark2.d.22
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves273 × 200 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
Electronic ReproductionTitle-page
Censorship intervention by the Anonymous owner - 1
Censorship intervention by the Anonymous owner - 2
Censorship intervention by the Anonymous owner - 3
Original binding (rebacked)
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, no. 197.

Provenance 1495 - 1525

Areae-hu
Time period1495 - 1525
Provenance nameAnonymous, Hungary, 1475 - 1525 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance Imagehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/134938756@N08/26726386926/sizes/l
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesOn the titlepage, from Job X,8 etc.: 'Manus tuae, Domine, fecerunt me, et plasmaverunt me totum in circuitu et sic repente pricipitas me'; rare marginal notes supplied by the same hand. Censorship interventions on some woodcuts, possibly realised by the same annotator.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
CensorshipYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1600 - 1650

PlaceEsztergom (Geonames ID: 3053163)
Areae-hu
Time period1600 - 1650
Provenance nameBanowsky, Simon, 1604 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Religious) Floruit, Hungarian canon
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Link to Provenance Imagehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/134938756@N08/26478741320/sizes/l
NoteOn the title page: 'Liber dono datus Simoni Banowskj canonico E. Strigonensi, a venerabili Michaele Chinorani (?), plebano Korosj[...], anno Domini 1604, 5 Septembris, in Korosr. comitati Nittriensis.' Book donated to canon Banowsky in the Duchy of Nitra (Nyitra vármegye), a polity now in western Slovakia.
Date of evidence1604
Method of acquisitionDonation
Binding noteTooled leather on oak boards; one original clasp; rebacked (20. century).
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1914 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1914 -
Provenance nameVoynich, Wilfred Michael <antiquarian; bibliophile>, 1865 - 1930 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
London, Wellcome Library, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought on 27 July 1914 from Wilfred M. Voynich, for 35 pouds, cf. Wellcome 'Accession register', 1910-1916, nr. 34393.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Other Information

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