Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02019602 85650 [02019602]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 85650

ISTC No.ib01158000
TitleBreviarium Constantiense (Constance)
ImprintBasel : Jacobus Wolff, de Pforzheim, [about 1499_1500]
Format8°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordslocal
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02019602
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark85650
NoteCreated by Angeline Rais.
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteBound in this order: part 1 ‘Kalendarium’, part 2 ‘Psalterium’, part 4 ‘Officium defunctorum’, part 5 ‘Proprium de tempore et de sanctis’, part 3 ‘Commune sanctorum’. Leaves <5>, <6> bound in gathering H (part 2 ‘Psalterim’) after H4. Wants gatherings a-y (part 5) ‘Proprium de tempore et de sanctis’. The book only contains ‘pars aestivalis’.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH. R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 4441.

Provenance 1500 -

Area (German-speaking area.)
Time period1500 -
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Binding noteBrown tanned skin over wooden boards tooled in blind. Set of four intersecting lines forming a frame filled with quatrefoil and flower rolls. On the upper cover, near the head-edge ‘Pars Estivalis’ in tooled in blind. Two clasps (one is missing) hanging on the lower cover. Contemporary paper pastedowns. Yellow edges. On the spine: gold-tooled title ‘BREVIARIUM CONSTANTIENSE CA 1500’.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions159 × 110 × 45 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesOn a1r-v, a8v, H8v, <1>r, <12>v, ff1v, qq10v: songs and prayers including ‘Salva sancta parens’, ‘Concede nos famulos tuos […]’, ‘Ab initio et ante secula create sum […]’, ‘Benedicta et venerabilis es virgo […]’, ‘Per omnia secula seculorum […]’, ‘In illo tempore loquens Jesu […]’, ‘Mittat tibi Dominus anxilium […]’, ‘Celsissime deus ac pater […]’, ‘Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus dominus deus Sabaoth […]’, ‘Sumptis domine salutis […]’ in black ink. On a1r and CC2r: one pen trial note and one comment in Latin in black ink.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
SupplementsYes
CommentsYes
Pen trialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1594 -

Time period1594 -
Provenance nameN. H. , 1594 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the lower pastedown: inscription ‘N. h. 1594’ in black ink.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1633

PlaceGruyères (Geonames ID: 2660463)
Note on provenance placeIn the canton of Fribourg.
Areae-sz
Time period - 1633
Provenance name Daniel Montenach , 1595-1633 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Civil servant, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesOn a1r: inscription ‘Daniel Montenach’ in black ink.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1800 -

PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period1800 -
Provenance nameJohannes Esseiva , 1784-1856 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Scholar, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteEsseiva probably gave this book to the Jesuits. On the upper pastedown: inscription ‘Joan Esseiva’ in black ink.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1823

PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period - 1823
Provenance nameJesuits, Fribourg , 1582-1773, 1818-1847 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
NoteSee above.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1823 - 1872

PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1823 - 1872
Provenance namePhillipps, Sir Thomas, 1792-1872 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Jean A. Lamy , 1822-1824 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
Documentary Evidence
NotePhillipps bought this book from the Jesuits of Fribourg in January 1823 through the bookseller Jean A. Lamy (see Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS Phillipps-Robinson, c. 413, fols 11r and 16r for Lamy's bills). He recorded the purchase in a list headed ‘Empti de Collegio Jesuitarum apud Friburgi in Helvetia (vide priores)’ as ‘Breviarium Constantinense’ (see Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS Phillipps-Robinson, f. 72, fol. 8v).
He catalogued it in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books’ (Middle Hill, 1824): Books from Berne – 6 boxes, in box 5: ‘Breviarium de Constance’, p. 2 and in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books at Middle Hill’ (Middle Hill, 1828): ‘[no.] 578 Breviarium Constantiense’, p. 8.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Historic ShelfmarkOn a1r: shelfmark ‘VIII. l. 26’ in black ink. (Shelfmark pattern No.: 67)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1872 - 1923

PlaceCheltenham (Geonames ID: 2653261)
Note on provenance placeIn Thirlestaine House.
Areae-uk-en
Time period1872 - 1923
Provenance nameThomas FitzRoy Fenwick, 1856-1938 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteFenwick, Phillipps's grandson, inherited the Phillipps Library and started to sell it from 1885 onwards. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 14-21.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1923 - 1923

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1923 - 1923
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteIn 1923, Rosenbach bought from Fenwick more than 700 incunabula which he directly sold to Huntington. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 76-77; D. C. Dickinson, Henry E. Huntington’s Library of Libraries (San Marino, CA, Huntington Library, 1995), pp. 190-191.
On the upper pastedown: inscription ‘Ph 211’ in pencil referring to the copy’s number in the list of Phillipps’s incunabula which Rosenbach presented to Huntington (List of Incunabula collected by Sir Thomas Phillipps, October 1923, Curator of Rare Books Office, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1923 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino, California, United States (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1923 - 1927
Provenance nameHenry Edwards Huntington, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee above.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino, California, United States (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
Manuscript notesOn the upper pastedown: bibliographical information and references to incunabula catalogues in pencil.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-07-02 06:57:53

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  02019602

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 85650

ISTC No.ib01158000
TitleBreviarium Constantiense (Constance)
ImprintBasel : Jacobus Wolff, de Pforzheim, [about 1499_1500]
Format8°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordslocal
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02019602
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark85650
NoteCreated by Angeline Rais.
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteBound in this order: part 1 ‘Kalendarium’, part 2 ‘Psalterium’, part 4 ‘Officium defunctorum’, part 5 ‘Proprium de tempore et de sanctis’, part 3 ‘Commune sanctorum’. Leaves <5>, <6> bound in gathering H (part 2 ‘Psalterim’) after H4. Wants gatherings a-y (part 5) ‘Proprium de tempore et de sanctis’. The book only contains ‘pars aestivalis’.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH. R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 4441.

Provenance 1500 -

Area (German-speaking area.)
Time period1500 -
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Binding noteBrown tanned skin over wooden boards tooled in blind. Set of four intersecting lines forming a frame filled with quatrefoil and flower rolls. On the upper cover, near the head-edge ‘Pars Estivalis’ in tooled in blind. Two clasps (one is missing) hanging on the lower cover. Contemporary paper pastedowns. Yellow edges. On the spine: gold-tooled title ‘BREVIARIUM CONSTANTIENSE CA 1500’.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions159 × 110 × 45 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesOn a1r-v, a8v, H8v, <1>r, <12>v, ff1v, qq10v: songs and prayers including ‘Salva sancta parens’, ‘Concede nos famulos tuos […]’, ‘Ab initio et ante secula create sum […]’, ‘Benedicta et venerabilis es virgo […]’, ‘Per omnia secula seculorum […]’, ‘In illo tempore loquens Jesu […]’, ‘Mittat tibi Dominus anxilium […]’, ‘Celsissime deus ac pater […]’, ‘Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus dominus deus Sabaoth […]’, ‘Sumptis domine salutis […]’ in black ink. On a1r and CC2r: one pen trial note and one comment in Latin in black ink.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
SupplementsYes
CommentsYes
Pen trialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1594 -

Time period1594 -
Provenance nameN. H. , 1594 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the lower pastedown: inscription ‘N. h. 1594’ in black ink.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1633

PlaceGruyères (Geonames ID: 2660463)
Note on provenance placeIn the canton of Fribourg.
Areae-sz
Time period - 1633
Provenance name Daniel Montenach , 1595-1633 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Civil servant, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesOn a1r: inscription ‘Daniel Montenach’ in black ink.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1800 -

PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period1800 -
Provenance nameJohannes Esseiva , 1784-1856 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Scholar, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteEsseiva probably gave this book to the Jesuits. On the upper pastedown: inscription ‘Joan Esseiva’ in black ink.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1823

PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period - 1823
Provenance nameJesuits, Fribourg , 1582-1773, 1818-1847 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
NoteSee above.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1823 - 1872

PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1823 - 1872
Provenance namePhillipps, Sir Thomas, 1792-1872 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Jean A. Lamy , 1822-1824 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
Documentary Evidence
NotePhillipps bought this book from the Jesuits of Fribourg in January 1823 through the bookseller Jean A. Lamy (see Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS Phillipps-Robinson, c. 413, fols 11r and 16r for Lamy's bills). He recorded the purchase in a list headed ‘Empti de Collegio Jesuitarum apud Friburgi in Helvetia (vide priores)’ as ‘Breviarium Constantinense’ (see Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS Phillipps-Robinson, f. 72, fol. 8v).
He catalogued it in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books’ (Middle Hill, 1824): Books from Berne – 6 boxes, in box 5: ‘Breviarium de Constance’, p. 2 and in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books at Middle Hill’ (Middle Hill, 1828): ‘[no.] 578 Breviarium Constantiense’, p. 8.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Historic ShelfmarkOn a1r: shelfmark ‘VIII. l. 26’ in black ink. (Shelfmark pattern No.: 67)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1872 - 1923

PlaceCheltenham (Geonames ID: 2653261)
Note on provenance placeIn Thirlestaine House.
Areae-uk-en
Time period1872 - 1923
Provenance nameThomas FitzRoy Fenwick, 1856-1938 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteFenwick, Phillipps's grandson, inherited the Phillipps Library and started to sell it from 1885 onwards. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 14-21.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1923 - 1923

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1923 - 1923
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteIn 1923, Rosenbach bought from Fenwick more than 700 incunabula which he directly sold to Huntington. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 76-77; D. C. Dickinson, Henry E. Huntington’s Library of Libraries (San Marino, CA, Huntington Library, 1995), pp. 190-191.
On the upper pastedown: inscription ‘Ph 211’ in pencil referring to the copy’s number in the list of Phillipps’s incunabula which Rosenbach presented to Huntington (List of Incunabula collected by Sir Thomas Phillipps, October 1923, Curator of Rare Books Office, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1923 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino, California, United States (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1923 - 1927
Provenance nameHenry Edwards Huntington, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee above.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino, California, United States (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
Manuscript notesOn the upper pastedown: bibliographical information and references to incunabula catalogues in pencil.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-07-02 06:57:53