Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02019756 100300 [02019756]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 100300

ISTC No.ia01056000
AuthorArmandus de Bellovisu
TitleDe declaratione difficilium terminorum tam theologiae quam philosophiae ac logicae
ImprintBasel : Michael Wenssler, 1 Apr. 1491
Format8°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Speculative
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02019756
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark100300
NoteRecord created by Angeline Rais.
Size of leaves142 × 108 mm
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH. R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 4293.

Provenance 1491 - 1500

Time period1491 - 1500
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteWhite leather over wooden boards tooled in blind. Two sets of two intersecting lines forming a first frame filled with flower and foliage roll, two sets of two intersecting lines forming a second frame filled with star and foliage roll, two sets of two intersecting lines forming the central panel divided by two vertical rows with flower and foliage roll. Spine painted in black. Two clasps attached to the lower cover. Contemporary paper pastedowns and endleaves (3 at upper cover/2 at lower cover). Plain edges.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions150 × 113 × 38 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1582 -

Time period1582 -
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn a1r: inscription, later obliterated by the Jesuits' inscription (see below), of which ‘Ex […] Aristotle. Amicus est una anima in duobus corporibus. Anno M CI[?] LXXXII’ in black ink is legible.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1597

PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period - 1597
Provenance name Peter Schneuwly , 1540-1597 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteSee below.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1579 - 1823

PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period1579 - 1823
Provenance nameJesuits, Fribourg, 1582-1773, 1818-1847 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Shelfmark
NoteOn a1r: inscription obliterating the 1582-inscription ‘Collegii Societatis Jesu legante R[everendo] D[omi]n[o] Vicario Schneulin 1598’ in black ink.
On the spine: paper label bearing the title ‘Dictionarium antiquum.’ in red ink.
Method of acquisitionDonation
Manuscript notesOn the verso of a front endpaper, a1r and x6v: occasional comments, quotations in Latin, and underlining in black ink.
Historic ShelfmarkOn the upper endleaf verso: shelfmark ‘29’ in black ink. (Shelfmark pattern No.: 16)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1823 - 1872

PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Note on provenance placeIn Middle Hill estate near Broadway until 1863 when he moved to Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.
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 TypeInscription
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 ‘Bellovisu de Theologia etc’ (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: ‘Armandus de Terminis. 1491.’, p. 2 and in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books at Middle Hill’ (Middle Hill, 1828): ‘[no.] 95 Armandus de Bellovisu de Terminis. 1491. [Basle, Mich. Wenzler.]’, p. 2.
On the spine: paper label with the number ‘366’ printed in bold in black ink. On the upper pastedown: inscription ‘366’ in black ink.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
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)
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 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Unknown, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteA.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 ‘88’ in pencil referring to the book’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
Documentary source

Provenance 1923 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (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 (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.
On the upper and lower pastedowns: bibliographical information and references to incunabula catalogues in pencil.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2022-01-24 15:50:16

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  02019756

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 100300

ISTC No.ia01056000
AuthorArmandus de Bellovisu
TitleDe declaratione difficilium terminorum tam theologiae quam philosophiae ac logicae
ImprintBasel : Michael Wenssler, 1 Apr. 1491
Format8°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Speculative
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02019756
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark100300
NoteRecord created by Angeline Rais.
Size of leaves142 × 108 mm
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH. R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 4293.

Provenance 1491 - 1500

Time period1491 - 1500
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteWhite leather over wooden boards tooled in blind. Two sets of two intersecting lines forming a first frame filled with flower and foliage roll, two sets of two intersecting lines forming a second frame filled with star and foliage roll, two sets of two intersecting lines forming the central panel divided by two vertical rows with flower and foliage roll. Spine painted in black. Two clasps attached to the lower cover. Contemporary paper pastedowns and endleaves (3 at upper cover/2 at lower cover). Plain edges.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions150 × 113 × 38 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1582 -

Time period1582 -
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn a1r: inscription, later obliterated by the Jesuits' inscription (see below), of which ‘Ex […] Aristotle. Amicus est una anima in duobus corporibus. Anno M CI[?] LXXXII’ in black ink is legible.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1597

PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period - 1597
Provenance name Peter Schneuwly , 1540-1597 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteSee below.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1579 - 1823

PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period1579 - 1823
Provenance nameJesuits, Fribourg, 1582-1773, 1818-1847 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Shelfmark
NoteOn a1r: inscription obliterating the 1582-inscription ‘Collegii Societatis Jesu legante R[everendo] D[omi]n[o] Vicario Schneulin 1598’ in black ink.
On the spine: paper label bearing the title ‘Dictionarium antiquum.’ in red ink.
Method of acquisitionDonation
Manuscript notesOn the verso of a front endpaper, a1r and x6v: occasional comments, quotations in Latin, and underlining in black ink.
Historic ShelfmarkOn the upper endleaf verso: shelfmark ‘29’ in black ink. (Shelfmark pattern No.: 16)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1823 - 1872

PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Note on provenance placeIn Middle Hill estate near Broadway until 1863 when he moved to Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.
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 TypeInscription
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 ‘Bellovisu de Theologia etc’ (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: ‘Armandus de Terminis. 1491.’, p. 2 and in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books at Middle Hill’ (Middle Hill, 1828): ‘[no.] 95 Armandus de Bellovisu de Terminis. 1491. [Basle, Mich. Wenzler.]’, p. 2.
On the spine: paper label with the number ‘366’ printed in bold in black ink. On the upper pastedown: inscription ‘366’ in black ink.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
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)
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 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Unknown, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteA.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 ‘88’ in pencil referring to the book’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
Documentary source

Provenance 1923 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (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 (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.
On the upper and lower pastedowns: bibliographical information and references to incunabula catalogues in pencil.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2022-01-24 15:50:16