San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
: 104644-5
ISTC No.id00109000
TitleDecisiones Rotae Romanae. Add: Decisiones antiquae. Ed: Guillelmus Gallici, Guillelmus Horborch and Bonaguida Cremonensis; Decisiones novae. Ed: Guillelmus Horborch; Jacobus de Camplo: Additiones
Imprint[Basel : Berthold Ruppel, Michael Wenssler, and Bernhard Richel, about 1477]
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectLaw-canon
Keywordscollection
Periodcontemporary?
Description of Copy
Copy Id02019937
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark104644-5
NoteCreated by Angeline Rais.
Size of leaves385 × 255 mm
SourceH. R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), nos 4269 and 4240.
Provenance
1477 -
1500
Time period1477 - 1500
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteOn a6r and d10r of the first part and on d1r of the second part: initials ‘P’, ‘S’ and ‘I’ are supplied in red and blue or only in blue with red, blue and purple pen-work decoration inside the letter and extending in the margins. Throughout the text: paragraph marks are alternatively supplied in blue and red, capital strokes are supplied in red.
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesIn the tabula of the second part only: 15th century, anonymous, abbreviated chapters are written in red ink at the top right corner (from palaeographical evidence).
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Structuring the textYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1501 -
1780
PlaceWaldsee (Geonames ID: 2953320)
Areae-gx
Time period1501 - 1780
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
NoteThis book probably remained in the monastery until the suppression. On a2r: inscription ‘Monasterii Waldsee Can. Reg.’ (16th century) in black ink.
On the spine: paper label with the number ‘34’ in black ink.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteBrown tanned skin over pasteboards. Red spotted edges. Paper pastedowns and two paper endleaves. Possibly Augustinians' arms on both covers.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions397 × 254 × 65 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Provenance
1824
PlaceDarmstadt (Geonames ID: 2938913)
Areae-gx
Time period - 1824
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the spine: paper label with the number ‘226’ manuscript and printed in brown and black ink.
On the verso of the second front endleaf: inscription referring to Panzer’s catalogue ‘Panz. IV. 185. 1052. (Basileae, Michel Wenssler, aut B. Richel, 1480).’ in his hand in pencil (information kindly provided by Dr. Milton McC. Gatch).
On the front pastedown: inscription ‘N. 584’ in black ink.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Provenance
1824 -
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 period1824 - 1872
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NotePhillipps bought more than 900 incunabula from Van Ess in 1824 at Darmstadt. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 3 (Cambridge, CUP, 1954), pp. 28-33.
The book is recorded in the catalogue of Van Ess’s incunabula ‘Catalogus Incunabulorum Professoris et Doctoris Theol. L. Van Ess, Darmstadlt[sic], Nunc in Bibliothecâ Phillippicâ deposit’ (Middle Hill, c. 1824), that Phillipps printed shortly after the sale, see p. 26, no. 226.
On the spine: label with the number ‘40’ printed in bold in black ink. On the verso of the front endleaf: inscription ‘40’ in black ink.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1872 -
1923
PlaceCheltenham (Geonames ID: 2653261)
Note on provenance placeIn Thirlestaine House.
Areae-uk-en
Time period1872 - 1923
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 TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteIn 1923, Rosenbach bought more than 700 of Phillipps’s incunabula from Fenwick and sold them directly to Huntington.
On the front pastedown: inscription ‘615’ 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 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)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1927 -
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
On the front pastedown: 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
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