Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02019956 91599 [02019956]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 91599

ISTC No.im00333000
TitleViola sanctorum
Imprint[Basel : Bernhard Richel, about 1474]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02019956
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark91599
NoteCreated by Angeline Rais.
Size of leaves279 × 195 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH. R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 4295.

Provenance 1474 - 1500

Time period1474 - 1500
Provenance TypeInscription
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
NoteOn a1r: cut out ownership inscription.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteThroughout the text: initials are painted in red; paragraph marks and capital strokes are supplied in red and occasionally in blue but not throughout the text.
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesOn b6v and b7r: heading ‘Februarius’ replaced with ‘Marcius’ in black ink.
CorrectionsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 -

Time period1800 -
Provenance nameUnidentified Franciscan monastery [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Clergy, Royalty)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteOn a1r: paper label with the text ‘Ad Bibliothecam FF. Min. Convent.’ in black ink (19th century).
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1849

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period - 1849
Provenance nameLondon, Christie's , 1766- [Corporate body; Auctioneer] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the front pastedown: bookseller’s code(?) ‘V’ in pencil. See also below.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1849 - 1872

PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Areae-uk-en (In Middle Hill estate near Broadway until 1863 when he moved to Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.)
Time period1849 - 1872
Provenance namePhillipps, Sir Thomas, 1792-1872 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
Shelfmark
NotePhillipps acquired this book at Christie’s in 1849. On the front pastedown: inscription ‘Christie 1849’ in pencil in his hand.
On the spine: round brown paper label with the number ‘798(?)’ in black ink in his hand.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Historic ShelfmarkOn the front pastedown: shelfmark ‘V. b. 16.’ in black ink in his hand. (Shelfmark pattern No.: 67)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1872 - 1923

PlaceCheltenham (Geonames ID: 2653261)
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 more than 700 of Phillipps’s incunabula from Fenwick and sold them directly to Huntington.
On the front pastedown: inscription ‘742’ 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 front pastedown: bibliographical and copy-specific information 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 Edit2019-07-02 06:57:53

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  02019956

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 91599

ISTC No.im00333000
TitleViola sanctorum
Imprint[Basel : Bernhard Richel, about 1474]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02019956
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark91599
NoteCreated by Angeline Rais.
Size of leaves279 × 195 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH. R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 4295.

Provenance 1474 - 1500

Time period1474 - 1500
Provenance TypeInscription
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
NoteOn a1r: cut out ownership inscription.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteThroughout the text: initials are painted in red; paragraph marks and capital strokes are supplied in red and occasionally in blue but not throughout the text.
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesOn b6v and b7r: heading ‘Februarius’ replaced with ‘Marcius’ in black ink.
CorrectionsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 -

Time period1800 -
Provenance nameUnidentified Franciscan monastery [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Clergy, Royalty)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteOn a1r: paper label with the text ‘Ad Bibliothecam FF. Min. Convent.’ in black ink (19th century).
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1849

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period - 1849
Provenance nameLondon, Christie's , 1766- [Corporate body; Auctioneer] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the front pastedown: bookseller’s code(?) ‘V’ in pencil. See also below.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1849 - 1872

PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Areae-uk-en (In Middle Hill estate near Broadway until 1863 when he moved to Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.)
Time period1849 - 1872
Provenance namePhillipps, Sir Thomas, 1792-1872 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
Shelfmark
NotePhillipps acquired this book at Christie’s in 1849. On the front pastedown: inscription ‘Christie 1849’ in pencil in his hand.
On the spine: round brown paper label with the number ‘798(?)’ in black ink in his hand.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Historic ShelfmarkOn the front pastedown: shelfmark ‘V. b. 16.’ in black ink in his hand. (Shelfmark pattern No.: 67)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1872 - 1923

PlaceCheltenham (Geonames ID: 2653261)
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 more than 700 of Phillipps’s incunabula from Fenwick and sold them directly to Huntington.
On the front pastedown: inscription ‘742’ 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 front pastedown: bibliographical and copy-specific information 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 Edit2019-07-02 06:57:53