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mei/02020032 Inc 2025 [02020032]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 2025

ISTC No.ij00103000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 1 Oct. 1482
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02020032
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 2025
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Copy HistoryOld shelfmarks in ink on blank [a]1r: "25. E. 11." (in upper left quadrant, set in from margins; each part lined through with two diagonal slashes); "19. A. 15." (in upper left corner; lined out with a scribble). [18th-19th century]
Pencil notes on blank [a]1r, probably booksellers': 1) within a circle, "fol." above "344", with a line separating them; 2) "D.r." then "Wf" followed by "13" over "10" (with a line separating them), followed by "859" (with a line over it). [19th century]
Size of leaves306 × 210 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Manuscript signatures
Copy Features - Note[a]1 and [t]1 slightly mutilated.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 690

Provenance 1482 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1482 - 1500
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Binding noteQuires numbered in ms. at foot of first leaf, but mostly trimmed away. No other traces of earlier binding.
decorationNoteLarge initial added in red and 2 shades of green on [a]2r. There is also a black leaf-and-vine decoration in the right half of the upper margin of the same leaf.
hasOrnamentalLettersbooleanyes
hasRubricationbooleanyes
hasPenInitialsbooleanyes
rubricationNoteInitials elsewhere, paragraph marks, and capital strokes added in red. (15th century)
msNoteA few, in the first few leaves only; some in red. Cross references within the volume written in brown at head or foot of several leaves.
msFrequencyb
msLocationd
hasMsExtractedKeywordsbooleanyes
hasMsStructuringbooleanyes
hasMsReadingMarksbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea
c

provenance 1870 - 1908

placenamePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us-pa
timeperiod1870 - 1908
ownerBowie, Richard Ashhurst, 1836 - 1887 (, )
Bowie, Richard Henry Bayard, 1868 - 1927 (, )
provenanceType1
noteFrom the library of Richard Ashhurst Bowie. Inherited by his son, who sold the collection to Mrs. Brandegee.
certaintya
psourcec

provenance 1908 - 1908

placenameBrookline (Geonames ID: 4931482)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1908 - 1908
ownerBrandegee, Mary Bryant <Mrs.>, 1871 - 1956 (, )
provenanceType1
notePurchased from R.H.B Bowie and given to Harvard, 1908.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

provenance 1908 -

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1908 -
ownerHarvard College Library, 1636- (, )
provenanceType1
noteGift of Mrs. E. D. Brandegee, 9 November 1908, in memory of William Fletcher Weld.
methodofacqb
bindingNoteBound at Harvard in half modern brown morocco and marbled boards.
bindingDatex
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialk
furniture0
bindingStatusb
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2017-10-08 01:34:56

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copyId02020032
holdingInstitutionIdHarvardHoughton
shelfmarkInc 2025
noteRecord created by John Lancaster.
copyHistoryOld shelfmarks in ink on blank [a]1r: "25. E. 11." (in upper left quadrant, set in from margins; each part lined through with two diagonal slashes); "19. A. 15." (in upper left corner; lined out with a scribble). [18th-19th century]
Pencil notes on blank [a]1r, probably booksellers': 1) within a circle, "fol." above "344", with a line separating them; 2) "D.r." then "Wf" followed by "13" over "10" (with a line separating them), followed by "859" (with a line over it). [19th century]
paperSize306 × 210 mm
copyType1
1
copyFeaturesNote[a]1 and [t]1 slightly mutilated.
supportMaterialBooka
sourceWalsh 690

provenance 1482 - 1500

areae-gx
timeperiod1482 - 1500
provenanceType1
1
bindingNoteQuires numbered in ms. at foot of first leaf, but mostly trimmed away. No other traces of earlier binding.
decorationNoteLarge initial added in red and 2 shades of green on [a]2r. There is also a black leaf-and-vine decoration in the right half of the upper margin of the same leaf.
hasOrnamentalLettersbooleanyes
hasRubricationbooleanyes
hasPenInitialsbooleanyes
rubricationNoteInitials elsewhere, paragraph marks, and capital strokes added in red. (15th century)
msNoteA few, in the first few leaves only; some in red. Cross references within the volume written in brown at head or foot of several leaves.
msFrequencyb
msLocationd
hasMsExtractedKeywordsbooleanyes
hasMsStructuringbooleanyes
hasMsReadingMarksbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea
c

provenance 1870 - 1908

placenamePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us-pa
timeperiod1870 - 1908
ownerBowie, Richard Ashhurst, 1836 - 1887 (, )
Bowie, Richard Henry Bayard, 1868 - 1927 (, )
provenanceType1
noteFrom the library of Richard Ashhurst Bowie. Inherited by his son, who sold the collection to Mrs. Brandegee.
certaintya
psourcec

provenance 1908 - 1908

placenameBrookline (Geonames ID: 4931482)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1908 - 1908
ownerBrandegee, Mary Bryant <Mrs.>, 1871 - 1956 (, )
provenanceType1
notePurchased from R.H.B Bowie and given to Harvard, 1908.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

provenance 1908 -

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1908 -
ownerHarvard College Library, 1636- (, )
provenanceType1
noteGift of Mrs. E. D. Brandegee, 9 November 1908, in memory of William Fletcher Weld.
methodofacqb
bindingNoteBound at Harvard in half modern brown morocco and marbled boards.
bindingDatex
Binding typec
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

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CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2017-10-08 01:34:56