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mei/02108582 C.50.b.15 [02108582]

London, British Library (GB) : C.50.b.15

ISTC No.ij00493500
AuthorJudah ben Jehiel, called Messer Leon
TitleNofet Zufim
Imprint[Mantua] : Abraham Conat, [1474/75]
Format8°
Languageheb
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
Keywordshebraica
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02108582
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkC.50.b.15
Size of leaves200 × 125 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
SourceData from A. K. Offenberg, Catalogue of Books printed in the XVth Century now in the British Library (BMC XIII), 2004, 14-15; transcribed by Birgit Mikus.

Provenance 1474 - 1475

PlaceMantua (Geonames ID: 3174051)
Areae-it
Time period1474 - 1475
Provenance nameConat, Abraham ben Solomon [Person; Printer] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Date of evidence1474/75

Provenance 1591 - 1591

Areae-it
Time period1591 - 1591
Provenance nameHagaï, Azariah, 1591 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Date of evidence1591
Manuscript notesSixteenth-century owner's inscription on leaf [1].1a of Sunday 18 Tishri 5352 (= 27 September 1591): ... אני עזריה האגיי יצו׳ ... (I, Azariah Hagaï ...)
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages

Provenance 1598 - 1598

Areae-it
Time period1598 - 1598
Provenance nameLuigi da Bologna [Person; Censor] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesRevisto per mi Fra[te] Luigi da Bologna del 9 [..].
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half

Provenance 1601 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1601 - 1650
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1601 - 1650 [Person; Censor] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesInq(re) di Modena Comiss. (?)
No traces of expurgation.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half

Provenance 1600 - 1609

PlaceItaly (Geonames ID: 3175395)
Time period1600 - 1609
Provenance nameVistorini, Giovanni Dominico, 1609-1620 [Person; Censor] (Male, Censor, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Date of evidence1609
Manuscript notesThree signatures of censors on leaf [19].8b.
Revisto p[er] mi Gio[vanni] Dom[inico] Vistorini 160[..].
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half

Provenance

Areae-it
Provenance nameAnonymous [Corporate body; Former Owner]
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesChapter indications in early handwriting on the recto pages (almost completely cut away by the binder's knife). Some marginal notes.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout

Provenance 1844 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1844 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteBought in July 1844.
Date of evidence1844
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteBound in the British Museum bindery in gold-tooled green morocco.
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
ToolingGold

Other Information

Last Edit2019-06-05 10:23:08

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  02108582

London, British Library (GB) : C.50.b.15

ISTC No.ij00493500
AuthorJudah ben Jehiel, called Messer Leon
TitleNofet Zufim
Imprint[Mantua] : Abraham Conat, [1474/75]
Format8°
Languageheb
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
Keywordshebraica
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02108582
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkC.50.b.15
Size of leaves200 × 125 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
SourceData from A. K. Offenberg, Catalogue of Books printed in the XVth Century now in the British Library (BMC XIII), 2004, 14-15; transcribed by Birgit Mikus.

Provenance 1474 - 1475

PlaceMantua (Geonames ID: 3174051)
Areae-it
Time period1474 - 1475
Provenance nameConat, Abraham ben Solomon [Person; Printer] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Date of evidence1474/75

Provenance 1591 - 1591

Areae-it
Time period1591 - 1591
Provenance nameHagaï, Azariah, 1591 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Date of evidence1591
Manuscript notesSixteenth-century owner's inscription on leaf [1].1a of Sunday 18 Tishri 5352 (= 27 September 1591): ... אני עזריה האגיי יצו׳ ... (I, Azariah Hagaï ...)
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages

Provenance 1598 - 1598

Areae-it
Time period1598 - 1598
Provenance nameLuigi da Bologna [Person; Censor] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesRevisto per mi Fra[te] Luigi da Bologna del 9 [..].
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half

Provenance 1601 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1601 - 1650
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1601 - 1650 [Person; Censor] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesInq(re) di Modena Comiss. (?)
No traces of expurgation.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half

Provenance 1600 - 1609

PlaceItaly (Geonames ID: 3175395)
Time period1600 - 1609
Provenance nameVistorini, Giovanni Dominico, 1609-1620 [Person; Censor] (Male, Censor, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Date of evidence1609
Manuscript notesThree signatures of censors on leaf [19].8b.
Revisto p[er] mi Gio[vanni] Dom[inico] Vistorini 160[..].
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half

Provenance

Areae-it
Provenance nameAnonymous [Corporate body; Former Owner]
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript notesChapter indications in early handwriting on the recto pages (almost completely cut away by the binder's knife). Some marginal notes.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout

Provenance 1844 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1844 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteBought in July 1844.
Date of evidence1844
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteBound in the British Museum bindery in gold-tooled green morocco.
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
ToolingGold

Other Information

Last Edit2019-06-05 10:23:08