Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02122132 e. 5. 53 [02122132]

Oxford, Christ Church (GB) : e. 5. 53

ISTC No.ij00081000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia
Imprint[Strassburg : Heinrich Eggestein, not after 1471]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02122132
Holding InstitutionOxford, Christ Church (GB)
Shelfmarke. 5. 53
NoteCreated by Hannah Ryley, Sian Witherden, James Misson and Geri Della Rocca de Candal.
Physical DescriptionWorm damage. Burn hole 90% of the way through the book. Mould on a few leaves suggests water damage. A small loose notelet of paper is enclosed in the book. The book has clearly been trimmed, as some marginal annotations have been cut off mid-word.
Copy FeaturesComplete
Binding waste
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1470 - 1500

Areae
Time period1470 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous , 1470-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
NoteIlluminated initial on the first page. Throughout the book, there are blue and red initials and red flashing. Presumably this was completed not long after the book was printed.
Date of evidence1470-1500
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1470 - 1500

Areae
Time period1470 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous , 1470-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteAt least two distinct annotating hands from the period 1470-1500.
Date of evidence1470-1500
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1471 - 1510

PlaceEurope (Geonames ID: 6255148)
Areae
Time period1471 - 1510
Provenance nameAdolphus de Byeirshiem [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteAn inscription on the top of the leaf of the text in a hand from 1471-1510 reads as follows: "Hunc librum legauit hon dominus Adolphus de Byeirshiem ad usum pastorum et capus Sancti Seuerini cuius anima requiescat in sancta pace." See also Dennis E. Rhodes, A Catalogue of Incunabula in all the Libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982), 978. The dates of ownership are uncertain, but 1471-1510 has been given as an approximate range on the basis of the handwriting.
Date of evidence1471-1510
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 - 1600

PlaceEurope (Geonames ID: 6255148)
Areae
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Europe, 1501-1600 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidence1501-1600
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteWhite leather halfbound on cardboard. Part of a Hebrew text is visible as binding waste.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions0 × 0 × 0 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 0000 - 0000

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period0000 - 0000
Provenance nameOxford, Christ Church , 1546- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Shelfmark
NoteAn Ex libris in the front of the book reads "Ædes Christi in Academia Oxoniensi." A Christ Church shelfmark, e. 5. 53, is written above. It is unclear when Christ Church acquired the book.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2018-01-22 09:19:46

All Copies

  02122132

Oxford, Christ Church (GB) : e. 5. 53

ISTC No.ij00081000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia
Imprint[Strassburg : Heinrich Eggestein, not after 1471]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02122132
Holding InstitutionOxford, Christ Church (GB)
Shelfmarke. 5. 53
NoteCreated by Hannah Ryley, Sian Witherden, James Misson and Geri Della Rocca de Candal.
Physical DescriptionWorm damage. Burn hole 90% of the way through the book. Mould on a few leaves suggests water damage. A small loose notelet of paper is enclosed in the book. The book has clearly been trimmed, as some marginal annotations have been cut off mid-word.
Copy FeaturesComplete
Binding waste
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1470 - 1500

Areae
Time period1470 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous , 1470-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
NoteIlluminated initial on the first page. Throughout the book, there are blue and red initials and red flashing. Presumably this was completed not long after the book was printed.
Date of evidence1470-1500
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1470 - 1500

Areae
Time period1470 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous , 1470-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteAt least two distinct annotating hands from the period 1470-1500.
Date of evidence1470-1500
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1471 - 1510

PlaceEurope (Geonames ID: 6255148)
Areae
Time period1471 - 1510
Provenance nameAdolphus de Byeirshiem [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteAn inscription on the top of the leaf of the text in a hand from 1471-1510 reads as follows: "Hunc librum legauit hon dominus Adolphus de Byeirshiem ad usum pastorum et capus Sancti Seuerini cuius anima requiescat in sancta pace." See also Dennis E. Rhodes, A Catalogue of Incunabula in all the Libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982), 978. The dates of ownership are uncertain, but 1471-1510 has been given as an approximate range on the basis of the handwriting.
Date of evidence1471-1510
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 - 1600

PlaceEurope (Geonames ID: 6255148)
Areae
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Europe, 1501-1600 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidence1501-1600
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteWhite leather halfbound on cardboard. Part of a Hebrew text is visible as binding waste.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions0 × 0 × 0 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 0000 - 0000

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period0000 - 0000
Provenance nameOxford, Christ Church , 1546- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Shelfmark
NoteAn Ex libris in the front of the book reads "Ædes Christi in Academia Oxoniensi." A Christ Church shelfmark, e. 5. 53, is written above. It is unclear when Christ Church acquired the book.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2018-01-22 09:19:46