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
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.
physicalDescriptionNoteWorm 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.
copyType1
1
supportMaterialBooka
provenance
1470 -
1500
areae
timeperiod1470 - 1500
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.
provDate1470-1500
methodofacqx
certaintya
psourcea
provenance
1470 -
1500
areae
timeperiod1470 - 1500
provenanceType1
noteAt least two distinct annotating hands from the period 1470-1500.
provDate1470-1500
methodofacqx
msFrequencyb
Location in Bookc
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1471 -
1510
Areae
Time period1471 - 1510
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
Areae
Time period1501 - 1600
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
Areae-uk
Time period0000 - 0000
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
certaintya
psourcea
otherInformation
completeness1
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