Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02123097 91533 [02123097]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 91533

ISTC No.im00038000
AuthorMagni, Jacobus
TitleSophologium
Imprint[Strassburg : The 'R-printer' (Adolf Rusch), about 1470]
Format
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature-Social
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02123097
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark91533
Physical DescriptionLacks final two blank leaves ([A]7-8). Leaves [g]9-10 and [h]1 have the upper outer corners torn off (repaired), removing some text.
Size of leaves260 × 190 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1470 - 1796

PlaceLiège (Geonames ID: 2792413)
Areae-be
Time period1470 - 1796
Provenance nameLiège, Franciscans, OFM, 1243-1796 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
NoteInscription at head of [a]1r: "De Conuentu fratrum Minimorum Leod" (that is, the Franciscan monastery at Liège).
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteInitials, capital strokes, paragraph marks, and underlining added in red. An inscription in red at the head of [a]1r, above the ownership inscription, has been almost completely trimmed off. At the end of the text on [A]6v is an elaborate flourished signature (?) or cypher of the rubricator, in red, not deciphered. (15th century)
Manuscript notesMarginal words and marks, and underlining, throughout. On [l]3v is a note that the following blank page, [l]4r, is not defective.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1862 - 1912

PlaceRichmond (Geonames ID: 2639389)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1862 - 1912
Provenance nameHodgkin, John Eliot, 1829 - 1912 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
Manuscript Notes
NoteArmorial bookplate of John Eliot Hodgkin on front pastedown; his "Adnotatio" leaf mounted on rear pastedown, with his notes in ms.; a note with his monogram signature on rear free endleaf 2v dated 1862; loose in the volume, an additional leaf of notes; his monogram on the covers of the binding. Discussed in his Rariora, v. 2, p. 72-74, with facsimiles. Lot 955 in the June 1914 Sotheby London sale of his library.
Binding noteBlind-tooled calf, with a recessed oval on each cover, with the monogram "IEH" stamped in blind; title stamped in gold on spine; edges mottled reddish-brown.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions280 × 210 × 53 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
certaintya
psourcea
c
e
f

provenance 1918 - 1925

areae-gx
timeperiod1918 - 1925
provenanceType1
noteRecorded as purchased from Vollbehr by Henry E. Huntington, 23 March 1925.
certaintya
psourcec

provenance 1925 - 1927

placenameSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
arean-us-ca
timeperiod1925 - 1927
provenanceType1
noteRecorded as purchased from Vollbehr, 23 March 1925.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcec

provenance 1927 -

placenameSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
arean-us-ca
timeperiod1927 -
provenanceType1
noteHuntington founded the library to house his collection.
methodofacqb
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2018-03-14 18:19:17

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SanMarinoHun : 91533

hostItemIdim00038000
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copy

copyId02123097
holdingInstitutionIdSanMarinoHun
shelfmark91533
physicalDescriptionNoteLacks final two blank leaves ([A]7-8). Leaves [g]9-10 and [h]1 have the upper outer corners torn off (repaired), removing some text.
paperSize260 × 190 mm
copyType1
supportMaterialBooka

provenance 1470 - 1796

placenameLiège (Geonames ID: 2792413)
areae-be
timeperiod1470 - 1796
provenanceType1
1
1
noteInscription at head of [a]1r: "De Conuentu fratrum Minimorum Leod" (that is, the Franciscan monastery at Liège).
hasRubricationbooleanyes
hasPenInitialsbooleanyes
rubricationNoteInitials, capital strokes, paragraph marks, and underlining added in red. An inscription in red at the head of [a]1r, above the ownership inscription, has been almost completely trimmed off. At the end of the text on [A]6v is an elaborate flourished signature (?) or cypher of the rubricator, in red, not deciphered. (15th century)
msNoteMarginal words and marks, and underlining, throughout. On [l]3v is a note that the following blank page, [l]4r, is not defective.
msFrequencye
msLocationc
hasMsExtractedKeywordsbooleanyes
hasMsReadingMarksbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1862 - 1912

placenameRichmond (Geonames ID: 2639389)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1862 - 1912
provenanceType1
1
1
noteArmorial bookplate of John Eliot Hodgkin on front pastedown; his "Adnotatio" leaf mounted on rear pastedown, with his notes in ms.; a note with his monogram signature on rear free endleaf 2v dated 1862; loose in the volume, an additional leaf of notes; his monogram on the covers of the binding. Discussed in his Rariora, v. 2, p. 72-74, with facsimiles. Lot 955 in the June 1914 Sotheby London sale of his library.
bindingNoteBlind-tooled calf, with a recessed oval on each cover, with the monogram "IEH" stamped in blind; title stamped in gold on spine; edges mottled reddish-brown.
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions280 × 210 × 53 mm
titling
toolingc
edgesb
writingOnEdgesd
gaufferedd
certaintya
psourcea
c
e
f

provenance 1918 - 1925

areae-gx
timeperiod1918 - 1925
provenanceType1
noteRecorded as purchased from Vollbehr by Henry E. Huntington, 23 March 1925.
certaintya
psourcec

provenance 1925 - 1927

placenameSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
arean-us-ca
timeperiod1925 - 1927
provenanceType1
noteRecorded as purchased from Vollbehr, 23 March 1925.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcec

provenance 1927 -

placenameSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
arean-us-ca
timeperiod1927 -
provenanceType1
noteHuntington founded the library to house his collection.
methodofacqb
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2018-03-14 18:19:17