Material Evidence
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mei/02124249 33.2 [02124249]

Princeton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US) : 33.2

ISTC No.ig00238000
AuthorGerson, Johannes
TitleOpus tripartitum de praeceptis Decalogi, de confessione, et de arte moriendi
Imprint[Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-pastoral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02124249
Holding InstitutionPrinceton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US)
CollectionScheide Library
Shelfmark33.2
NoteFormer shelfmark: SC Above 3.2
Also bound with this copyGerson, Johannes: De remediis contra pusillanimitatem contra deceptorias inimici consolationes eiusque tentationes. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1470 [ig00265000] (MEI ID: 02124253)
Gerson, Johannes: De meditatione cordis. Add: De oratione et valore eius; Expositio super psalmos poenitentiales. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1470 [ig00231000] (MEI ID: 02124250)
Gerson, Johannes: De custodia linguae et corde bene ruminanda. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467-72 [ig00218000] (MEI ID: 02124252)
Gerson, Johannes: Conclusiones de diversis materiis moralibus, sive De regulis mandatorum. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00202000] (MEI ID: 02124254)
Gerson, Johannes: De efficacia orationis; De tentationibus diaboli; De exercitiis discretis devotorum simplicium. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467-72 [ig00227000] (MEI ID: 02124251)
Gerson, Johannes: De pollutione nocturna. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00255000] (MEI ID: 02124248)
Gerson, Johannes: De cognitione castitatis et de pollutionibus diurnis; Forma absolutionis sacramentalis. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00194000] (MEI ID: 02124247)
Alphabetum divini amoris. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1466-67 [ia00524000] (MEI ID: 02124118)
NoteBound fourth in the volume.
Record created by John Lancaster.
Physical Description4 pinholes visible. Lacks blank first and last leaves; leaves 3/4-5 supplied in manuscript.
Size of leaves213 × 134 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in manuscript
Support material (book)Paper
SourceMargaret Lane Ford, Christ, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus: the dawn of printing: catalogue of the incunabula in the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, v. 1 (Amsterdam, 1990), no. 99.

Provenance 1470 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1470 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous Germany, 1470-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteInitial on 1/1r in blue with red penwork extensions highlighted in green.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteOther initials, capital strokes, paragraph marks, and underlining added in red. (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1956

PlaceBrussels (Geonames ID: 2800866)
Areae-be
Time period1850 - 1956
Provenance nameArenberg, Engelbert-Auguste d', 1824-1875 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Arenberg, Engelbert-Karl, Duke of, 1899 - 1974 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
Documentary Evidence
NoteDistinctive label with blue border on spine, with number "218"; identified as that number in a ms. inventory of the library of the 8th duke by Elly Cockx-Indestege; also shelfmark "A, 1" in pencil on front pastedown. Purchased from the 10th duke in 1956 by H. P. Kraus, and listed in several catalogues between 1957 and 1987.
Binding noteLate 19th-century full tan polished calf, blindstamped in period style, with red Tudor rose onlaid in the center of each cover, spine with raised bands, parchment pastedowns, spine title stamped in black, Arenberg inventory label at head of spine, number "218". Contemporary ms. contents list on parchment trimmed and mounted on front free endleaf 1v.
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions225 × 155 × 47 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1956 - 1988

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1956 - 1988
Provenance nameKraus, H. P. <Hans Peter>, 1907 - 1988 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePurchased by Kraus, 1956; listed in several catalogues before sale to Ritman in 1988. Pencil note on rear pastedown at upper left: "Kraus '88 KTUTTT". -- Kraus catalogues: 83 (1957), 71; 93 (1960), 60; 103 (1963), 4; 154 (1979), 38; 164 (1983), 103; and 173 (1986), 17.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1988 - 2011

PlaceAmsterdam (Geonames ID: 2759793)
Areae-ne
Time period1988 - 2011
Provenance nameRitman, Joost R., 1941 - [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteFord records purchase by Ritman from Kraus, 1988; pencil note on rear pastedown: "Kraus '88 KTUTTT"; Shapero records provenance as Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (i.e. Ritman).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 2011 - 2012

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period2011 - 2012
Provenance nameShapero Rare Books, 1979- [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteItem 5 in Shapero catalogue "75 Incunables from the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica", 2012.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 2012 - 2014

PlacePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
Arean-us-nj
Time period2012 - 2014
Provenance nameScheide, William Hurd, 1914 - 2014 [Person; Donor] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePencil note on front pastedown records purchase from Shapero, November 2012.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 2014 -

PlacePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
Arean-us-nj
Time period2014 -
Provenance namePrinceton University Library, 1750- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBequest of William H. Scheide, 2014.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2018-05-07 03:27:38

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  02124249

Princeton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US) : 33.2

ISTC No.ig00238000
AuthorGerson, Johannes
TitleOpus tripartitum de praeceptis Decalogi, de confessione, et de arte moriendi
Imprint[Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-pastoral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02124249
Holding InstitutionPrinceton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US)
CollectionScheide Library
Shelfmark33.2
NoteFormer shelfmark: SC Above 3.2
Also bound with this copyGerson, Johannes: De remediis contra pusillanimitatem contra deceptorias inimici consolationes eiusque tentationes. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1470 [ig00265000] (MEI ID: 02124253)
Gerson, Johannes: De meditatione cordis. Add: De oratione et valore eius; Expositio super psalmos poenitentiales. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1470 [ig00231000] (MEI ID: 02124250)
Gerson, Johannes: De custodia linguae et corde bene ruminanda. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467-72 [ig00218000] (MEI ID: 02124252)
Gerson, Johannes: Conclusiones de diversis materiis moralibus, sive De regulis mandatorum. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00202000] (MEI ID: 02124254)
Gerson, Johannes: De efficacia orationis; De tentationibus diaboli; De exercitiis discretis devotorum simplicium. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467-72 [ig00227000] (MEI ID: 02124251)
Gerson, Johannes: De pollutione nocturna. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00255000] (MEI ID: 02124248)
Gerson, Johannes: De cognitione castitatis et de pollutionibus diurnis; Forma absolutionis sacramentalis. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00194000] (MEI ID: 02124247)
Alphabetum divini amoris. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1466-67 [ia00524000] (MEI ID: 02124118)
NoteBound fourth in the volume.
Record created by John Lancaster.
Physical Description4 pinholes visible. Lacks blank first and last leaves; leaves 3/4-5 supplied in manuscript.
Size of leaves213 × 134 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in manuscript
Support material (book)Paper
SourceMargaret Lane Ford, Christ, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus: the dawn of printing: catalogue of the incunabula in the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, v. 1 (Amsterdam, 1990), no. 99.

Provenance 1470 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1470 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous Germany, 1470-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteInitial on 1/1r in blue with red penwork extensions highlighted in green.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteOther initials, capital strokes, paragraph marks, and underlining added in red. (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1956

PlaceBrussels (Geonames ID: 2800866)
Areae-be
Time period1850 - 1956
Provenance nameArenberg, Engelbert-Auguste d', 1824-1875 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Arenberg, Engelbert-Karl, Duke of, 1899 - 1974 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
Documentary Evidence
NoteDistinctive label with blue border on spine, with number "218"; identified as that number in a ms. inventory of the library of the 8th duke by Elly Cockx-Indestege; also shelfmark "A, 1" in pencil on front pastedown. Purchased from the 10th duke in 1956 by H. P. Kraus, and listed in several catalogues between 1957 and 1987.
Binding noteLate 19th-century full tan polished calf, blindstamped in period style, with red Tudor rose onlaid in the center of each cover, spine with raised bands, parchment pastedowns, spine title stamped in black, Arenberg inventory label at head of spine, number "218". Contemporary ms. contents list on parchment trimmed and mounted on front free endleaf 1v.
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions225 × 155 × 47 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1956 - 1988

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1956 - 1988
Provenance nameKraus, H. P. <Hans Peter>, 1907 - 1988 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePurchased by Kraus, 1956; listed in several catalogues before sale to Ritman in 1988. Pencil note on rear pastedown at upper left: "Kraus '88 KTUTTT". -- Kraus catalogues: 83 (1957), 71; 93 (1960), 60; 103 (1963), 4; 154 (1979), 38; 164 (1983), 103; and 173 (1986), 17.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1988 - 2011

PlaceAmsterdam (Geonames ID: 2759793)
Areae-ne
Time period1988 - 2011
Provenance nameRitman, Joost R., 1941 - [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteFord records purchase by Ritman from Kraus, 1988; pencil note on rear pastedown: "Kraus '88 KTUTTT"; Shapero records provenance as Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (i.e. Ritman).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 2011 - 2012

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period2011 - 2012
Provenance nameShapero Rare Books, 1979- [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteItem 5 in Shapero catalogue "75 Incunables from the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica", 2012.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 2012 - 2014

PlacePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
Arean-us-nj
Time period2012 - 2014
Provenance nameScheide, William Hurd, 1914 - 2014 [Person; Donor] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePencil note on front pastedown records purchase from Shapero, November 2012.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 2014 -

PlacePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
Arean-us-nj
Time period2014 -
Provenance namePrinceton University Library, 1750- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBequest of William H. Scheide, 2014.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2018-05-07 03:27:38