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mei/02124649 [02124649]

Winchester, Winchester College (GB) :

ISTC No.ia00958000
AuthorAristophanes
TitleComoediae novem [Greek]. Ed: Marcus Musurus, in part. With the Scholia
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, 15 July 1498
Format
Languagegrc
SubjectLiterature
Keywordstheatre; commentary
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02124649
Holding InstitutionWinchester, Winchester College (GB)
NoteCreated by Richard Foster
Size of leaves309 × 198 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in facsimile
Copy Features - NoteLacks sig K, supplied in early pen facsimile.
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes

Provenance 1550 - 1590

PlaceOrleans (Geonames ID: 2989317)
Areae-fr
Time period1550 - 1590
Provenance nameRobert, Jean, 1520-1590 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
NoteInscribed on the title page 'Joannis Roberti Aurelii'
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesExtensive annotations in a 16th century hand, perhaps that of Jean Robert (Johannes Robertus Aurelius). Mostly in Greek, some Latin. Comments on the text, underlining and markings in margins (some in pencil). Paginated throughout in the same hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1600 - 1700

Time period1600 - 1700
Provenance TypeInscription
NotePartially obliterated ownership inscription in a 17th century hand: 'ex libris St [illegible] pares'. Perhaps an institutional (monastic?) ownership.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1720 - 1750

Areae-uk
Time period1720 - 1750
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note18th century English binding of brown calf over pasteboard (very close to Pearson, English Bookbinding Styles, fig. 3.103). Triple gilt filet around edges of boards. Rebacked and repaired, retaining 18th century red morocco lettering stamps.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1734 - 1767

PlaceSouthwick, near Portchester, Hampshire (Geonames ID: 2640071)
Areae-uk
Time period1734 - 1767
Provenance nameThistlethwayte, Alexander, 1718-1771 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Stamp
NoteEx libris and perforating bookstamp of Alexander Thistethwayte, by whom doanted to Winchester College in 1767.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price1-7-0 GB pounds (pounds-shillings-pence) Bookseller's code and price on title page in an early 18th century English hand - probably when purchased by Thistlethwayte.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1767 -

PlaceWinchester (Geonames ID: 2633858)
Areae-uk
Time period1767 -
Provenance nameWinchester College, 1382 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (School, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePart of the gift of Alexander Thistlethwayte in 1767
Date of evidence1767
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2018-05-24 11:27:35

All Copies

  02124649

Winchester, Winchester College (GB) :

ISTC No.ia00958000
AuthorAristophanes
TitleComoediae novem [Greek]. Ed: Marcus Musurus, in part. With the Scholia
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, 15 July 1498
Format
Languagegrc
SubjectLiterature
Keywordstheatre; commentary
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02124649
Holding InstitutionWinchester, Winchester College (GB)
NoteCreated by Richard Foster
Size of leaves309 × 198 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in facsimile
Copy Features - NoteLacks sig K, supplied in early pen facsimile.
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes

Provenance 1550 - 1590

PlaceOrleans (Geonames ID: 2989317)
Areae-fr
Time period1550 - 1590
Provenance nameRobert, Jean, 1520-1590 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
NoteInscribed on the title page 'Joannis Roberti Aurelii'
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesExtensive annotations in a 16th century hand, perhaps that of Jean Robert (Johannes Robertus Aurelius). Mostly in Greek, some Latin. Comments on the text, underlining and markings in margins (some in pencil). Paginated throughout in the same hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1600 - 1700

Time period1600 - 1700
Provenance TypeInscription
NotePartially obliterated ownership inscription in a 17th century hand: 'ex libris St [illegible] pares'. Perhaps an institutional (monastic?) ownership.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1720 - 1750

Areae-uk
Time period1720 - 1750
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note18th century English binding of brown calf over pasteboard (very close to Pearson, English Bookbinding Styles, fig. 3.103). Triple gilt filet around edges of boards. Rebacked and repaired, retaining 18th century red morocco lettering stamps.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1734 - 1767

PlaceSouthwick, near Portchester, Hampshire (Geonames ID: 2640071)
Areae-uk
Time period1734 - 1767
Provenance nameThistlethwayte, Alexander, 1718-1771 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Stamp
NoteEx libris and perforating bookstamp of Alexander Thistethwayte, by whom doanted to Winchester College in 1767.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price1-7-0 GB pounds (pounds-shillings-pence) Bookseller's code and price on title page in an early 18th century English hand - probably when purchased by Thistlethwayte.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1767 -

PlaceWinchester (Geonames ID: 2633858)
Areae-uk
Time period1767 -
Provenance nameWinchester College, 1382 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (School, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePart of the gift of Alexander Thistlethwayte in 1767
Date of evidence1767
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2018-05-24 11:27:35