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mei/02125163 Zi +9645 Copy 1 [02125163]

NewHavenCT,YaleUniv.,BeineckeLibrary : Zi +9645 Copy 1

ISTC No.ih00267000
AuthorHigden, Ranulphus
TitlePolycronicon. Tr: John Trevisa. With the continuation 1357-1460 by William Caxton
Imprint[Westminster] : William Caxton, [between 2 July and 8 October 1482]
Formatf°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordsreligion; translation; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02125163
Holding InstitutionNewHavenCT,YaleUniv.,BeineckeLibrary
ShelfmarkZi +9645 Copy 1
NoteCopy 1
Created by James Misson
Revised by Rachel Beaver, 1 August 2023
Physical DescriptionImperfect: Wants all preliminary matter (sig. a-b⁸ c⁴) and leaves 1.1, iii, [iv] blank, vii-viii, xi-xii, xxiv, ccxi, [ccxxvi] blank, cccliii, ccclxxxxi-ccccxxviii, [ccccxxix] blank. Leaves a2-3 supplied in facsimile, leaf xxiv supplied from another copy. Collation: a-b⁸ C⁴ 1-28⁸ [chi]² 29-48⁸ 49⁴ 50⁸ 52-55⁸ (leaves a1, 1.1, 1.5, [chi]2, 55.8 blank; leaf 4.3 signed 3.4, 5.3 signed 5.2, 25.2 signed 5.22, 35.3 signed 35.2)
At end is bound a leaf containing a facsimile of Caxton's device.
Size of leaves26 × 185 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Composite volume
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1475 - 1525

Areae-uk-en
Time period1475 - 1525
Provenance nameAnonymous, England, 1475-1525 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Date of evidence1475-1525
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-uk-en
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, England , 1501-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesAnonymous sixteenth-century hands in English, almost entirely bleached/erased.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1601 - 1700

Areae-uk
Time period1601 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous, Great Britain, 1601-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesSixteenth-century hand annotating in English on leaf supplied from another copy (annotations made before being bound with this book).
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1836 - 1862

Arean-us
Time period1836 - 1862
Provenance nameSmets, Alexander Augustus, 1769-1862 [Person] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Documentary Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageImage of inscription.
NoteAutograph: A.A. Smets, Savannah, May 28, 1836
Located on a manuscript flyleaf previously bound with the volume. Now this manuscript leaf is located in institutional files. Leaf was removed when the volume was rebound by Francis Bedford after William Loring Andrews purchased this volume in 1868.
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews collection of early books in the library of Yale University. (New Haven, Yale university press, 1913), 37–38.
Date of evidence1836
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1868 - 1894

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1868 - 1894
Provenance nameAndrews, William Loring, 1837 - 1920 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageImage of bookplate.
Note"Purchased by the donor of this collection [i.e. William Loring Andrews] at the Smets sale, New York, May, 1868"
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University (New Haven: Yale University Press), 1913, p. 37–38

Yale University Library bookplate:
"Presented by William Loring Andrews, Esq.
1894"
Date of evidence1868-1894
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding note"Bound in brown morocco, richly blind-tooled, with Tudor rose, fleur-de-lis and acorn emblems."
'Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University' (New Haven: Yale University Press), 1913, p. 38
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions274 × 210 × 61 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1894 - 1963

Arean-us
Time period1894 - 1963
Provenance nameYale University. Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageImage of bookplate.
NoteYale University Library bookplate:
"Presented by William Loring Andrews, Esq.
1894"
Date of evidence1894
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1963 -

PlaceNew Haven (Geonames ID: 4839366)
Arean-us-ct
Time period1963 -
Provenance nameBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Method of acquisitionInstitutional transfer
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-10-19 16:03:32

All Copies

  02125163

NewHavenCT,YaleUniv.,BeineckeLibrary : Zi +9645 Copy 1

ISTC No.ih00267000
AuthorHigden, Ranulphus
TitlePolycronicon. Tr: John Trevisa. With the continuation 1357-1460 by William Caxton
Imprint[Westminster] : William Caxton, [between 2 July and 8 October 1482]
Formatf°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordsreligion; translation; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02125163
Holding InstitutionNewHavenCT,YaleUniv.,BeineckeLibrary
ShelfmarkZi +9645 Copy 1
NoteCopy 1
Created by James Misson
Revised by Rachel Beaver, 1 August 2023
Physical DescriptionImperfect: Wants all preliminary matter (sig. a-b⁸ c⁴) and leaves 1.1, iii, [iv] blank, vii-viii, xi-xii, xxiv, ccxi, [ccxxvi] blank, cccliii, ccclxxxxi-ccccxxviii, [ccccxxix] blank. Leaves a2-3 supplied in facsimile, leaf xxiv supplied from another copy. Collation: a-b⁸ C⁴ 1-28⁸ [chi]² 29-48⁸ 49⁴ 50⁸ 52-55⁸ (leaves a1, 1.1, 1.5, [chi]2, 55.8 blank; leaf 4.3 signed 3.4, 5.3 signed 5.2, 25.2 signed 5.22, 35.3 signed 35.2)
At end is bound a leaf containing a facsimile of Caxton's device.
Size of leaves26 × 185 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Composite volume
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1475 - 1525

Areae-uk-en
Time period1475 - 1525
Provenance nameAnonymous, England, 1475-1525 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Date of evidence1475-1525
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-uk-en
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, England , 1501-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesAnonymous sixteenth-century hands in English, almost entirely bleached/erased.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1601 - 1700

Areae-uk
Time period1601 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous, Great Britain, 1601-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesSixteenth-century hand annotating in English on leaf supplied from another copy (annotations made before being bound with this book).
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1836 - 1862

Arean-us
Time period1836 - 1862
Provenance nameSmets, Alexander Augustus, 1769-1862 [Person] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Documentary Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageImage of inscription.
NoteAutograph: A.A. Smets, Savannah, May 28, 1836
Located on a manuscript flyleaf previously bound with the volume. Now this manuscript leaf is located in institutional files. Leaf was removed when the volume was rebound by Francis Bedford after William Loring Andrews purchased this volume in 1868.
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews collection of early books in the library of Yale University. (New Haven, Yale university press, 1913), 37–38.
Date of evidence1836
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1868 - 1894

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1868 - 1894
Provenance nameAndrews, William Loring, 1837 - 1920 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageImage of bookplate.
Note"Purchased by the donor of this collection [i.e. William Loring Andrews] at the Smets sale, New York, May, 1868"
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University (New Haven: Yale University Press), 1913, p. 37–38

Yale University Library bookplate:
"Presented by William Loring Andrews, Esq.
1894"
Date of evidence1868-1894
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding note"Bound in brown morocco, richly blind-tooled, with Tudor rose, fleur-de-lis and acorn emblems."
'Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University' (New Haven: Yale University Press), 1913, p. 38
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions274 × 210 × 61 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1894 - 1963

Arean-us
Time period1894 - 1963
Provenance nameYale University. Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageImage of bookplate.
NoteYale University Library bookplate:
"Presented by William Loring Andrews, Esq.
1894"
Date of evidence1894
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1963 -

PlaceNew Haven (Geonames ID: 4839366)
Arean-us-ct
Time period1963 -
Provenance nameBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Method of acquisitionInstitutional transfer
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-10-19 16:03:32