Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense (IT)
: VOL INC.1906 [-1911]
ISTC No.ia00959000
AuthorAristoteles
TitleOpera [Greek]. Contains also works of Galenus (II); Philo Judaeus (II); Theophrastus (II-IV); Alexander Aphrodisaeus (IV)
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, 1495-98
Formatf°
Languagegrc
SubjectPhilosophy
Keywordseducation; medicine; philosophy-natural; philosophy-logic; collection
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02126231
Holding InstitutionRoma, Biblioteca Casanatense (IT)
ShelfmarkVOL INC.1906 [-1911]
NoteRecord created by Ruben Celani.
Physical DescriptionBound in six volumes.
VOL INC.1906 (T. 1, Vol. 1): complete.
VOL INC.1907 (T. 1, Vol. 2): a fragment of parchment, with traces og Gothic script, inserted between r4-r5; complete.
VOL INC.1908 (T.2): last line of kk10v restored; complete.
VOL INC.1909 (T. 3, Vol. 1): fragment of paper carrying some Greek text inserted between ggg6r-ggg7v ; complete.
VOL INC.1910 (T. 3, Vol. 2): complete.
VOL INC.1911 (T. 4): complete.
Copy FeaturesComplete
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteFragments of paper, carrying former shelfmarks and manuscript notes of the library, pasted against the front pastedown of each volume.
Manuscript pagination in brown ink in the top-edge corner of the volumes.
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
Provenance
1495 -
1600
Time period1495 - 1600
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesManuscript notes in two or three different hands (mostly in Greek), but probably all from the late 15th-16th century.
VOL INC.1906: running titles (in Greek) and manuscript pagination throughout the whole book ; marginal annotations (corrections, comments) only between A3r-C3r ; underlining on A1v.
VOL INC.1907: sporadic corrections in Greek and paragraph signs between fol. a1r-b1r. Some underlining and marginal notes (in Latin, 15th-16th century script) on fol. *1 r/v and fol. c3r.
VOL INC.1908: underlining on aa1v ; notes (marginal and intralinear, in Latin and Greek) and structuring of the text between zz4r-zz9r. Fol. OO5r signed in manuscript.
VOL INC.1909: manuscript pagination throughout the whole book.
VOL INC.1910: manuscript pagination and several marginal annotations (corrections, completions, comments) in Greek.
VOL INC.1911: manuscript pagination throughout the book and some marginal numbers (quires αααα-ββββ, kkkk) ; several annotations in Greek (comments, corrections, completions) between kkkk4v-μμμμ1r, and sporadically afterwards (see ττττ2r, ψψψψ1r). More notes in Greek between ωωωω1r and ZZZZ3r.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
TranslationsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1555 -
1686
Areae-it
Time period1555 - 1686
Provenance TypeStamp
Method of acquisitionunknown
StampsAt the bottom of the first folio of all volumes (sometimes partially cut off) two stamps of the library of San Silvestro al Quirinale (see pictures at the link above, item nr. 55):
- a cross over three mountains, within an oval surmounted by an angel. Text along the frame of the oval: Sancti Silvestri.
- a cross over one mountain, with a cartouche atop of it, carrying the name of the text: Bibliot. S. Silvest.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1620 -
1700
Areae-it
Time period1620 - 1700
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Documentary Evidence
NoteListed in the manuscript index of printed books of Girolamo Casanate's private library, compiled around 1686-7. See Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms Cas 467/5, fol. 60r
Date of evidence1686
Method of acquisitionunknown
Historic Shelfmarkgg. X. 14 [-18] (see Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms Cas 467/5, fol. 60r) (Shelfmark pattern No.: 24)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source
Provenance
1700 -
1884
Areae-it
Time period1700 - 1884
Provenance TypeStamp
Binding
Manuscript Notes
Shelfmark
Documentary Evidence
NoteThe volumes belong to the originary fund of the Casanatense (it was acquired as part of Girolamo Casanate’s private library).
Date of evidence1700
Method of acquisitionDonation
Binding noteSame 18th century binding for all volumes: parchment over cardboards, manuscript decoration (calligraphic pattern) and titling on the spine, edges mottled red. A paper label at the bottom of the spines, with manuscript year and place of printing.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesAnnotations on all front pastedowns (and on VOL INC.1908,front endleaf Iv), in two 18th-19th century handwritings, describing the edition, the structure and the contents of each volume. Written by the librarians of the Biblioteca Casanatense.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Personal NotesYes
StampsFramed oval stamp in black ink on the first folio of each volume (partially cut off in VOL INC.1911): a tower surmounted by a Marian star, and the initials H. C. C. (standing for Hieronymus Casanate Cardinalis).
Historic ShelfmarkV. III. 41 [-46] (first folio of each volume; shelmark corrected several times in VOL INC.1906, 1909, 1910) (Shelfmark pattern No.: 24)
G. III. 14 [-19] in 4°C (front pastedown)
C. III. 14 [-19] in 4°C (front pastedown, corrected from previous shelfmark, with 'C' sometimes visible below 'G')
VOL INC.1906: L. VI. 3 (front pastedown) ; 3 (manuscript on spine)
VOL INC.1907 [-1910]: M. VI. 15 [-18] (front pastedown) ; 15 -[19] (manuscript on spine)
VOL INC.1911: N. VI. 22 (front pastedown) ; 22 (manuscript on spine) (Shelfmark pattern No.: 24)
[V. XI. 12 - 13] (VOL INC.1909 [-1911], front pastedown; partially unreadable, arabic number corrected several times) (Shelfmark pattern No.: 24)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source
Provenance
1884 -
Areae-it
Time period1884 -
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Accession mark
NoteLabel pasted against all front pastedowns, crossed out. A circle inscribed in a square ; text along the frame of the square: Regia Biblioteca Casanatense Roma ; former shelfmark in the circle.
Label pasted against all front pastedown and on the spines (except for VOL INC.1906). Cartouche in the top half carrying the text: Bibliotheca Casanatensis Romae ; a tower (Casanate's heraldic figure) in the bottom half.
Inventory number on the last folio of each volume (except for VOL INC.1909), in pencil: 57805 [-57809]
Method of acquisitionInstitutional transfer
Historic ShelfmarkEd. sec. XV 1951 [-1956] (front pastedowns, within the labels)
1963 [-1968] (in pencil on front pastedowns)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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