Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02126347 2.b.23 [02126347]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 2.b.23

ISTC No.ik00002500
TitleKalender [German]
Imprint[Strassburg : Johann Prüss, about 1483]
Format4°
Languageger
full ISTC record
SubjectAstronomy
Keywordscalendar; liturgy
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02126347
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark2.b.23
NoteWellcome records have printer as [Augsburg: J. Blaubiren/Blaubier, about 1483]; Title as: Kalender Deutsch. Der 'teutsche Kalender.' 'Meister Almansor spricht.'
NoteCreated by Jack Litchfield
Physical DescriptionOctavo; some staining and repairs; fragile; wants 9 leaves
Size of leaves178 × 135 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 338

Provenance 1483 - 1600

Time period1483 - 1600
Provenance nameanonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteWoodcuts on multiple occasions have been skilfully reproduced along margins in brown ink; woodcuts are often coloured, somewhat crudely, in brown ink; Fol. c6.r has illustrations of a ram and other animals partly copied from zodiac man on earlier fol
Illustration coloured in by handYes
Manuscript notesFol.a7.r has ms reproduction [imperfect] of line: 'April[l]e bin ich[s] genan[d]t'; Fol.c5.v has, in much smaller hand, a horizontal chart
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 - 1923

Time period1800 - 1923
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding typeLimp
Board materialPaper
Cover materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingNone
ToolingNone

Provenance 1923 - 1923

PlaceZurich (Geonames ID: 2657896)
Areae-sz
Time period1923 - 1923
Provenance nameart ancien, 1921-1980 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade) Elsewhere in Wellcome records as 'L'art Ancien'
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence

Provenance 1923 - 1936

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1923 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome , 1853-1936 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteWellcome Library accessions book 1916-1930 [WA/HMM/LI/Acc/4], accession no. 338
Date of evidence15/11/1923
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price350 Swiss Francs 'Art ancien, swiss francs 350, less 15%; about 25 to the £'
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameWellcome Library [Corporate body; Present Owner]
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Accession mark
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:30

All Copies

  02126347

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 2.b.23

ISTC No.ik00002500
TitleKalender [German]
Imprint[Strassburg : Johann Prüss, about 1483]
Format4°
Languageger
full ISTC record
SubjectAstronomy
Keywordscalendar; liturgy
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02126347
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark2.b.23
NoteWellcome records have printer as [Augsburg: J. Blaubiren/Blaubier, about 1483]; Title as: Kalender Deutsch. Der 'teutsche Kalender.' 'Meister Almansor spricht.'
NoteCreated by Jack Litchfield
Physical DescriptionOctavo; some staining and repairs; fragile; wants 9 leaves
Size of leaves178 × 135 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 338

Provenance 1483 - 1600

Time period1483 - 1600
Provenance nameanonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteWoodcuts on multiple occasions have been skilfully reproduced along margins in brown ink; woodcuts are often coloured, somewhat crudely, in brown ink; Fol. c6.r has illustrations of a ram and other animals partly copied from zodiac man on earlier fol
Illustration coloured in by handYes
Manuscript notesFol.a7.r has ms reproduction [imperfect] of line: 'April[l]e bin ich[s] genan[d]t'; Fol.c5.v has, in much smaller hand, a horizontal chart
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 - 1923

Time period1800 - 1923
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding typeLimp
Board materialPaper
Cover materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingNone
ToolingNone

Provenance 1923 - 1923

PlaceZurich (Geonames ID: 2657896)
Areae-sz
Time period1923 - 1923
Provenance nameart ancien, 1921-1980 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade) Elsewhere in Wellcome records as 'L'art Ancien'
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence

Provenance 1923 - 1936

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1923 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome , 1853-1936 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteWellcome Library accessions book 1916-1930 [WA/HMM/LI/Acc/4], accession no. 338
Date of evidence15/11/1923
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price350 Swiss Francs 'Art ancien, swiss francs 350, less 15%; about 25 to the £'
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameWellcome Library [Corporate body; Present Owner]
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Accession mark
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:30