Princeton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US)
: BT600 .M37 1473f
ISTC No.ia00247000
AuthorAlbertus Magnus
TitleDe laudibus Mariae
Imprint[Strassburg : Johann Mentelin, not after 1473]
Formatf°
Languagelat
Subjecttheology-pastoral?
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02126948
Holding InstitutionPrinceton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US)
ShelfmarkBT600 .M37 1473f
Also bound with this copyAlbertus Magnus: Mariale. - Strassburg : Johann Mentelin, not after 1473 [ia00272000] (MEI ID: 02126947)
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Physical DescriptionBound second in the volume. 5-page ms. index to both works bound between them. Mark of index tab on final leaf of this volume suggests the possibility of a third work earlier bound with these two. -- The collation is more precisely given than that in GW etc. as: [8⁸ (8/2+1)]; further, in this copy, leaves 8/4 and 8/5 are singletons.
Size of leaves390 × 280 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Composite volume
Bound with manuscript
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1473 -
1473
PlaceFreyenstein (Geonames ID: 2924857)
Areae-gx
Time period1473 - 1473
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
NotePetrus a Fryenstein may also have been the owner, as suggested by the inscription on 7/8v: "Petro a fryenstein e[st] liber iste". He is identified in a note below the inscription, in a different but contemporary hand, as a canon of the church of St. Stephen, Strassburg.
Date of evidence1473
Decoration NoteLarge initials of red and blue interlock with reserved-white leafy decoration and red and dark brown penwork.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteOther initials added in alternating red and blue; capital strokes and paragraph marks added in red. Rubrication date "1473" on 1/2v of the first work in the volume and, with inscription "Petro a fryenstein e[st] liber iste" on 7/8v of this work. Rubrication consistent throughout the volume; ms. foliation in red continuous throughout the volume. (1473)
Manuscript notesNotes added in red to the table as part of the rubrication.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookFirst few pages
Structuring the textYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1480 -
1485
PlaceStrassburg (Geonames ID: 2973783)
Areae-gx
Time period1480 - 1485
Provenance nameGermanus [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteDates conjectural. Inscription below that of Petrus on 7/8v: "et emit magister nicolaus a domino germano apothecario in argentina".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1485 -
1500
PlaceStrassburg (Geonames ID: 2973783)
Areae-gx
Time period1485 - 1500
Provenance nameNicolaus, magister [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteDates conjectural. Inscription below that of Petrus on 7/8v: "et emit magister nicolaus a domino germano apothecario in argentina".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1725 -
1800
Areaen
Time period1725 - 1800
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteLater 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments. Marks of index tabs.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions400 × 290 × mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1930 -
1930
PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1930 - 1930
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteRecorded in Abrams catalogue as item 418 in Baer catalogue 745, 1930.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1971 -
1989
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1971 - 1989
Provenance TypeExlibris
Manuscript Notes
Documentary Evidence
NoteAbrams bookplate on front pastedown, with his ms. notes at upper right; lot 3 in the Abrams sale, Sotheby's London, November 1989; purchase price recorded in American Book Prices Current as £7,000.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1989 -
1991
Areae-uk-en
Time period1989 - 1991
Provenance nameFinch, Simon, 1956- [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteBod-Inc (A-120) refers to this copy as item 1 in Simon Finch's Occasional list 7 (1991); to be verified. Presumably purchased at the Abrams sale.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
price7000 pounds sterling Price from ABPC.
certaintyb
psourceg
Provenance
1991 -
2001
PlaceAmsterdam (Geonames ID: 2759793)
Areae-ne
Time period1991 - 2001
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteBookplate of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica on front pastedown. Lot 6 in the second sale of BPH books, December 2001 (apparently bought in, as no price was listed in the Sotheby's on-line report of the sale).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
2001 -
PlacePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
Arean-us-nj
Time period2001 -
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteProbably acquired by private treaty after the BPH sale.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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