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mei/02127001 ChL 722 [02127001]

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : ChL 722

ISTC No.ib00640000
TitleBiblia [Italian] (Tr: Niccolò Malermi). With additions by Hieronymus Squarzaficus
ImprintVenice : Vindelinus de Spira, 1 Aug. 1471
Format
Languageita
SubjectBible
Keywordstranslation
Periodpatristic

Description of Copy

Copy Id02127001
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
CollectionPierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Printed Books
ShelfmarkChL 722
NoteCreated by Martyna Grzesiak
Support material (book)Parchment
Electronic Reproductiononline catalogue Images of two illuminated pages available to view through the library's online catalogue.

Provenance 1471 - 1500

PlaceVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Time period1471 - 1500
Provenance nameAbbadessa family [Person; Former Owner] (Aristocracy) Approximate dates
Corner, famiglia, 1000 - [Person; Former Owner] (Civil servant, Aristocracy)
Master of the Putti, 1466-1475 [Person; Illuminator] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Decoration
Bibliographic Evidence
Decoration NoteIllumination by the Master of the Putti in Vol.1, includes Abbadessa family coat of arms, "argent, a roundel within two concentric rings sable" (Armstrong). This appears to have been painted over an earlier coat of arms, that of the Corner family.
IlluminationsYes
Coat of armsYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteIncipits, running titles. The Psalms are fully rubricated, with alternating red and blue initials supplied in the minor initials spaces at the opening of individual verses. Brown ink ms guide letters where not supplied in print.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Provenance

Provenance nameMacigni family [Person; Former Owner] (Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Decoration
Bibliographic Evidence
Decoration NoteIllumination in vol.2 includes Macigni coat of arms, "Gules, three crescents palewise or that in chef facing dexter base the other dacing dexter chief, overall on a bend azure three feurs-de-lis or" (Armstrong)
IlluminationsYes
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1783 - 1851

PlaceMilan (Geonames ID: 3173435)
Time period1783 - 1851
Provenance nameMelzi, Gaetano, 1783-1851 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Civil servant, Aristocracy)
NoteAcquired by Melzi by 1820.
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1854 - 1925

PlaceMilan (Geonames ID: 3173435)
Areae-it
Time period1854 - 1925
Provenance nameMelzi, Luisa, 1854-1925 [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Aristocracy)
NoteIn a letter cited in Leopold Delisle, marchioness Melzi confirms the Bible was still part of the family library, despite initial plans for it to be part of the collection sold by Gaetano Melzi to Frank Hall Standish in 1821 (Leopold Delisle, Chantilly. Le cabintet des livres. Imprimés antérieurs aul milieu du xvie siècle, Paris: Librairie Plon, 1905, p. lxxxii).
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1929 - 1929

PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1929 - 1929
Provenance nameDe Marinis, Tammaro, 1878-1969 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, Aristocracy)
Morgan, John Pierpont <junior>, 1867-1943 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePurchased from De Marinis in 1929.
Red leather exlibris of John Pierpont Morgan with his name, and the Morgan coat of arms and motto in gilt.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1929 -

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1929 -
Provenance nameNew York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1924 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay) The Pierpont Morgan Library was chartered in 1924. J.P. Morgan transferred the collection to the Library. Since 2006 the institution goes by the name The Morgan Library & Museum.
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2024-07-11 15:14:57

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  02127001

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : ChL 722

ISTC No.ib00640000
TitleBiblia [Italian] (Tr: Niccolò Malermi). With additions by Hieronymus Squarzaficus
ImprintVenice : Vindelinus de Spira, 1 Aug. 1471
Format
Languageita
SubjectBible
Keywordstranslation
Periodpatristic

Description of Copy

Copy Id02127001
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
CollectionPierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Printed Books
ShelfmarkChL 722
NoteCreated by Martyna Grzesiak
Support material (book)Parchment
Electronic Reproductiononline catalogue Images of two illuminated pages available to view through the library's online catalogue.

Provenance 1471 - 1500

PlaceVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Time period1471 - 1500
Provenance nameAbbadessa family [Person; Former Owner] (Aristocracy) Approximate dates
Corner, famiglia, 1000 - [Person; Former Owner] (Civil servant, Aristocracy)
Master of the Putti, 1466-1475 [Person; Illuminator] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Decoration
Bibliographic Evidence
Decoration NoteIllumination by the Master of the Putti in Vol.1, includes Abbadessa family coat of arms, "argent, a roundel within two concentric rings sable" (Armstrong). This appears to have been painted over an earlier coat of arms, that of the Corner family.
IlluminationsYes
Coat of armsYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteIncipits, running titles. The Psalms are fully rubricated, with alternating red and blue initials supplied in the minor initials spaces at the opening of individual verses. Brown ink ms guide letters where not supplied in print.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Provenance

Provenance nameMacigni family [Person; Former Owner] (Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Decoration
Bibliographic Evidence
Decoration NoteIllumination in vol.2 includes Macigni coat of arms, "Gules, three crescents palewise or that in chef facing dexter base the other dacing dexter chief, overall on a bend azure three feurs-de-lis or" (Armstrong)
IlluminationsYes
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1783 - 1851

PlaceMilan (Geonames ID: 3173435)
Time period1783 - 1851
Provenance nameMelzi, Gaetano, 1783-1851 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Civil servant, Aristocracy)
NoteAcquired by Melzi by 1820.
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1854 - 1925

PlaceMilan (Geonames ID: 3173435)
Areae-it
Time period1854 - 1925
Provenance nameMelzi, Luisa, 1854-1925 [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Aristocracy)
NoteIn a letter cited in Leopold Delisle, marchioness Melzi confirms the Bible was still part of the family library, despite initial plans for it to be part of the collection sold by Gaetano Melzi to Frank Hall Standish in 1821 (Leopold Delisle, Chantilly. Le cabintet des livres. Imprimés antérieurs aul milieu du xvie siècle, Paris: Librairie Plon, 1905, p. lxxxii).
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1929 - 1929

PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1929 - 1929
Provenance nameDe Marinis, Tammaro, 1878-1969 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, Aristocracy)
Morgan, John Pierpont <junior>, 1867-1943 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePurchased from De Marinis in 1929.
Red leather exlibris of John Pierpont Morgan with his name, and the Morgan coat of arms and motto in gilt.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1929 -

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1929 -
Provenance nameNew York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1924 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay) The Pierpont Morgan Library was chartered in 1924. J.P. Morgan transferred the collection to the Library. Since 2006 the institution goes by the name The Morgan Library & Museum.
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2024-07-11 15:14:57