Historical Copy
: Phillipps
ISTC No.ih00206000
AuthorHieronymus
TitleVitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum. Add: De laude et effectu virtutum. Pseudo- Macarius: Epistola ad monachos
ImprintVenice : Octavianus Scotus, 14 Feb. 1483/84
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsecclesiastical history; collection
Periodpatristic
Description of Copy
Copy Id02127977
Holding InstitutionHistorical Copy
ShelfmarkPhillipps
NoteCreated by Angeline Rais.
Provenance
1628 -
1823
PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period1628 - 1823
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteThis book is listed in the 1628 catalogue of the Jesuits' library. For this, see Fribourg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Ms. L 559, unfoliated, under 'anonymus', class 'H'.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Documentary source
Provenance
1823 -
1872
PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Note on provenance placeIn Middle Hill estate near Broadway until 1863 when he moved to Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.
Areae-uk-en
Time period1823 - 1872
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePhillipps bought this book from the Jesuits of Fribourg in January 1823 through the bookseller Jean A. Lamy (see Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS Phillipps-Robinson, c. 413, fols 11r and 16r for Lamy's bills). He recorded the purchase in a list headed ‘Empti de Collegio Jesuitarum apud Friburgi in Helvetia (vide priores)’ as 'Hieronymus Cardinalis Presbyt[e]ri in Vitas Patrum 1483' (see Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS Phillipps-Robinson, f. 72, fol. 8v). He catalogued this copy in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books’ (Middle Hill, 1824): Books from Berne – 6 boxes, in box 5: 'Vitae Patrum. 1483.', p. 3 and in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books at Middle Hill’ (Middle Hill, 1828): ‘[no.] 1641 Hieronymus in Vitas Sanctorum Aegyptiorum. folio. Venetiis, 1483.’, p. 23 and [no.] 3489 Vitae Patrum. 1483.', p. 48
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source
Provenance
1885 -
1891
PlaceCheltenham (Geonames ID: 2653261)
Note on provenance placeIn Thirlestaine House.
Areae-uk
Time period1885 - 1891
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteFenwick, Phillipps's grandson, inherited the Phillipps library and started to sell it from 1885 onwards. See A.N.L. Munby, Phillipps studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 14-21.
He sold this book at auction through Sotheby's: 7 Dec. 1891, lot 201
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Documentary source
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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