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mei/02128004 PML 779 [02128004]

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : PML 779

hostItemIdih00267000
authorHigden, Ranulphus
titlePolycronicon. Tr: John Trevisa. With the continuation 1357-1460 by William Caxton
imprint[Westminster] : William Caxton, [between 2 July and 8 October 1482]
formatf°
languageeng
fullistc

copy

copyId02128004
holdingInstitutionIdNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
shelfmarkPML 779
holdingsNoteChL 1776 (Copy 5)
noteCreated by John McQuillen.
physicalDescriptionNoteChancery folio: a-b⁸ C⁴; 1-28⁸ [28*]²; 29-48⁸ 49⁴; 50, 52-55⁸: 450 leaves, leaves a1, 1/1, 1/5, [28*]/2, and 55/8 blank.
paperSize256 × 183 mm
copyType1
copyFeaturesNotePML 779 wanting 23 leaves: a⁸, 1/1.8, 1/2, 1/5, 4/8, 9/8, [28*]/2, 54/8, and 55/1-2, 4-8. Leaves 2/3-7 bound after 4/1. Bottom half of leaf 2/8 repaired.
supportMaterialBooka
electronicReproductionPML 779
sourceA Census of Caxtons / Seymour de Ricci. London: Oxford University Press for The Bibliographical Society, 1909, no. 49.17.

provenance 1482 - 1500

placenameWestminster, England (Geonames ID: 2634341)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1482 - 1500
ownerCaxton rubricator (, )
methodofacqx
RubrizierungJa
Rubrication noteRubricated, red lombards and paragraph marks (backwards P-type); marginal apparati according to Caxton’s shop model, in a rather loose hand (similar hand to PML 685 and 686).
VerlässlichkeitDie Beschreibung dieser Provenienz kann als sicher angesehen werden
QuelleAutopsie

Provenienz 1500 - 1700

OrtEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Regione-uk-en
Zeitraum1500 - 1700
ProvenienznameAnonymous annotator, England, 1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unbekannt, Unbekannt, Keine Characterisierung / Laie) 1600
Anonymous annotator, England, 1600-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unbekannt, Unbekannt, Keine Characterisierung / Laie)
Handschr. Eintragungen Marginal notations in several hands, 16th/17th century. Inscriptions: "Examyned allover" censor’s mark(?) (leaf 9/7v); "He that of all men be [??] shall for the moste p[ar]te wynne [tha]t for his labor," (leaf 22/7r); "He that is [???] of this boke [???]" (leaf 34/7v).
Hs. Eintragungen (Häufigkeit)etliche
Position im Buchdurchgängig
KommentareJa
Markierungen des ZensorenJa
Markierungen des LesersJa
FederprobenJa
VerlässlichkeitDie Beschreibung dieser Provenienz kann als sicher angesehen werden
QuelleAutopsie

Provenienz 1600 - 1700

OrtEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Regione-uk-en
Zeitraum1600 - 1700
ProvenienznameSnellynge, Francis, 17th century [Person; Annotator] (Männlich, Keine Characterisierung / Laie)
(Unbekannt)
Art der ProvienienzSchriftliche Eintragung
AnmerkungFrancis (Frannces) Snellynge, inscription (leaf 17/1v).
Datum der Provenienzevidenz17th century
Art der Erwerbungunbekannt
VerlässlichkeitDie Beschreibung dieser Provenienz kann als sicher angesehen werden
QuelleAutopsie

Provenienz 1770 - 1808

OrtSudbury, England (Geonames ID: 2636564)
Regione-uk-en
Zeitraum1770 - 1808
ProvenienznameBlake, Patrick, Sir, c. 1742-1784 [Person; Vorbesitzer] (Männlich, Politiker, Keine Characterisierung / Laie)
Art der ProvienienzExlibirs
AnmerkungSir Patrick Blake (ca. 1742-1784), armorial bookplate (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby’s, 20 July 1808, lot 808, to Leigh for £21.
Art der Erwerbungunbekannt
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1830 - 1864

placenamePortsea, England (Geonames ID: 6458607)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1830 - 1864
ownerGlendinning, Robert, d. 1864
Lilly, Joseph, 1804-1870 (, )
F. and T. Aitken, 19th century
provenanceType1
1
noteRobert Glendinning (d. 1864), of Portsea, purchased from Joseph Lilly; (Glendinning sale?) Sotheby’s, Aug. 1865, for 455 guineas (note fly leaf facing leaf b1r; De Ricci says Glendinning’s Caxtons were bought by Lilly).
provDate1865
methodofacqa
bindingNote19th-century blind-stamped English brown hard-grained morocco over paper boards (27 x 20.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports by F. & T. Aitken (Frederick and Thomas?). Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves (with blank leaves added in place of missing text leaves); decorative endbands; gilt edges.
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
bindingdimensions270 × 205 × mm
toolinga
edgesa
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1865 - 1908

placenameLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1865 - 1908
ownerAmherst, William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st baron Amherst of Hackney, 1835-1909
provenanceType1
noteWilliam Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst (1835-1909), armorial bookplates (front pastedown), purchased from Lilly; his sale, Sotheby’s London, 3 Dec. 1908, lot 447 (purchased by Morgan prior to sale).
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcee

provenance 1908 - 1913

placenameNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1908 - 1913
ownerMorgan, Pierpont, 1837-1913 (, )
provenanceType1
notePierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Amherst collection, 1908.
provDate1908
methodofacqa

provenance 1913 - 1924

placenameNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1913 - 1924
ownerMorgan, J. P., 1867-1943 (, )
noteInherited Pierpont Morgan's collection at his death.

provenance 1924 -

placenameNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1924 -
ownerThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924-
noteThe 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.

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VollständigkeitDie Aufzählung der Provenienzevidenzen ist wahrscheinlich vollständig
Letzte Änderung2021-05-15 19:58:52

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  02128004

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : PML 779

ISTC Nr.ih00267000
VerfasserHigden, Ranulphus
TitelPolycronicon. Tr: John Trevisa. With the continuation 1357-1460 by William Caxton
Erscheinungsvermerk[Westminster] : William Caxton, [between 2 July and 8 October 1482]
Formatf°
Spracheeng
zum vollständigen Datensatz
ThemenbereichHistory
Stichwörterreligion; translation; collection
Zeitraummedieval

Beschreibung des Exemplars

Exemplar Nr.02128004
Besitzende BibliothekNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
SignaturPML 779
AnmerkungChL 1776 (Copy 5)
AnmerkungCreated by John McQuillen.
Physische BeschreibungChancery folio: a-b⁸ C⁴; 1-28⁸ [28*]²; 29-48⁸ 49⁴; 50, 52-55⁸: 450 leaves, leaves a1, 1/1, 1/5, [28*]/2, and 55/8 blank.
Format des Druckbogens256 × 183 mm
FeaturesUnvollständig
Besonderheiten des ExemplarsPML 779 wanting 23 leaves: a⁸, 1/1.8, 1/2, 1/5, 4/8, 9/8, [28*]/2, 54/8, and 55/1-2, 4-8. Leaves 2/3-7 bound after 4/1. Bottom half of leaf 2/8 repaired.
Trägermaterial (Buch)Papier
Digitalisierte AusgabePML 779
QuelleA Census of Caxtons / Seymour de Ricci. London: Oxford University Press for The Bibliographical Society, 1909, no. 49.17.

Provenienz 1482 - 1500

OrtWestminster, England (Geonames ID: 2634341)
Regione-uk-en
Zeitraum1482 - 1500
ProvenienznameCaxton rubricator [Person; Rubricator] (Unbekannt, Buchhandel/Buchhändler, Keine Characterisierung / Laie)
Art der Erwerbungunbekannt
RubrizierungJa
Rubrication noteRubricated, red lombards and paragraph marks (backwards P-type); marginal apparati according to Caxton’s shop model, in a rather loose hand (similar hand to PML 685 and 686).
VerlässlichkeitDie Beschreibung dieser Provenienz kann als sicher angesehen werden
QuelleAutopsie

Provenienz 1500 - 1700

OrtEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Regione-uk-en
Zeitraum1500 - 1700
ProvenienznameAnonymous annotator, England, 1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unbekannt, Unbekannt, Keine Characterisierung / Laie) 1600
Anonymous annotator, England, 1600-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unbekannt, Unbekannt, Keine Characterisierung / Laie)
Handschr. Eintragungen Marginal notations in several hands, 16th/17th century. Inscriptions: "Examyned allover" censor’s mark(?) (leaf 9/7v); "He that of all men be [??] shall for the moste p[ar]te wynne [tha]t for his labor," (leaf 22/7r); "He that is [???] of this boke [???]" (leaf 34/7v).
Hs. Eintragungen (Häufigkeit)etliche
Position im Buchdurchgängig
KommentareJa
Markierungen des ZensorenJa
Markierungen des LesersJa
FederprobenJa
VerlässlichkeitDie Beschreibung dieser Provenienz kann als sicher angesehen werden
QuelleAutopsie

Provenienz 1600 - 1700

OrtEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Regione-uk-en
Zeitraum1600 - 1700
ProvenienznameSnellynge, Francis, 17th century [Person; Annotator] (Männlich, Keine Characterisierung / Laie)
(Unbekannt)
Art der ProvienienzSchriftliche Eintragung
AnmerkungFrancis (Frannces) Snellynge, inscription (leaf 17/1v).
Datum der Provenienzevidenz17th century
Art der Erwerbungunbekannt
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1770 - 1808

placenameSudbury, England (Geonames ID: 2636564)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1770 - 1808
ownerBlake, Patrick, Sir, c. 1742-1784 (, )
provenanceType1
noteSir Patrick Blake (ca. 1742-1784), armorial bookplate (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby’s, 20 July 1808, lot 808, to Leigh for £21.
methodofacqx
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1830 - 1864

placenamePortsea, England (Geonames ID: 6458607)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1830 - 1864
ownerGlendinning, Robert, d. 1864
Lilly, Joseph, 1804-1870 (, )
F. and T. Aitken, 19th century
provenanceType1
1
noteRobert Glendinning (d. 1864), of Portsea, purchased from Joseph Lilly; (Glendinning sale?) Sotheby’s, Aug. 1865, for 455 guineas (note fly leaf facing leaf b1r; De Ricci says Glendinning’s Caxtons were bought by Lilly).
provDate1865
methodofacqa
bindingNote19th-century blind-stamped English brown hard-grained morocco over paper boards (27 x 20.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports by F. & T. Aitken (Frederick and Thomas?). Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves (with blank leaves added in place of missing text leaves); decorative endbands; gilt edges.
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
bindingdimensions270 × 205 × mm
toolinga
edgesa
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1865 - 1908

placenameLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1865 - 1908
ownerAmherst, William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st baron Amherst of Hackney, 1835-1909
provenanceType1
noteWilliam Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst (1835-1909), armorial bookplates (front pastedown), purchased from Lilly; his sale, Sotheby’s London, 3 Dec. 1908, lot 447 (purchased by Morgan prior to sale).
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcee

provenance 1908 - 1913

placenameNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1908 - 1913
ownerMorgan, Pierpont, 1837-1913 (, )
provenanceType1
notePierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Amherst collection, 1908.
provDate1908
methodofacqa

provenance 1913 - 1924

placenameNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1913 - 1924
ownerMorgan, J. P., 1867-1943 (, )
noteInherited Pierpont Morgan's collection at his death.

provenance 1924 -

placenameNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1924 -
ownerThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924-
noteThe 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.

weitere Information

VollständigkeitDie Aufzählung der Provenienzevidenzen ist wahrscheinlich vollständig
Letzte Änderung2021-05-15 19:58:52