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mei/02128020 PML 780 [02128020]

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : PML 780

ISTC No.ij00148000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [English] The Golden Legend. Tr.: William Caxton
ImprintWestminster : William Caxton, [between 20 Nov. 1483 and Mar. 1484]
Formatf°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy; translation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128020
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
ShelfmarkPML 780
NoteChL 1788 (Copy 2)
NoteCreated by John McQuillen.
Physical DescriptionRoyal folio, first setting: [1]⁶; a-z [et]⁸ ?⁶ A-U⁸ X⁶ Y²⁽²⁺¹⁾; aa-ff⁸ gg⁶ hh-ii⁸ kk⁶: 449 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and kk6 blank; second setting: [1]⁴; a-z [et]⁸ [us]⁶ A-X⁸; aa-ff⁸ gg⁶ hh-ii⁸ kk⁶: 446 leaves. PML 780 is second setting.
Size of leaves339 × 228 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NotePML 780 missing 34 leaves: [1]/1, c2, g6-7, S5, ff8, gg1-kk6 (generally replaced with blanks). Several leaves/margins repaired, some text affected; leaf b1v repaired with manuscript fragment dated 1586. Leaf O2 mostly torn away. Round stain (leaf d1r).
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionPML 780
SourceA Census of Caxtons / Seymour de Ricci. London: Oxford University Press for The Bibliographical Society, 1909, no. 98.32.

Provenance 1483 - 1500

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1483 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator, England [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown)
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated, red lombards (Caxton shop?, see BMC). (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1500 - 1700

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1500 - 1700
Provenance namePartar, William, 16th-17th century [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Mayo, Lawrence, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Perre, John, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
John, Thomas, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Hahoule, Thomas, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Sevens, John, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Hodge, Roger, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Note16th-17th-century signatures: William Partar, signature (leaf d5v), Lawrence Mayo, signature (leaf d5v), "[Heis an asst??] that owes this booke," inscription (e4v), John Perre, of London, inscriptions (leaves D5v, G1v-2r), Thomas John, signature (leaf M4r), Thomas Hahoule(?), signature (leaf S5v), John Sevens, citizen Draper of London, inscription (leaf T2r), Roger Hodge, signature (leaf aa4r).
Manuscript notesSporadic notations throughout in 16th-century hand, including: "This booke doth lye as fast as a horse can trott" (leaf [1]/2r), "nowe arked Noe / the earth forsakes / a deluge great / the work oretakes" (leaf e7r), "this book is full of lyes" with two drawings (leaf m7v), "Joynr to St. George our English Don Phoebe eclyped St. Thomas knight of the Sunn" (leaf u5v), "Give to the [?] suche as thow hast...," abraded (leaf A2v), "This may be true [?] goose where thow will believe" (leaf D3r). St. Thomas of Canterbury, image abraded, with inscriptions "Thys Saynt Thomas was a knave," 1542 (leaf B4r-4v).
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
CensorshipYes
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 - 1829

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1800 - 1829
Provenance nameOrd, Craven, 1756-1832 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Evans, Robert Harding, 1778-1857 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteCraven Ord (1756-1832); his sale, Evans, 25 June 1829, lot 367, to John Fuller Russell.
Date of evidence1829
Method of acquisitionConsignment
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1829 - 1885

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1829 - 1885
Provenance nameRussell, John Fuller, 1814-1884 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Quartich, Bernard, 1819-1899 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteJohn Fuller Russell (1814-1884), armorial booklabel (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby’s, 26 June 1885, lot 1246, to Quaritch.
Date of evidence1829
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1885 - 1908

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1885 - 1908
Provenance nameAmherst, William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, baron Amherst, 1835-1909 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteWilliam Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst (1835-1909), armorial booklabel (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby’s London, 3 Dec. 1908, lot 994 (purchased prior to sale by Morgan).
Date of evidence1885
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1908 - 1913

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1908 - 1913
Provenance nameMorgan, Pierpont, 1847-1913 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteMorgan purchased prior to Amherst sale, 1908
Date of evidence1908
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1913 - 1924

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1913 - 1924
Provenance nameMorgan, J.P., 1867-1943 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteInherited from Pierpont Morgan at his death in 1913.
Date of evidence1913
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1924 -

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1924 -
Provenance nameThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-05-05 05:41:08

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  02128020

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : PML 780

ISTC No.ij00148000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [English] The Golden Legend. Tr.: William Caxton
ImprintWestminster : William Caxton, [between 20 Nov. 1483 and Mar. 1484]
Formatf°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy; translation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128020
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
ShelfmarkPML 780
NoteChL 1788 (Copy 2)
NoteCreated by John McQuillen.
Physical DescriptionRoyal folio, first setting: [1]⁶; a-z [et]⁸ ?⁶ A-U⁸ X⁶ Y²⁽²⁺¹⁾; aa-ff⁸ gg⁶ hh-ii⁸ kk⁶: 449 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and kk6 blank; second setting: [1]⁴; a-z [et]⁸ [us]⁶ A-X⁸; aa-ff⁸ gg⁶ hh-ii⁸ kk⁶: 446 leaves. PML 780 is second setting.
Size of leaves339 × 228 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NotePML 780 missing 34 leaves: [1]/1, c2, g6-7, S5, ff8, gg1-kk6 (generally replaced with blanks). Several leaves/margins repaired, some text affected; leaf b1v repaired with manuscript fragment dated 1586. Leaf O2 mostly torn away. Round stain (leaf d1r).
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionPML 780
SourceA Census of Caxtons / Seymour de Ricci. London: Oxford University Press for The Bibliographical Society, 1909, no. 98.32.

Provenance 1483 - 1500

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1483 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator, England [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown)
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated, red lombards (Caxton shop?, see BMC). (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1500 - 1700

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1500 - 1700
Provenance namePartar, William, 16th-17th century [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Mayo, Lawrence, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Perre, John, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
John, Thomas, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Hahoule, Thomas, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Sevens, John, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Hodge, Roger, 1500-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Note16th-17th-century signatures: William Partar, signature (leaf d5v), Lawrence Mayo, signature (leaf d5v), "[Heis an asst??] that owes this booke," inscription (e4v), John Perre, of London, inscriptions (leaves D5v, G1v-2r), Thomas John, signature (leaf M4r), Thomas Hahoule(?), signature (leaf S5v), John Sevens, citizen Draper of London, inscription (leaf T2r), Roger Hodge, signature (leaf aa4r).
Manuscript notesSporadic notations throughout in 16th-century hand, including: "This booke doth lye as fast as a horse can trott" (leaf [1]/2r), "nowe arked Noe / the earth forsakes / a deluge great / the work oretakes" (leaf e7r), "this book is full of lyes" with two drawings (leaf m7v), "Joynr to St. George our English Don Phoebe eclyped St. Thomas knight of the Sunn" (leaf u5v), "Give to the [?] suche as thow hast...," abraded (leaf A2v), "This may be true [?] goose where thow will believe" (leaf D3r). St. Thomas of Canterbury, image abraded, with inscriptions "Thys Saynt Thomas was a knave," 1542 (leaf B4r-4v).
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
CensorshipYes
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 - 1829

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1800 - 1829
Provenance nameOrd, Craven, 1756-1832 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Evans, Robert Harding, 1778-1857 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteCraven Ord (1756-1832); his sale, Evans, 25 June 1829, lot 367, to John Fuller Russell.
Date of evidence1829
Method of acquisitionConsignment
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1829 - 1885

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1829 - 1885
Provenance nameRussell, John Fuller, 1814-1884 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Quartich, Bernard, 1819-1899 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteJohn Fuller Russell (1814-1884), armorial booklabel (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby’s, 26 June 1885, lot 1246, to Quaritch.
Date of evidence1829
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1885 - 1908

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1885 - 1908
Provenance nameAmherst, William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, baron Amherst, 1835-1909 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteWilliam Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst (1835-1909), armorial booklabel (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby’s London, 3 Dec. 1908, lot 994 (purchased prior to sale by Morgan).
Date of evidence1885
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1908 - 1913

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1908 - 1913
Provenance nameMorgan, Pierpont, 1847-1913 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteMorgan purchased prior to Amherst sale, 1908
Date of evidence1908
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1913 - 1924

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1913 - 1924
Provenance nameMorgan, J.P., 1867-1943 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteInherited from Pierpont Morgan at his death in 1913.
Date of evidence1913
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1924 -

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1924 -
Provenance nameThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-05-05 05:41:08