New York NY, Grolier Club (US)
: \*34.14\Cologne\W788\1478\Folio
ISTC No.ij00187000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleSermones de sanctis
Imprint[Cologne : Conrad Winters, de Homborch, about 1478]
Formatf°
Languagelat
Subjecttheology pastoral
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02128147
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, Grolier Club (US)
Shelfmark\*34.14\Cologne\W788\1478\Folio
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster, with additional binding information from Michael Laird.
Size of leaves394 × 279 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Manuscript signatures
Support material (book)Paper
SourceCatalogue of early printed books presented to the Grolier Club by David Wolfe Bruce. Exhibited at the Grolier Club 1894 (New York: Grolier Club, 1894), no. 23.
Description of the early printed books owned by the Grolier Club (New York: Grolier Club, 1895), no. 23.
Provenance
1478 -
1500
Areae-gx
Time period1478 - 1500
Provenance TypeBinding
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
Binding noteBlind-tooled cushion calf, sewn on five split thongs (rebacked - 19th-century? - with part of original backstrip mounted on spine); 2 fore-edge clasps, with metal catch-plates on front cover, metal strap-plates on back cover, with remains of straps attached; ms. title label on spine; parchment quire guards (identified by Michael Laird as from a 12th-century Latin ms.).
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions410 × 295 × 78 mm
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Decoration NoteElaborate red and blue "puzzle" initial on 1/2r, with extensive penwork in red, pale green, and black, with marginal extensions.
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteOther initials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlining added in red. (15th century)
Manuscript notesExtensive annotations on perhaps a dozen pages, otherwise quite scattered.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookParts only
CorrectionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1815 -
1835
PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1815 - 1835
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteKloss's bookplate on front pastedown. Lot 4008 in the 1835 Sotheby sale of books from Kloss's library, bought by "Hall" for 5 shillings according to an annotated copy of the catalogue at Harvard. Acquisition date conjectural.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1835 -
1860
Areae-uk-en
Time period1835 - 1860
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteRecorded in an annotated catalogue of the Kloss sale at Harvard as the purchaser for 5 shillings. Date of disposal conjectural.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1840 -
1866
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1840 - 1866
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteBequeathed to his son, David Wolfe Bruce; no. 23 in the catalogue of the son's gift to the Grolier Club cited above. Acquisition date conjectural.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source
Provenance
1866 -
1894
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1866 - 1894
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteInherited from his father in 1866; gift to the Grolier Club, 1894. No. 23 in the catalogues cited above.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source
Provenance
1894 -
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1894 -
Provenance nameGrolier Club, 1884 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteGift of David Wolfe Bruce, 1894.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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