Athens, Benaki Museum (GR)
: Φ 2590
ISTC No.ib01189000
AuthorBreydenbach, Bernhard von
TitlePeregrinatio in terram sanctam
ImprintMainz : Erhard Reuwich, 11 Feb. 1486
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature-devotional
Keywordstravel
Periodcontemporary
Description of Copy
Copy Id02128333
Holding InstitutionAthens, Benaki Museum (GR)
CollectionThe E.J. Finopoulos Collection
ShelfmarkΦ 2590
NoteCreated by Geri Della Rocca de Candal.
Physical DescriptionWanting (according to Davies' collation [a b6 c8 d e2 f–h4 i–u8 x10 *6 y z8]: first seven leaves [a1-6, b1]; view of Venice [c1-8]; second half of the view of Modon [f3-4]; part of the view of Candia [part of g2, g3-4]; part of the view of Rhodes [h2-3]; view of Jerusalem [*1-6]. Some leaves heavily damaged by humidity.
Size of leaves299 × 218 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1486 -
1600
Areae-gx
Time period1486 - 1600
Provenance TypeInscription
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
NoteTraces of several interventions: different styles in decorating, and two or possibly three hands annotating the text. All are in Northern European style, probably German.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteInitials in pen in the first few pages, then red and blue throughout.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteRubrication in red and yellow.
Manuscript notesAnnotations in four or possibly even five hands. In the first part, annotation in an early neat Gothic hand, red ink. The same hand creates sections in the book arranged alphabetically (upper margin of versos) and numerically (upper margin on rectos). The first few sections count up to 20 leaves, then 15, then 10 towards the end of the volume. The volume may have contained a MS index, now lost. This hand is followed by a Northern European cursive script, brown ink. The last few pages have annotations in a distinctly different hand, probably the latest, grey ink, very crude. Occasional annotations by one or two other hands.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1800 -
1900
Areae-gx
Time period1800 - 1900
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionConsignment
Binding notePlain leather binding, possibly early 19th c (?), with blind stamped decoration on the spine only.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions305 × 224 × 38 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1869 -
1945
PlaceMarburg (Geonames ID: 2873759)
Areae-gx
Time period1869 - 1945
Provenance TypeSupralibros
NotePaper label glued on the front board with the institution's name and, in pen '340 v. Breidenbach zu Breidenstein Str. 37'. The collection was gathered clustering other earlier collections after the Prussia's annexation of Hesse, so it probably came to be in Marburg around 1869, and it may have left the collection towards the end or in the immediate aftermath of WWII.
Method of acquisitionInstitutional transfer
certaintya
psourcea
provenance
2000 -
2000
placenameKönigstein im Taunus (Geonames ID: 2885760)
areae-gx
timeperiod2000 - 2000
provenanceType1
noteSold by Reiss & Sohn, auction 71 (2000), lot n. 1836.
methodofacqg
certaintya
psourcea
provenance
2000 -
2013
placenameAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
areae-gr
timeperiod2000 - 2013
provenanceType1
1
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
provenance
2013 -
placenameAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
areae-gr
timeperiod2013 -
provenanceType1
1
noteThe E. J. Finopoulos Collection was donated to the Benaki Museum on 13 June 13 2013, but continued to operate from the collector's premises.
methodofacqb
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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