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mei/02128832 PL 2063 [02128832]

Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library (GB) : PL 2063

ISTC No.ih00267000
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
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordsreligion; translation; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128832
Holding InstitutionCambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library (GB)
ShelfmarkPL 2063
Also bound with this copyHigden, Ranulphus: Polycronicon. Tr. John Trevisa.. - Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde, 1495 [ih00268000] (MEI ID: 02128835)
Physical DescriptionWants pages 30[3] and 30[6] (here supplied by B1-2 and B3-4 of the 1495 edition of Wynkyn de Worde, and recorded separately as PL 2063a); also blank leaves 1, 21, 25, 256, and 450 (last).
Size of leaves273 × 188 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteIncludes rubricated initials, paragraph-marks and marginal headings.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1501-1600

Provenance nameAnonymous, 1501-1600 [Person]
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesIncludes MS. annotations and marking of the text throughout, in different sixteenth-century hands, and especially at Lib. iv, cap. 33; Lib. v, cap. 6; and beneath the printer's colophon on the final page recto. Leaves 2r & 22r: “Constat liber iste Thome Andro recte Medice”.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookParts only
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1660 - 1700

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1660 - 1700
Provenance namePepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
Shelfmark
NoteIncludes bookplates (two instances). The bookplate located on the verso of the surround, created by Robert White in 1690, after the Sir Godfrey Kneller portrait. The bookplate includes Pepys's motto as subscript. Also includes an example of the 'rear bookplate' created by [?] Sutton Nicholls (fl. 1680-1729), with stylised fouled anchors and rope design, and Pepys's motto, this being situated on the blank final page verso.
Date of evidence1660-1700
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteSprinkled edges. Includes gilt armorial stamps for Samuel Pepys on upper and lower boards. See Style F in Pepys Library Catalogue (Volume VI: Bindings).
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions287 × 204 × 77 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
histShelfmarkNo. 2063 (made in red ink on upper pastedown; Pepys’s final shelfmark).
1244(on upper endpaper in black ink, crossed through in red ink, an earlier Pepys shelfmark).
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1703 - 1723

placenameLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1703 - 1723
ownerJackson, John, 1672-1723
provenanceType1
noteCollege records state that the library came to Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1724 in accordance with the codicil to Samuel Pepys's will; the wife of John Jackson gave the books to Magdalene upon John Jackson's death in 1723.
provDate1703-1723
methodofacqc
certaintya
psourceg

provenance 1724 -

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1724 -
ownerCambridge, Magdalene College (Pepys Library), 1724-
Waterland, Daniel, 1683-1740 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provDate1724-
methodofacqc
msNoteIncludes MS notes passim (and especially on the upper endpaper) by former College Master, Daniel Waterland (1683-1740), concerning printed editions of the text and the date of John of Trevisa’s translation; at Lib. vii, cap. 44: “Explicit MS. Lat. Higden: Coll: John. Cant.”
msFrequencyc
msLocationd
hasPersonalNotesbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea

otherInformation

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CambridgeMagdaleneCollegePepysLibrary : PL 2063

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copyId02128832
holdingInstitutionIdCambridgeMagdaleneCollegePepysLibrary
shelfmarkPL 2063
alsoboundinthisitemHigden, Ranulphus: Polycronicon. Tr. John Trevisa.. - Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde, 1495 [ih00268000] (MEI ID: 02128835)
physicalDescriptionNoteWants pages 30[3] and 30[6] (here supplied by B1-2 and B3-4 of the 1495 edition of Wynkyn de Worde, and recorded separately as PL 2063a); also blank leaves 1, 21, 25, 256, and 450 (last).
paperSize273 × 188 mm
copyType1
copyFeaturesNoteIncludes rubricated initials, paragraph-marks and marginal headings.
supportMaterialBooka

provenance

ownerAnonymous, 1501-1600
provenanceType1
msNoteIncludes MS. annotations and marking of the text throughout, in different sixteenth-century hands, and especially at Lib. iv, cap. 33; Lib. v, cap. 6; and beneath the printer's colophon on the final page recto. Leaves 2r & 22r: “Constat liber iste Thome Andro recte Medice”.
msFrequencyc
msLocationd
psourcea

provenance 1660 - 1700

placenameLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1660 - 1700
ownerPepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
provenanceType1
1
1
noteIncludes bookplates (two instances). The bookplate located on the verso of the surround, created by Robert White in 1690, after the Sir Godfrey Kneller portrait. The bookplate includes Pepys's motto as subscript. Also includes an example of the 'rear bookplate' created by [?] Sutton Nicholls (fl. 1680-1729), with stylised fouled anchors and rope design, and Pepys's motto, this being situated on the blank final page verso.
provDate1660-1700
methodofacqa
bindingNoteSprinkled edges. Includes gilt armorial stamps for Samuel Pepys on upper and lower boards. See Style F in Pepys Library Catalogue (Volume VI: Bindings).
bindingDateu
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
bindingStatuse
bindingdimensions287 × 204 × 77 mm
titling
toolingb
edgesb
histShelfmarkNo. 2063 (made in red ink on upper pastedown; Pepys’s final shelfmark).
1244(on upper endpaper in black ink, crossed through in red ink, an earlier Pepys shelfmark).
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1703 - 1723

placenameLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1703 - 1723
Provenance nameJackson, John, 1672-1723 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteCollege records state that the library came to Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1724 in accordance with the codicil to Samuel Pepys's will; the wife of John Jackson gave the books to Magdalene upon John Jackson's death in 1723.
Date of evidence1703-1723
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1724 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1724 -
Provenance nameCambridge, Magdalene College (Pepys Library), 1724- [Corporate body; Present Owner]
Waterland, Daniel, 1683-1740 [Person] (Male, Scholar, Religious)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Documentary Evidence
Date of evidence1724-
Method of acquisitionBequest
Manuscript notesIncludes MS notes passim (and especially on the upper endpaper) by former College Master, Daniel Waterland (1683-1740), concerning printed editions of the text and the date of John of Trevisa’s translation; at Lib. vii, cap. 44: “Explicit MS. Lat. Higden: Coll: John. Cant.”
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookParts only
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

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Last Edit2019-11-07 16:49:36