Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02129009 1.a.6 (SR) [02129009]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.a.6 (SR)

ISTC No.ia00240000
AuthorAlbertus Magnus
TitleCompendium theologicae veritatis. With shortened ending
ImprintVenice : [Bonetus Locatellus], for Octavianus Scotus, 10 Apr. 1490
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Speculative
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129009
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.a.6 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Physical DescriptionWanting first blank leaf (fo. a1).
Size of leaves214 × 157 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Variant
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteOn the title-page (fo. a2), printed capital text deleted by a 16th century hand. The electronic reproduction of other copies doesn't have the printed capital text on the lower part of the leaf.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 15.

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-it (Location probable but uncertain.)
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, Italy, 1525-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesSeveral manuscript notes by an Italian anonymous hand in brown ink, including brackets and maniculae (pointing hands); some marginalia cropped away by later binder. On the title-page (fo. a2), printed capital text deleted probably by the same hand.
On fo. g4v, manuscript notes in light brown ink: 'Disputatio In Nomine Sancti [?] | 1. de Hominis : vatronalis; | 2. de Fide : catolica; | 3. de Vera Scientia; secundus Deus; | Laus Deo; B : M : V. [= Beatae Mariae Virginis] et ognius [?]. Probably, the reader was structuring his argumentation.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1900 - 1926

PlaceMünchen (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1900 - 1926
Provenance nameWolff, Kurt, 1887 - 1963 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteOn front pastedown German printed label describing the history of the book.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteEarly 20th century, half parchment on pasteboards or wood. The remaining part is covered in paper. Author and imprint on the spine in dark brown ink. This book, probably, was rebound for Wolff himself.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions222 × 165 × 16 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesOn front pastedown, modern pencil manuscript notes, in German, mentioning some bibliographic references, probably written by Kurt Wolff himself.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
SupplementsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1926 - 1926

PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1926 - 1926
Provenance nameFrankfurt am Main, Joseph Baer & Co., Buchhandlung und Antiquariat [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteJoseph Baer & Co. sold Kurt Wolff incunabula collection in 1926. Sir Henry S. Wellcome obtained 115 books.
Method of acquisitionConsignment
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1926 - 1936

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1926 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome, 1853-1936 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Accession mark
NoteBought on 9th/10th Oct. 1926 from the Kurt Wolff collection for 16 pounds and 5 shillings, cf. 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, no. 44753. This price include the actual price paid, the tax (15%) and the insurance in transit (1%).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price16.5.0. - Pounds/Shillings/Pence
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Collection, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
NoteWellcome died in 1936. He bequeathed the bulk of his estate, including ownership of his pharmaceutical company and his collections, to a body of trustees, who formed the Wellcome Trust and afterwards the Wellcome Library and the Wellcome Collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:27

All Copies

  02129009

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.a.6 (SR)

ISTC No.ia00240000
AuthorAlbertus Magnus
TitleCompendium theologicae veritatis. With shortened ending
ImprintVenice : [Bonetus Locatellus], for Octavianus Scotus, 10 Apr. 1490
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Speculative
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129009
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.a.6 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Physical DescriptionWanting first blank leaf (fo. a1).
Size of leaves214 × 157 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Variant
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteOn the title-page (fo. a2), printed capital text deleted by a 16th century hand. The electronic reproduction of other copies doesn't have the printed capital text on the lower part of the leaf.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 15.

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-it (Location probable but uncertain.)
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, Italy, 1525-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesSeveral manuscript notes by an Italian anonymous hand in brown ink, including brackets and maniculae (pointing hands); some marginalia cropped away by later binder. On the title-page (fo. a2), printed capital text deleted probably by the same hand.
On fo. g4v, manuscript notes in light brown ink: 'Disputatio In Nomine Sancti [?] | 1. de Hominis : vatronalis; | 2. de Fide : catolica; | 3. de Vera Scientia; secundus Deus; | Laus Deo; B : M : V. [= Beatae Mariae Virginis] et ognius [?]. Probably, the reader was structuring his argumentation.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1900 - 1926

PlaceMünchen (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1900 - 1926
Provenance nameWolff, Kurt, 1887 - 1963 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteOn front pastedown German printed label describing the history of the book.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteEarly 20th century, half parchment on pasteboards or wood. The remaining part is covered in paper. Author and imprint on the spine in dark brown ink. This book, probably, was rebound for Wolff himself.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions222 × 165 × 16 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesOn front pastedown, modern pencil manuscript notes, in German, mentioning some bibliographic references, probably written by Kurt Wolff himself.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
SupplementsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1926 - 1926

PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1926 - 1926
Provenance nameFrankfurt am Main, Joseph Baer & Co., Buchhandlung und Antiquariat [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteJoseph Baer & Co. sold Kurt Wolff incunabula collection in 1926. Sir Henry S. Wellcome obtained 115 books.
Method of acquisitionConsignment
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1926 - 1936

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1926 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome, 1853-1936 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Accession mark
NoteBought on 9th/10th Oct. 1926 from the Kurt Wolff collection for 16 pounds and 5 shillings, cf. 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, no. 44753. This price include the actual price paid, the tax (15%) and the insurance in transit (1%).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price16.5.0. - Pounds/Shillings/Pence
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Collection, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
NoteWellcome died in 1936. He bequeathed the bulk of his estate, including ownership of his pharmaceutical company and his collections, to a body of trustees, who formed the Wellcome Trust and afterwards the Wellcome Library and the Wellcome Collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:27