Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02129104 99078 [02129104]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 99078

ISTC No.ij00175000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [Italian] Legendario di Sancti (Tr: Niccolò Malermi)
ImprintVenice : Gabriele di Pietro, 26 July 1477
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy; translation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129104
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark99078
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLacking first and last leaves (blank), and F3.10; F11 text damaged.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 2364.

Provenance 1477 - 1500

Areae-it
Time period1477 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator, Italy, 1475-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Anonymous, Italy, 1475 - 1500 [Person; Illuminator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteCapital "P" on a1r decorated in green, blue, pink, and light green, with gold leaf; a pink trumpeted flower on a blue background within the bowl of the P; decorative foliage offshoots extending into the margins, with some pen flourishes with floral decoration in gold leaf. Capitals in red or blue throughout. At head of each recto of the main text, page number in roman numerals in red.
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated in red and blue.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1477 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1477 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1451-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteExtra-illustration: four woodcuts pasted in margins by particular lives of Saints: St Peter on h1r (partly removed, with red printed text on verso partly visible); the Crucifixion on h6r; St Bernard on t4r; St Dionysius on [et]5r.
Manuscript notesManicules and pen marks by specific chapters within the table of contents. Underlining and reading marks: a2r-v, 10r, d4v, f7r. Comments/additions/indications of content: "in almagna" (d5v); "in Almagnga" (h4r); "origine di Pilato" (h8v); "la descructio[n]e Iherusalem" (l1r--on upper margin, erased, and written out once again on inner margin); title of chapter expanded to include "et de sancti pietro ad vincula" (q3v); on following page, topical note, "da Sancto Petro ad vincula" (q4r). Single word in MS. along outer margin of n4r, illegible; on t3r, faded MS. note in margin, illegible. Pen trials, e6r.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1601 -

Time period1601 -
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesOn upper right corner of [rum]1r, a monochrome drawing (pencil?) of a skull and crossbones to accompany the chapter entitled "Della dommemoratione de tutti li fideli defuncti" (17th century or later).
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1850

Time period1801 - 1850
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteEarly 18th? century mottled calf with simple bind fillet border on both boards. Gilt fillets along raised bands on spine. Red leather onlay with titling in gilt across the spine: "LEGGENDARIO | DE SANTI | MCCCLXXVII". Paste-paper paste-downs in red and yellow.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding Dimensions290 × 202 × 59 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1924 - 1924

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1924 - 1924
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Documentary Evidence
NotePencil note on first front flyleaf verso: "308".
Item 308 in a bound volume of typewritten quotes titled "Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of Incunabula. Purchased from Rosenbach Sept. 1924". Huntington Library, office of the Curator of Rare Books. Source verified by Huntington Library catalogue.
Date of evidenceSept. 1924
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1924 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1924 - 1927
Provenance nameHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteSee above.
Date of evidence1924
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-08-19 18:41:35

All Copies

  02129104

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 99078

ISTC No.ij00175000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [Italian] Legendario di Sancti (Tr: Niccolò Malermi)
ImprintVenice : Gabriele di Pietro, 26 July 1477
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy; translation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129104
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark99078
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLacking first and last leaves (blank), and F3.10; F11 text damaged.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 2364.

Provenance 1477 - 1500

Areae-it
Time period1477 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator, Italy, 1475-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Anonymous, Italy, 1475 - 1500 [Person; Illuminator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteCapital "P" on a1r decorated in green, blue, pink, and light green, with gold leaf; a pink trumpeted flower on a blue background within the bowl of the P; decorative foliage offshoots extending into the margins, with some pen flourishes with floral decoration in gold leaf. Capitals in red or blue throughout. At head of each recto of the main text, page number in roman numerals in red.
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated in red and blue.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1477 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1477 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1451-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteExtra-illustration: four woodcuts pasted in margins by particular lives of Saints: St Peter on h1r (partly removed, with red printed text on verso partly visible); the Crucifixion on h6r; St Bernard on t4r; St Dionysius on [et]5r.
Manuscript notesManicules and pen marks by specific chapters within the table of contents. Underlining and reading marks: a2r-v, 10r, d4v, f7r. Comments/additions/indications of content: "in almagna" (d5v); "in Almagnga" (h4r); "origine di Pilato" (h8v); "la descructio[n]e Iherusalem" (l1r--on upper margin, erased, and written out once again on inner margin); title of chapter expanded to include "et de sancti pietro ad vincula" (q3v); on following page, topical note, "da Sancto Petro ad vincula" (q4r). Single word in MS. along outer margin of n4r, illegible; on t3r, faded MS. note in margin, illegible. Pen trials, e6r.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1601 -

Time period1601 -
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesOn upper right corner of [rum]1r, a monochrome drawing (pencil?) of a skull and crossbones to accompany the chapter entitled "Della dommemoratione de tutti li fideli defuncti" (17th century or later).
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1850

Time period1801 - 1850
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteEarly 18th? century mottled calf with simple bind fillet border on both boards. Gilt fillets along raised bands on spine. Red leather onlay with titling in gilt across the spine: "LEGGENDARIO | DE SANTI | MCCCLXXVII". Paste-paper paste-downs in red and yellow.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding Dimensions290 × 202 × 59 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1924 - 1924

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1924 - 1924
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Documentary Evidence
NotePencil note on first front flyleaf verso: "308".
Item 308 in a bound volume of typewritten quotes titled "Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of Incunabula. Purchased from Rosenbach Sept. 1924". Huntington Library, office of the Curator of Rare Books. Source verified by Huntington Library catalogue.
Date of evidenceSept. 1924
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1924 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1924 - 1927
Provenance nameHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteSee above.
Date of evidence1924
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-08-19 18:41:35