Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02129119 85343 [02129119]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 85343

ISTC No.ib00890000
AuthorBonaventura, S
TitleLegenda maior S. Francisci [Italian]. Add: S. Franciscus de Assisio: Regula [Italian]
ImprintMilan : Antonius Zarotus, 6 Feb. 1477
Format4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordstranslation; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129119
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark85343
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak
Physical DescriptionIn pencil on upper margin of π1r, "8893" (seller's mark?).
Size of leaves280 × 203 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Manuscript signatures
Reuse of manuscript leaves
Binding waste
Copy Features - NoteManuscript leaf used as part of a bookmark: white string attached to the upper endband, with a fragment of a late medieval religious [?] manuscript in Latin on parchment, folded and cut out in the shape of the Christian fish symbol, attached to the string.
Incunable leaf used as pastedown; see description below.
Early MS. signatures: c1r signature missing, supplied; h1-4 printed "b", corrected; i3 printed "3i", corrected.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 3408.

Provenance 1477 - 1810

PlaceMartinengo (Geonames ID: 3173839)
Areae-it
Time period1477 - 1810
Provenance nameMartinengo (Bergamo), Frati Minori, Santa Maria Incoronata, OFMObs, 1475-1810 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Decoration
NoteLate 15th/early 16th [?]-century MS. inscription on lower margin of a1r and upper margin of [o]12v: "Iste liber competit loco Sancte Marie Incoronate apud Martinengum". Also, paper fragment on upper pastedown includes the words "A martiningo" in MS in an early hand.
Binding noteOriginal wooden boards. On lower board, remains of a rectangular paper slip, possibly formerly containing the shelfmark. One metal clasp with remains of a leather strap on the upper board, and evidence of further furniture on both boards. Some red specks on both boards, possibly remains of previous binding. Writing in black ink in a gothic script along the centre of the upper board, partly obscured by modern leather backing, illegible.
Plain paper pastedown on upper board. On lower board, bifolium from a folio printing of Terence's Comedies in Latin (the beginning of "Adelphoe") used as pastedown, with some contemporary MS. notes in Latin.
Lower board split, repaired with glue and wavy metal elements embedded in the wood. Rebacked in 20th century with brown calf tooled in black, titling reading up spine and imprint year at foot.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions285 × 213 × 51 mm
TitlingManuscript, Tooled
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Decoration NoteInitials in red and blue throughout. On a1r initial in blue with red pen flourishes.
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated in red and blue throughout. First letter of each sentence highlighted in yellow, now faded.
Manuscript notesOn top right corner of most rectos, page number in arabic numerals in a contemporary hand. On lower right corner of π8v, "20s1 iii" [?]. On b8r, MS. in outer margin, "Exemplum del ozio fugiendo". On c4r, asterisk in margin in red crayon [?]. On g3v, cross in brown ink in outer margin. On n7v-8v, interlinear corrections in Italian, and reading marks.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1901 - 1924

Areae-it
Time period1901 - 1924
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1901-1950 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
NoteOn lower board pastedown, MS. note in pencil in an early 20th-century Italian hand: "Edizione sconosciuta ai Bibliofili".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

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 upper pastedown: "75".
Item 75 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.
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
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

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 17:55:35

All Copies

  02129119

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 85343

ISTC No.ib00890000
AuthorBonaventura, S
TitleLegenda maior S. Francisci [Italian]. Add: S. Franciscus de Assisio: Regula [Italian]
ImprintMilan : Antonius Zarotus, 6 Feb. 1477
Format4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordstranslation; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129119
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark85343
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak
Physical DescriptionIn pencil on upper margin of π1r, "8893" (seller's mark?).
Size of leaves280 × 203 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Manuscript signatures
Reuse of manuscript leaves
Binding waste
Copy Features - NoteManuscript leaf used as part of a bookmark: white string attached to the upper endband, with a fragment of a late medieval religious [?] manuscript in Latin on parchment, folded and cut out in the shape of the Christian fish symbol, attached to the string.
Incunable leaf used as pastedown; see description below.
Early MS. signatures: c1r signature missing, supplied; h1-4 printed "b", corrected; i3 printed "3i", corrected.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 3408.

Provenance 1477 - 1810

PlaceMartinengo (Geonames ID: 3173839)
Areae-it
Time period1477 - 1810
Provenance nameMartinengo (Bergamo), Frati Minori, Santa Maria Incoronata, OFMObs, 1475-1810 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Decoration
NoteLate 15th/early 16th [?]-century MS. inscription on lower margin of a1r and upper margin of [o]12v: "Iste liber competit loco Sancte Marie Incoronate apud Martinengum". Also, paper fragment on upper pastedown includes the words "A martiningo" in MS in an early hand.
Binding noteOriginal wooden boards. On lower board, remains of a rectangular paper slip, possibly formerly containing the shelfmark. One metal clasp with remains of a leather strap on the upper board, and evidence of further furniture on both boards. Some red specks on both boards, possibly remains of previous binding. Writing in black ink in a gothic script along the centre of the upper board, partly obscured by modern leather backing, illegible.
Plain paper pastedown on upper board. On lower board, bifolium from a folio printing of Terence's Comedies in Latin (the beginning of "Adelphoe") used as pastedown, with some contemporary MS. notes in Latin.
Lower board split, repaired with glue and wavy metal elements embedded in the wood. Rebacked in 20th century with brown calf tooled in black, titling reading up spine and imprint year at foot.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions285 × 213 × 51 mm
TitlingManuscript, Tooled
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Decoration NoteInitials in red and blue throughout. On a1r initial in blue with red pen flourishes.
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated in red and blue throughout. First letter of each sentence highlighted in yellow, now faded.
Manuscript notesOn top right corner of most rectos, page number in arabic numerals in a contemporary hand. On lower right corner of π8v, "20s1 iii" [?]. On b8r, MS. in outer margin, "Exemplum del ozio fugiendo". On c4r, asterisk in margin in red crayon [?]. On g3v, cross in brown ink in outer margin. On n7v-8v, interlinear corrections in Italian, and reading marks.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1901 - 1924

Areae-it
Time period1901 - 1924
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1901-1950 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
NoteOn lower board pastedown, MS. note in pencil in an early 20th-century Italian hand: "Edizione sconosciuta ai Bibliofili".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

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 upper pastedown: "75".
Item 75 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.
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
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

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 17:55:35