San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
: 85301
ISTC No.ib00897000
AuthorBonaventura, S
TitleMeditationes vitae Christi
Imprint[Strassburg : Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, about 1496]
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02129160
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark85301
NoteRecord created by Elena Fogolin.
Size of leaves196 × 137 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteNo rubrication. Initials not filled in.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 298.
Provenance
1496 -
1600
Areae-gx
Time period1496 - 1600
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesOn first page: ten lines of German verse in an early hand. On first leaf and last page, in another and later hand, MS. notes in Latin and more German verse. Several comments throughout the book, in the same two hands. Some marginal notes, underlinesm, and manicules in a third hand (e.g. on a3r, a4v, a5r), organizational.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1659 -
1920
Areae-gx
Time period1659 - 1920
Provenance TypeStamp
Binding
Shelfmark
NoteCircular stamp in red on a1v: "Ex | Biblioth. Regia | Berolinensi.” This stamp was in use from approximately 1881 to 1909. It is overstamped in black with a deaccession stamp “ABGEGEBEN | PRSI BIBLIOTHEK | BERLIN”. This stamp was in use from the early to mid-20th century. Date of deaccession approximate.
Binding noteLate 19th-century German millboards covered with green paste-paper, green morocco spine, vellum tips. Crowned heraldic eagle holding a cross and a scepter stamped in gilt on the front board. Stamped in gilt on spine, reading across, "Bona- | ventura | Vita | Christi | Strassburg". Edges sprinkled red.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialOther
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions205 × 145 × 12 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Historic ShelfmarkFoot of spine with gilt Berlin shelfmark, reading across: "Jnc | 2317”. Number repeated in pencil on title page.
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 TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteItem 70 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.) Item number repeated in pencil inside front cover. Huntington Library catalogue notes purchase "From Rosenbach, September 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 TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteSee above.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
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 TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteHuntington 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
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