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mei/02130964 BT992 .R83 1478 [02130964]

New Haven CT, Yale University, Center for British Art (US) : BT992 .R83 1478

ISTC No.id00088000
AuthorDatus, Augustinus
TitleElegantiolae. Add: Praeceptorum summula. Petrus Luder: Modus epistolandi (with title Modus orandi)
Imprint[Cologne] : B[artholomaeus] de U[nkel, about 1480]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
Keywordseducation; collection
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02130964
Holding InstitutionNew Haven CT, Yale University, Center for British Art (US)
ShelfmarkBT992 .R83 1478
Also bound with this copySulpitius Verulanus, Johannes: De arte grammatica, sive De octo partibus orationis. - [Cologne] : [Johann Koelhoff, the Younger], [about 1495] [is00840000] (MEI ID: 02129354)
Rufinus, Tyrannius: Expositio in symbolum apostolorum. - Oxford : [Printer of the 'Expositio in symbolum apostolorum'], [1478] [ir00352000] (MEI ID: 02129355)
Trottus, Albertus: De horis canonicis. - Louvain : [Johannes de Westfalia], 1485 [it00471000] (MEI ID: 02130965)
Jacobi, Johannes: Regimen contra pestilentiam. - [Antwerp] : [Mathias van der Goes], [1486-87] [ij00003500] (MEI ID: 02129356)
NoteCreated by James Misson
Physical DescriptionTwo waste leaves, possibly former flyleaves, in plastic envelopes laid in.
Two unidentified nineteenth-century letter fragments laid in.
Size of leaves126 × 133 mm
Copy FeaturesNo rubrication
Binding waste
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1495 - 1525

Areae-uk-en
Time period1495 - 1525
Provenance nameAnonymous, England, 1475-1525 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding notedark calf over wooden boards, sides divided by upright and diagonal triple lines in blind and stamped with repeated impressions of two tools: round, a gothic capital R; and oval, the Lamb of God with the inscription, Ecce Agnus Dei; clasp lacking
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions209 × 147 × 47 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesThe back pastedown has writing practice notes (copied out from a grammar) in a fifteenth-century (or early sixteenth-century) English hand.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1550 - 1893

Areae-uk-en
Time period1550 - 1893
Provenance nameDryden; family, 1550-1893 [Former Owner] (Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteStart date unknown.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notes'Driden
Canons Ashby'
on front pastedown in eighteenth- or nineteenth-century hand.
Eight knot designs (possibly for gardens) on front pastedown.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1893 - 1959

Areae-uk-en
Time period1893 - 1959
Provenance nameDryden, Cecil, 1893-1959 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee sale catalogue:
'CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, FINE BINDINGS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, LITERARY MSS. AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. Second Day's Sale: Wednesday, November 9th, 1960. The Property Of Mrs. Cecil Dryden.' ([London: Sotheby, 1960])
Date of evidence1960
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1959 - 1960

Areae-uk-en
Time period1959 - 1960
Provenance nameDryden, Muriel, 1897-1978 [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Archivist)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteLot 319 in Sotheby sale November 9th, 1960.
See catalogue, 'CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, FINE BINDINGS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, LITERARY MSS. AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. Second Day's Sale: Wednesday, November 9th, 1960. The Property Of Mrs. Cecil Dryden.' ([London: Sotheby, 1960])
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1960 - 1960

PlaceNew Haven (Geonames ID: 4839366)
Arean-us-ct
Time period1960 - 1960
Provenance nameWitten, Laurence Claiborne, II, 1926-1995 [Person] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteSee accession files at YCBA
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1960 - 1974

Arean-us
Time period1960 - 1974
Provenance nameMellon, Paul, 1907-1999 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
Method of acquisitionPurchase
certaintya
psourceg

provenance 1974 -

placenameNew Haven (Geonames ID: 4839366)
arean-us
timeperiod1974 -
ownerYale University, Center for British Art, 1974 (, )
provenanceType1
1
note'Yale Center for British Art and British Studies' bookplate on back pastedown.
methodofacqb
certaintya
psourcea

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2019-09-10 10:37:50

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copyId02130964
holdingInstitutionIdYU(B)L
shelfmarkBT992 .R83 1478
alsoboundinthisitemSulpitius Verulanus, Johannes: De arte grammatica, sive De octo partibus orationis. - [Cologne] : [Johann Koelhoff, the Younger], [about 1495] [is00840000] (MEI ID: 02129354)
Rufinus, Tyrannius: Expositio in symbolum apostolorum. - Oxford : [Printer of the 'Expositio in symbolum apostolorum'], [1478] [ir00352000] (MEI ID: 02129355)
Trottus, Albertus: De horis canonicis. - Louvain : [Johannes de Westfalia], 1485 [it00471000] (MEI ID: 02130965)
Jacobi, Johannes: Regimen contra pestilentiam. - [Antwerp] : [Mathias van der Goes], [1486-87] [ij00003500] (MEI ID: 02129356)
noteCreated by James Misson
physicalDescriptionNoteTwo waste leaves, possibly former flyleaves, in plastic envelopes laid in.
Two unidentified nineteenth-century letter fragments laid in.
paperSize126 × 133 mm
copyType1
1
supportMaterialBooka

provenance 1495 - 1525

areae-uk-en
timeperiod1495 - 1525
ownerAnonymous, England, 1475-1525 (, )
provenanceType1
1
methodofacqx
bindingNotedark calf over wooden boards, sides divided by upright and diagonal triple lines in blind and stamped with repeated impressions of two tools: round, a gothic capital R; and oval, the Lamb of God with the inscription, Ecce Agnus Dei; clasp lacking
bindingDates
Binding typec
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions209 × 147 × 47 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesThe back pastedown has writing practice notes (copied out from a grammar) in a fifteenth-century (or early sixteenth-century) English hand.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1550 - 1893

Areae-uk-en
Time period1550 - 1893
Provenance nameDryden; family, 1550-1893 [Former Owner] (Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteStart date unknown.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notes'Driden
Canons Ashby'
on front pastedown in eighteenth- or nineteenth-century hand.
Eight knot designs (possibly for gardens) on front pastedown.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1893 - 1959

Areae-uk-en
Time period1893 - 1959
Provenance nameDryden, Cecil, 1893-1959 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee sale catalogue:
'CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, FINE BINDINGS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, LITERARY MSS. AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. Second Day's Sale: Wednesday, November 9th, 1960. The Property Of Mrs. Cecil Dryden.' ([London: Sotheby, 1960])
Date of evidence1960
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1959 - 1960

Areae-uk-en
Time period1959 - 1960
Provenance nameDryden, Muriel, 1897-1978 [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Archivist)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteLot 319 in Sotheby sale November 9th, 1960.
See catalogue, 'CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, FINE BINDINGS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, LITERARY MSS. AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. Second Day's Sale: Wednesday, November 9th, 1960. The Property Of Mrs. Cecil Dryden.' ([London: Sotheby, 1960])
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1960 - 1960

PlaceNew Haven (Geonames ID: 4839366)
Arean-us-ct
Time period1960 - 1960
Provenance nameWitten, Laurence Claiborne, II, 1926-1995 [Person] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteSee accession files at YCBA
Method of acquisitionPurchase
certaintya
psourceg

provenance 1960 - 1974

arean-us
timeperiod1960 - 1974
ownerMellon, Paul, 1907-1999
provenanceType1
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourceg

provenance 1974 -

placenameNew Haven (Geonames ID: 4839366)
arean-us
timeperiod1974 -
ownerYale University, Center for British Art, 1974 (, )
provenanceType1
1
note'Yale Center for British Art and British Studies' bookplate on back pastedown.
methodofacqb
certaintya
psourcea

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2019-09-10 10:37:50