Liverpool, University Library (GB)
: SPEC Inc.CSJ.D03
ISTC No.ih00267000
AuthorHigden, Ranulphus
TitlePolycronicon. Tr: John Trevisa. With the continuation 1357-1460 by William Caxton
Imprint[Westminster] : William Caxton, [between 2 July and 8 October 1482]
Formatf°
Languageeng
SubjectHistory
Keywordsreligion; translation; collection
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02131094
Holding InstitutionLiverpool, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkSPEC Inc.CSJ.D03
NoteCreated by Niamh Delaney
Size of leaves254 × 168 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLacking all before sig. 8.3, sig. 8.4-5, 10.1, 28.2, 42.8, 43-55. Many leaves damaged and repaired, some with loss of text.
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1482 -
1500
Time period1482 - 1500
Provenance TypeDecoration
Date of evidenceDates approximate
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph-marks, headings, line numbers and chapter numbers supplied in red.
Structuring the textYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1501 -
1700
Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Date of evidenceDates approximate
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesNumerous manuscript annotations in various hands, primarily from the 17th century, but some earlier. Includes underlinings, calculations, alphabets, pointing hands, pen trials, sketches of dogs and rabbits, extraction of keywords, and longer notes. With a number of inscriptions, some repeated and some dated, including those of Samuel Richardson, James Richardson, Richard Richardson, Thomas Thomson, Nicholas Sla[…?], John Strickland, Christopher […?]son, John Patter[…?], Francis […?], John Piper. Many of these annotations and inscriptions have been part lost where pages trimmed. $$5 UkLiU
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
DrawingsYes
Pen trialsYes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1881 -
1939
Areae-uk-en
Time period1881 - 1939
Provenance TypeStamp
Binding
Date of evidenceDates approximate
Binding noteLate 19th/early 20th century pastiche binding, stamped "Bound by Rivière & Son". Quarter leather with beech boards. Blind tooled decorative edge to leather, where it meets the wooden boards. Blind tooled titling on spine. Brass clasps.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions275 × 195 × 63 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1920 -
1921
PlaceLiverpool (Geonames ID: 2644210)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1920 - 1921
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteUniversity of Liverpool accessions register states that this book was bought from Young in Oct. 1921, with their note on imperfections tipped in. Earlier provenance unknown: Young's records were destroyed in 1940.
Date of evidenceStart date approximate
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1921 -
1921
PlaceLiverpool (Geonames ID: 2644210)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1921 - 1921
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteUniversity of Liverpool bookplate: "Presented by C. Sydney Jones, Esq". The Annual Report for 1921 records this item as the gift of Charles Sydney Jones.
Date of evidence1921
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1921 -
PlaceLiverpool (Geonames ID: 2644210)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1921 -
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Documentary Evidence
Date of evidence1921
Method of acquisitionDonation
certaintya
psourcea
otherInformation
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