Liverpool, University Library (GB)
: SPEC Inc.Ryl.33
ISTC No.ij00114000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia
ImprintBasel : Nicolaus Kesler, 25 June 1486
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02133098
Holding InstitutionLiverpool, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkSPEC Inc.Ryl.33
NoteCreated by Niamh Delaney
Size of leaves285 × 190 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLeaf [a]1 largely missing. The text from this leaf has been cut out and mounted on to front endpaper.
Also lacks final leaf O6.
Leaves x5-6, y1-3 repaired, with some loss of text.
Parts of some leaves have been pasted over (repaired?) using rectangular cutouts from blank leaves of paper.
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1486 -
1490
Time period1486 - 1490
Provenance TypeDecoration
Date of evidenceDates approximate
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteInitials, capital strokes and paragraph marks supplied in red.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1486 -
1550
Time period1486 - 1550
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Date of evidenceDates approximate
Decoration NoteSome rubricated initials embellished in brown ink, including a face ([b]5) and a face and floral ornamentation (p4). Drawings of a bird and fish(?) in the upper margin of leaves C3 verso and C4 recto in the same hand.
Manuscript notesFewer than ten marginal notes in a late 15th/early 16th century hand (some cropped). At head of leaf M9 verso: "Vita et fruis(?) Barbare". What appears to be an inscription in an early hand, at the head of leaf O5 verso, has been pasted over with plain paper.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1691 -
1796
Areae-be
Time period1691 - 1796
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on leaf [a2] recto: "Bibliotheca Ninivensis, 1691, 13 Iunij".
Date of evidence13 June 1691
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1700 -
1810
Time period1700 - 1810
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidenceDates approximate
Binding noteBrown calf binding, with gilt-tooled floral border to boards. Five raised bands, with repeated gilt-tooled floral design to panels of spine. Brown leather spine label in second panel of spine, with a gilt-tooled border and titling in gilt. Marbled endpapers and text-block edges.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions292 × 214 × 53 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesMarbled
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Provenance
1797 -
1830
Time period1797 - 1830
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on front free endpaper, stroked out - possibly recording date of sale (180?). In a second hand, beneath this, is written "Editio Basileensis anni 1486".
Date of evidenceDates approximate
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1830 -
1870
PlaceWighill (Geonames ID: 7302052)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1830 - 1870
Provenance nameJessop, Thomas [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on first leaf "Thomas Jessop D.D." and on leaf [a]2 recto "Thomas Jessop S.T.P." Probably Thomas Jessop, vicar of Wighill 1839-1863.
Date of evidenceDates approximate
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1871 -
1900
Areae-uk-en
Time period1871 - 1900
Provenance TypeExlibris
Manuscript Notes
NoteOn front pastedown Thomas Glazebrook Rylands's armorial bookplate, with motto "Dum spiro spero", has been pasted over W.H. Rylands's bookplate. Bound in at end are 2 leaves with index of Saints' Days in the hand of W. H. Rylands. With a bibliographical note in W.H. Rylands's hand on the first leaf.
Date of evidenceStart date approximate
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1900 -
PlaceLiverpool (Geonames ID: 2644210)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1900 -
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteUniversity of Liverpool bookplate: "Bequeathed by Thomas Glazebrook Rylands, 1900".
Date of evidence1900
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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