Warszawa, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka (PL)
: Sd.52.91
ISTC No.is00309000
AuthorSchedel, Hartmann
TitleLiber chronicarum [German] Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten. Tr: Georg Alt
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 23 Dec. 1493
Formatf°
Languageger
SubjectHistory
Keywordstranslation
Periodcontemporary
Description of Copy
Copy Id02140617
Holding InstitutionWarszawa, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka (PL)
ShelfmarkSd.52.91
NoteCreated by Martyna Osuch.
Size of leaves433 × 314 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteLeaf [a1] (title page) and CCLXXXVI heavily damaged and repaired in later period. Leaves I, V, VII IX, L, LIII, CI, CCLIX, CCLXII, CCLXVIII, CCLXXXI separately (cut out).
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1484 -
1530
Areae-gx
Time period1484 - 1530
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteOne illuminated initial on the fol. i recto, painted in red, green and blue with decorative motifs tooled in blind on the gold leaf. Produced probably by illuminator from A. Koberger's circle in the period between 1484 and 1503 (vide: Z. Wagner, Inicjały iluminatorskie w inkunabułach z oficyny Antona Kobergera, in: Roczniki Biblioteczne, no. 64 (2020).
IlluminationsYes
Manuscript notesVery few marginal notes in red and black ink in German. One of them cropped. Underlinings in red and black. Captions for depictions of Cham and Sem corrected in black and red ink (fol. XV v.).
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
CorrectionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1602 -
Areae-pl
Time period1602 -
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidence1602
Manuscript notesOne longer manuscript note in Polish (fol. CCLXII v.) beginning with information about the date of print and date of reading: "Drukowano tge księgij A[nn]o D[omi]ni 1493. In A[nn]o D[omini] 1602 iest tym xiegom 109 lat ... ". The further part of the note concern the content of the book and history of popes. The note is partially cropped. Very few marginal notes in Latin, possibly in the same hand, heavily cropped. One note and the drawing, both crossed out, probably in the same hand, on the recto of leaf CCXL (next to the passus concerning the Council of Constance). Corrections of foliation (e. g. foliation of leaves II-IIII scratched out and changed into I-III).
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookParts only
CorrectionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
TranslationsYes
CommentsYes
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1602 -
1620
Time period1602 - 1620
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
NoteThere is an unidentified ex-libris, probably from the second half of the 16th c., on the verso of left cover: in the shield a griffin (lion?) facing left. Over an ornamental cartouche there is a man holding a birch switch in his left hand and a rooted flower in his right.
Date of evidenceearly 17th c.
Binding noteBound in pale goatskin over wooden boards. Both covers tooled in blind with rolls. Rests of clasps. Missing parts of leather of both covers and of the spine which is heavily damaged.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions450 × 314 × mm
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1950 -
PlaceWarsaw (Geonames ID: 756135)
Areae-pl
Time period1950 -
Provenance TypeStamp
Accession mark
NoteAccession mark on the verso of title page: K[upno] 13 VI [19]50. St. Kamiński.
Date of evidence1950
Method of acquisitionPurchase
StampsModern stamp of the University of Warsaw Library.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2021-05-31 08:38:14