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mei/02140856 IC.27095 [02140856]

London, British Library (GB) : IC.27095

ISTC No.id00029000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Format
Languageita
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02140856
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIC.27095
NoteCreated by Camilla Marangoni for the Polonsky project "Dante 1481". Additions by John Goldfinch
Physical DescriptionThree engravings: one for Canto I, one for Canto II and a repetition of the second engraving before Canto III (Category B of Hind's classification system). The engraving to Canto I is badly cropped. Wanting the blank leaves 1, 14, 15, 372.
Size of leaves325 × 230 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in manuscript
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteText omitted by the printer has been supplied in MS on ff. e1r, l9v, q5r, r3v, ee3r, hh1r, ll9r, oo1v, A8r, C8v, E10r.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceA. M. Hind, "Early Italian Engraving. A critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described", Kraus Reprint, Nendeln 1970, p. 105.
“Commento sopra la «Commedia»”, edited by Paolo Procaccioli, Salerno, Rome 2014, p. 133.
Omitted from BMC.

Provenance 1550 - 1605

PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1605
Provenance nameTornabuoni, Cosimo, 1550-1605 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Note"Cosimo Tornabuoni" written on f.[*]1 recto
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesMS notes apparently in Tornabuoni's hand, along with notes in other hands.
Some corrections to the text.
On the final verso some pen-trials, along with the last three lines of Jacopo Sannazaro's sonnet XLIX, followed by the letters "N.g.s.c" (these also appear on f.r4r). Other verses, partly in other hands, on the final flyleaves.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Pen trialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1650 - 1757

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1650 - 1757
Provenance nameLondon, Old Royal Library, 1471 - 1757 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Royalty)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteIn the Royal Library by 1650; see the 1650 MS. list of books transferred from Whitehall to St. James's (BL C.120.h.6.(1.)).
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1757 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1757 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
NoteWith the blue MUSEVM BRITANNICVM stamp applied to books from the Old Royal Library
Binding noteBound at the British Museum bindery in half goatskin and marbled paper, with a gold-tooled spine. The edges are coloured yellow, perhaps from an earlier binding. Some leaves have been remargined
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-07-14 12:13:53

All Copies

  02140856

London, British Library (GB) : IC.27095

ISTC No.id00029000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Format
Languageita
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02140856
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIC.27095
NoteCreated by Camilla Marangoni for the Polonsky project "Dante 1481". Additions by John Goldfinch
Physical DescriptionThree engravings: one for Canto I, one for Canto II and a repetition of the second engraving before Canto III (Category B of Hind's classification system). The engraving to Canto I is badly cropped. Wanting the blank leaves 1, 14, 15, 372.
Size of leaves325 × 230 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in manuscript
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteText omitted by the printer has been supplied in MS on ff. e1r, l9v, q5r, r3v, ee3r, hh1r, ll9r, oo1v, A8r, C8v, E10r.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceA. M. Hind, "Early Italian Engraving. A critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described", Kraus Reprint, Nendeln 1970, p. 105.
“Commento sopra la «Commedia»”, edited by Paolo Procaccioli, Salerno, Rome 2014, p. 133.
Omitted from BMC.

Provenance 1550 - 1605

PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1605
Provenance nameTornabuoni, Cosimo, 1550-1605 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Note"Cosimo Tornabuoni" written on f.[*]1 recto
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesMS notes apparently in Tornabuoni's hand, along with notes in other hands.
Some corrections to the text.
On the final verso some pen-trials, along with the last three lines of Jacopo Sannazaro's sonnet XLIX, followed by the letters "N.g.s.c" (these also appear on f.r4r). Other verses, partly in other hands, on the final flyleaves.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Pen trialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1650 - 1757

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1650 - 1757
Provenance nameLondon, Old Royal Library, 1471 - 1757 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Royalty)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteIn the Royal Library by 1650; see the 1650 MS. list of books transferred from Whitehall to St. James's (BL C.120.h.6.(1.)).
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1757 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1757 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
NoteWith the blue MUSEVM BRITANNICVM stamp applied to books from the Old Royal Library
Binding noteBound at the British Museum bindery in half goatskin and marbled paper, with a gold-tooled spine. The edges are coloured yellow, perhaps from an earlier binding. Some leaves have been remargined
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-07-14 12:13:53