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mei/02141241 [Please see library staff] [02141241]

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ISTC No.ij00150000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [English] The Golden Legend. Tr.: William Caxton
Imprint[Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde], 20 May 1493
Formatf°
Languageeng
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SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy; translation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02141241
Holding InstitutionSalisbury, Cathedral Library (GB)
Shelfmark[Please see library staff]
NoteCreated by Anne Dutton
Physical DescriptionImperfect: wanting leaves pi1-pi4, a1, g3-g6, ff3-ff6, gg1, gg3-gg4. The extant leaves following gathering dd are bound in the following order: ff5, ee1-4, ee7, ff1, ee8, ff2, ee5-6, gg2. These leaves are damaged, with loss of text. Damage to gutter margin of leaves V7-cc2.
Size of leaves273 × 185 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1500 - 1800

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1500 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, England [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
msNoteOccasional reading marks (vertical lines, dots) and some underlining are found throughout the text. There are occasional marginal annotations in ink in different English hands, dating between the 16th and the 19th centuries, on leaves b2r-b2v, F1v (the first gathering signed F), s1r, A7v, B6v, N1v, O1r, T6r. Some of the marks are very faint; most are very brief and hard to date.
msFrequencya
msLocationc
hasMsExtractedKeywordsbooleanyes
hasMsReadingMarksbooleanyes
hasPersonalNotesbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1091 -

placenameSalisbury, England (Geonames ID: 2638664)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1091 -
ownerSalisbury Cathedral. Library, 1091- (, )
provenanceType1
1
noteOwned by Salisbury Cathedral Library by 1817. Contains two bookplates from Salisbury Cathedral Library: the first is the early 19th-century bookplate with the inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”; over this is pasted the later 19th-century bookplate with the image of the 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal, and the inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Loose inside: a letter from S.C. Cockerell to unnamed recipient at Salisbury Cathedral, dated Jan. 31, 1899, with information relating to this edition.
provDate1817
methodofacqx
bindingNote19th-century brown calf over paper boards; blind tooling on boards; spine with four flat raised bands and blind tooling; blind tooling around board edges; blind tooling on turn-ins; text block edges stained red (faded); green endleaves.
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions287 × 207 × 81 mm
titling
toolinga
edgesd
writingOnEdgesd
gaufferedd
msNoteThere are some brief pencil annotations in English in 19th- or 20th-century hands. A list of contents is written in ink on the upper endleaf. Attempts have been made to correct some of the errors in foliation. Notes (20th-century) on the text and the edition are written on the endleaves in pencil.
msFrequencya
msLocationc
histShelfmarkA shelfmark is written in ink at head of leaf a2r (the first extant leaf). It is not clear whether this is a previous Salisbury Cathedral shelfmark. (shelfmarkPattern: 19)
certaintya
psourcea

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2021-04-28 08:44:09

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copyId02141241
holdingInstitutionIdSalisburyCL
shelfmark[Please see library staff]
noteCreated by Anne Dutton
physicalDescriptionNoteImperfect: wanting leaves pi1-pi4, a1, g3-g6, ff3-ff6, gg1, gg3-gg4. The extant leaves following gathering dd are bound in the following order: ff5, ee1-4, ee7, ff1, ee8, ff2, ee5-6, gg2. These leaves are damaged, with loss of text. Damage to gutter margin of leaves V7-cc2.
paperSize273 × 185 mm
copyType1
supportMaterialBooka

provenance 1500 - 1800

placenameEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1500 - 1800
ownerAnonymous annotator, England (, )
provenanceType1
methodofacqx
msNoteOccasional reading marks (vertical lines, dots) and some underlining are found throughout the text. There are occasional marginal annotations in ink in different English hands, dating between the 16th and the 19th centuries, on leaves b2r-b2v, F1v (the first gathering signed F), s1r, A7v, B6v, N1v, O1r, T6r. Some of the marks are very faint; most are very brief and hard to date.
msFrequencya
msLocationc
hasMsExtractedKeywordsbooleanyes
hasMsReadingMarksbooleanyes
hasPersonalNotesbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1091 -

placenameSalisbury, England (Geonames ID: 2638664)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1091 -
ownerSalisbury Cathedral. Library, 1091- (, )
provenanceType1
1
noteOwned by Salisbury Cathedral Library by 1817. Contains two bookplates from Salisbury Cathedral Library: the first is the early 19th-century bookplate with the inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”; over this is pasted the later 19th-century bookplate with the image of the 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal, and the inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Loose inside: a letter from S.C. Cockerell to unnamed recipient at Salisbury Cathedral, dated Jan. 31, 1899, with information relating to this edition.
provDate1817
methodofacqx
bindingNote19th-century brown calf over paper boards; blind tooling on boards; spine with four flat raised bands and blind tooling; blind tooling around board edges; blind tooling on turn-ins; text block edges stained red (faded); green endleaves.
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions287 × 207 × 81 mm
titling
toolinga
edgesd
writingOnEdgesd
gaufferedd
msNoteThere are some brief pencil annotations in English in 19th- or 20th-century hands. A list of contents is written in ink on the upper endleaf. Attempts have been made to correct some of the errors in foliation. Notes (20th-century) on the text and the edition are written on the endleaves in pencil.
msFrequencya
msLocationc
histShelfmarkA shelfmark is written in ink at head of leaf a2r (the first extant leaf). It is not clear whether this is a previous Salisbury Cathedral shelfmark. (shelfmarkPattern: 19)
certaintya
psourcea

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2021-04-28 08:44:09