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mei/02143873 Sp Coll Hunterian Bg.1.1 [02143873]

Glasgow, University Library (GB) : Sp Coll Hunterian Bg.1.1

ISTC No.ij00148000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [English] The Golden Legend. Tr.: William Caxton
ImprintWestminster : William Caxton, [between 20 Nov. 1483 and Mar. 1484]
Formatf°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
subjecthagiography
keywordliterature devotional; liturgy; translation
periodmedieval

copy

copyId02143873
holdingInstitutionIdGlasgow, University Library (GB)
shelfmarkSp Coll Hunterian Bg.1.1
holdingsNoteBg.1.1
noteGatherings a-t and A-E exist in one setting only; the remaining gatherings are known in two different settings, representing two issues rather than two separate editions. Setting A: [pi⁶] a-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁶ A-V⁸ X⁶ Y²(2+1) 2a-f⁸ 2g⁶ 2h-i⁸ 2k⁶. Setting B: [pi⁴] a-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁶ A-X⁸ 2a-f⁸ 2g⁶ 2h-i⁸ 2k⁶. The Hunterian copy is setting B.
Fifteen leaves (a1-4, a7-8, b1, b8, c1-2, ii2, kk1, kk4-6) have been made up from another, smaller copy (leaf size 356 x 259 mm) and have been re-margined at the foot of the leaf - except for 2i2, at the top.
Variants: [pi1r], col.1, line 2: {34}... thys ...{34} not as BM 15th cent's transcription for setting B {34}... this ...{34}; 2k5r, col.1, line 18: {34}... artylces{34} not as BM 15th cent's transcription for setting B {34}... artycles{34}.
An article and images from this book are available via the Glasgow University Library Special Collections website (exhibitions: book of the month archive, January 2007); please note this is an out dated web article and up to date information about the book should be taken from this catalogue record .
paperSize376 × 259 mm
copyFeaturesNoteImperfections: wanting [pi2-4].
electronicReproductionGlasgow Incunabula Project See the description of this item and digitised pages on the Glasgow Incunabula Project's Website
otherIdentifierJ9 ()

provenance 17th century

ownerGarton, G., 17th century Ms. inscription.
noteG. Garton (17th century): inscription "G. Garton" on [pi1r] followed by a cropped and unread motto(?)

provenance active 1697

ownerFinch, John, active 1697 Ms. inscription.
noteJohn Finch (fl. 1697), member of the family of the Earls of Winchilsea: owner of the fifteen sheets supplied from a smaller copy; cropped inscription on 2k6v "This William Caxton was a Mercer of Londo[n] who brought printing to England out of Germany about the year of our lorde 1471 ... Scriptum per me Jo[...] finch filius Com[...] De Winchilsea fil[...] Thomae Ayres Ca[...] Anno Domini 1697"

provenance 17th century

ownerAyres, Thomas, 17th century Ms. inscription.
noteThomas Ayres (17th century): see above

provenance 1703-1772

ownerWest, James, 1703-1772 In book sale catalogue.
noteJames West (1703-1772), politician and antiquary: lot 1865 in 'Bibliotheca Westiana' (1773)

Provenance 1718-1783

Provenance nameHunter, William, 1718-1783 [Person] Purchased at West sale.
University of Glasgow [Corporate body] Current Owner
NoteWilliam Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the West sale for £12.15.0 according to the annotated copy of the West sale catalogue in University of Glasgow Library (shelfmark Mu31-a.9)

Provenance

PlaceGlasgow (Geonames ID: 2648579)
Areae-uk-st
Provenance nameUniversity of Glasgow [Corporate body] Current Owner
NoteUniversity of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate and book label on front pastedown, with former shelfmark "Y.5.18".
Binding noteBinding: England, 17th/18th-century reversed calf; covers have a centre panel formed by blind rolls with a separate ornament at each outer corner of the panel; rebacked with red morocco in the 18th century; two black leather title labels on spine, the remaining five spine compartments gold-tooled with a "Gothic window" design; dark blue endpapers; sprinkled red-edged leaves; the two front flyleaves each have a watermark resembling three partially superimposed letter "V" shapes with flourishes; the two rear flyleaves have a watermark of a fleur-de-lys within a shield surmounted by a crown and with the letters "W R" suspended below the shield (cf. Heawood 1816 for a similar mark) and a countermark of the letters "H P". Size: 387 x 270 mm.
Decoration NoteDecoration: initials supplied in red throughout; those in the fifteen supplied leaves are of a dark brownish-purple colour
Manuscript notesAnnotations: brief marginal annotations in a 16th-century hand on the life of St Loye (Eligius) on [et]4r and [et]5r; brief chronological references in a 17th-century hand to the Emperors Decius, Heraclius and Theodosius on D2v and D3v; the woodcuts of the martyrdom of St Thomas à Becket on n8r and on B4r are scored through in ink, as is the accompanying text regarding the saint's life and translation; signatures r2, [con]4, 2g4, which are omitted by the printer, are supplied in manuscript "rij", "[con]iiij", "ggiiij" in an early hand; numerous pen trials on 2k6v repeating the final line of text "By me wylyam Caxton" (with the "x" of Caxton misread as a "y" or "i"); the fifteen leaves supplied from a smaller copy incorporate frequent distinctive "nota" marks in the form of a flower with a spiral stem.

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CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-06-03 12:00:00

All Copies

  02143873

Glasgow, University Library (GB) : Sp Coll Hunterian Bg.1.1

ISTC No.ij00148000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [English] The Golden Legend. Tr.: William Caxton
ImprintWestminster : William Caxton, [between 20 Nov. 1483 and Mar. 1484]
Formatf°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsliterature devotional; liturgy; translation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02143873
Holding InstitutionGlasgow, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkSp Coll Hunterian Bg.1.1
NoteBg.1.1
NoteGatherings a-t and A-E exist in one setting only; the remaining gatherings are known in two different settings, representing two issues rather than two separate editions. Setting A: [pi⁶] a-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁶ A-V⁸ X⁶ Y²(2+1) 2a-f⁸ 2g⁶ 2h-i⁸ 2k⁶. Setting B: [pi⁴] a-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁶ A-X⁸ 2a-f⁸ 2g⁶ 2h-i⁸ 2k⁶. The Hunterian copy is setting B.
Fifteen leaves (a1-4, a7-8, b1, b8, c1-2, ii2, kk1, kk4-6) have been made up from another, smaller copy (leaf size 356 x 259 mm) and have been re-margined at the foot of the leaf - except for 2i2, at the top.
Variants: [pi1r], col.1, line 2: {34}... thys ...{34} not as BM 15th cent's transcription for setting B {34}... this ...{34}; 2k5r, col.1, line 18: {34}... artylces{34} not as BM 15th cent's transcription for setting B {34}... artycles{34}.
An article and images from this book are available via the Glasgow University Library Special Collections website (exhibitions: book of the month archive, January 2007); please note this is an out dated web article and up to date information about the book should be taken from this catalogue record .
Size of leaves376 × 259 mm
Copy Features - NoteImperfections: wanting [pi2-4].
Electronic ReproductionGlasgow Incunabula Project See the description of this item and digitised pages on the Glasgow Incunabula Project's Website
Other IdentifierJ9 (Glasgow Incunabula Project)

Provenance

Provenance nameGarton, G., 17th century [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteG. Garton (17th century): inscription "G. Garton" on [pi1r] followed by a cropped and unread motto(?)

Provenance

Provenance nameFinch, John, active 1697 [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteJohn Finch (fl. 1697), member of the family of the Earls of Winchilsea: owner of the fifteen sheets supplied from a smaller copy; cropped inscription on 2k6v "This William Caxton was a Mercer of Londo[n] who brought printing to England out of Germany about the year of our lorde 1471 ... Scriptum per me Jo[...] finch filius Com[...] De Winchilsea fil[...] Thomae Ayres Ca[...] Anno Domini 1697"

Provenance

Provenance nameAyres, Thomas, 17th century [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteThomas Ayres (17th century): see above

provenance

ownerWest, James, 1703-1772 In book sale catalogue.
noteJames West (1703-1772), politician and antiquary: lot 1865 in 'Bibliotheca Westiana' (1773)

provenance

ownerHunter, William, 1718-1783 Purchased at West sale.
University of Glasgow Current Owner
noteWilliam Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the West sale for £12.15.0 according to the annotated copy of the West sale catalogue in University of Glasgow Library (shelfmark Mu31-a.9)

provenance

placenameGlasgow (Geonames ID: 2648579)
areae-uk-st
ownerUniversity of Glasgow Current Owner
noteUniversity of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate and book label on front pastedown, with former shelfmark "Y.5.18".
bindingNoteBinding: England, 17th/18th-century reversed calf; covers have a centre panel formed by blind rolls with a separate ornament at each outer corner of the panel; rebacked with red morocco in the 18th century; two black leather title labels on spine, the remaining five spine compartments gold-tooled with a "Gothic window" design; dark blue endpapers; sprinkled red-edged leaves; the two front flyleaves each have a watermark resembling three partially superimposed letter "V" shapes with flourishes; the two rear flyleaves have a watermark of a fleur-de-lys within a shield surmounted by a crown and with the letters "W R" suspended below the shield (cf. Heawood 1816 for a similar mark) and a countermark of the letters "H P". Size: 387 x 270 mm.
decorationNoteDecoration: initials supplied in red throughout; those in the fifteen supplied leaves are of a dark brownish-purple colour
msNoteAnnotations: brief marginal annotations in a 16th-century hand on the life of St Loye (Eligius) on [et]4r and [et]5r; brief chronological references in a 17th-century hand to the Emperors Decius, Heraclius and Theodosius on D2v and D3v; the woodcuts of the martyrdom of St Thomas à Becket on n8r and on B4r are scored through in ink, as is the accompanying text regarding the saint's life and translation; signatures r2, [con]4, 2g4, which are omitted by the printer, are supplied in manuscript "rij", "[con]iiij", "ggiiij" in an early hand; numerous pen trials on 2k6v repeating the final line of text "By me wylyam Caxton" (with the "x" of Caxton misread as a "y" or "i"); the fifteen leaves supplied from a smaller copy incorporate frequent distinctive "nota" marks in the form of a flower with a spiral stem.

otherInformation

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Last Edit2021-06-03 12:00:00