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mei/02144713 Sp Coll Hunterian Cn.1.2 [02144713]

Glasgow, University Library (GB) : Sp Coll Hunterian Cn.1.2

ISTC No.ip01011000
TitlePromptorium puerorum, sive Medulla grammaticae
Imprint[London] : Richard Pynson, for Fredericus de Egmondt and Petrus, 'post Pascha', 15 May 1499
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectGrammar
Keywordseducation
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02144713
Holding InstitutionGlasgow, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkSp Coll Hunterian Cn.1.2
NoteCn.1.2
NoteVariant: t1r, final word of final line in col. 2 reads {34}twynklin{34} as in BM 15th cent's 2nd copy, not {34}twynkin{34} as in BM 15th cent's first copy.
The first of three works bound together. Bound with: (2) Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodorus: Macrobius Aurelius integer. Paris: Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1519; (3) Florus, Lucius Annaeus: Epitome rerum Romanarum. Basel: J. Hervagius, 1532.
Size of leaves272 × 193 mm
Copy Features - NoteImperfections: wanting t3 (including colophon and printer's device) and the blank leaf t4.
Electronic ReproductionGlasgow Incunabula Project See the description of this item and digitised pages on the Glasgow Incunabula Project's Website
Other IdentifierG5 (Glasgow Incunabula Project)

Provenance 16th century

Provenance nameLyng, William, 16th century [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteWilliam Lyng (16th century): inscription on a1r "Will[iel]m[u]s Lyng hunc possidet Librum" and in a different hand "Will Lyng"

provenance 16th century

ownerPrym, John, 16th century Ms. inscription.
noteJohn Prym/Prime (16th century): inscription on a1r "Liber Ioh[ann]is Prym"

provenance 16th century

ownerElwyn, Henry, 16th century Ms. inscription.
noteHenry Elwyn (16th century): inscription on a1r "Henry Elwyn one"

provenance 16th century

ownerSenecle, Thomas, 16th century Ms. inscription.
noteThomas Senecle (16th century): inscription on a1r "Thomas Senecle deb[et] hunc libru[m]"

Provenance 16th century

Provenance nameAbbis, Thomas, 16th century [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteThomas(?) Abbys/Abbis, (16th century): partially read (damaged) inscription on a1r "T[...]s Abbys deb[et] hunc liber [sic]"

Provenance 1705-1752

Provenance nameBlomefield, Francis, 1705-1752 [Person] Armorial bookplate.
NoteFrancis Blomefield (1705-1752), topographical historian and Church of England clergyman: armorial bookplate on front pastedown with engraved inscription "Francis Blomefield Rector of Fersfield in Norfolk, 1736" and signed "W.H. Toms sculp"

Provenance 1697-1771

Provenance nameMartin, Thomas, 1697-1771 [Person] Ms. autograph.
NoteThomas Martin (1697-1771), of Palgrave, antiquary: signature "Tho: Martin" on front pastedown, and a list of the contents of the volume in Martin's hand on front free endpaper; no. 4079, priced at £1.11.6, in 'Bibliotheca Martiniana: a catalogue of the entire library of the late eminent antiquary Mr. Thomas Martin ... Which will begin to be sold ... on Saturday June 5, by Martin Booth and ... John Berry, booksellers ... Norwich ... and continue on sale only two months', [Norwich: 1773]

Provenance 1718-1783

Provenance nameHunter, William, 1718-1783 [Person]
NoteWilliam Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown

provenance

placenameGlasgow (Geonames ID: 2648579)
areae-uk-st
ownerUniversity of Glasgow Current Owner
noteUniversity of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark "Ah.4.14".
bindingNoteBinding: England, 17th-century calf, covers have a blind fillet border and a centre panel formed by blind fillets with ornaments in blind added at its outer corners; title "Promptoriu[m]" written in ink across fore-edge; bunch of grapes watermark on rear flyleaves; rebacked in 19th century - no evidence survives of original spine. Size: 278 x 197 mm.
msNoteAnnotations: a few marginal annotations (mainly extracting Latin keywords) in a 16th-century hand in gatherings a-b, and very occasional marginal notes thereafter; on q1v a quotation in a 16th-century hand based on 2 Corinthians 6:3 "Nemini dantes ullam offensionem ..."; on q2r an unidentified quotation in the same hand; an annotation in a different 16th-century hand on i6r "In the name of God and the"; the entry for "Pope" on m5v is deleted in ink; extract from a bookseller's (or auction) catalogue pasted onto front free endpaper "186 Promptuarium Parvulorum - The Author of this Book was a preaching or Black Frier, his Name was Richard Fraunces; this is a very rare Book; see Hearne's Langtoft's Chronicle, Vol. 2d, page 624 and 5. printed by Rich. Pynson, 1499".

provenance 16th century

ownerPrime, John, 16th century Ms. inscription.
noteTODO: unmatched provenance name entry -- manual revision necessary

provenance 16th century

ownerAbbys, Thomas, 16th century Ms. inscription.
noteTODO: unmatched provenance name entry -- manual revision necessary

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2021-06-03 12:00:00

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GlasgowUL : Sp Coll Hunterian Cn.1.2

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copyId02144713
holdingInstitutionIdGlasgowUL
shelfmarkSp Coll Hunterian Cn.1.2
holdingsNoteCn.1.2
noteVariant: t1r, final word of final line in col. 2 reads {34}twynklin{34} as in BM 15th cent's 2nd copy, not {34}twynkin{34} as in BM 15th cent's first copy.
The first of three works bound together. Bound with: (2) Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodorus: Macrobius Aurelius integer. Paris: Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1519; (3) Florus, Lucius Annaeus: Epitome rerum Romanarum. Basel: J. Hervagius, 1532.
Size of leaves272 × 193 mm
Copy Features - NoteImperfections: wanting t3 (including colophon and printer's device) and the blank leaf t4.
Electronic ReproductionGlasgow Incunabula Project See the description of this item and digitised pages on the Glasgow Incunabula Project's Website
Other IdentifierG5 (Glasgow Incunabula Project)

Provenance

Provenance nameLyng, William, 16th century [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteWilliam Lyng (16th century): inscription on a1r "Will[iel]m[u]s Lyng hunc possidet Librum" and in a different hand "Will Lyng"

Provenance

Provenance namePrym, John, 16th century [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteJohn Prym/Prime (16th century): inscription on a1r "Liber Ioh[ann]is Prym"

Provenance

Provenance nameElwyn, Henry, 16th century [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteHenry Elwyn (16th century): inscription on a1r "Henry Elwyn one"

Provenance

Provenance nameSenecle, Thomas, 16th century [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteThomas Senecle (16th century): inscription on a1r "Thomas Senecle deb[et] hunc libru[m]"

provenance

ownerAbbis, Thomas, 16th century Ms. inscription.
noteThomas(?) Abbys/Abbis, (16th century): partially read (damaged) inscription on a1r "T[...]s Abbys deb[et] hunc liber [sic]"

provenance

ownerBlomefield, Francis, 1705-1752 Armorial bookplate.
noteFrancis Blomefield (1705-1752), topographical historian and Church of England clergyman: armorial bookplate on front pastedown with engraved inscription "Francis Blomefield Rector of Fersfield in Norfolk, 1736" and signed "W.H. Toms sculp"

provenance

ownerMartin, Thomas, 1697-1771 Ms. autograph.
noteThomas Martin (1697-1771), of Palgrave, antiquary: signature "Tho: Martin" on front pastedown, and a list of the contents of the volume in Martin's hand on front free endpaper; no. 4079, priced at £1.11.6, in 'Bibliotheca Martiniana: a catalogue of the entire library of the late eminent antiquary Mr. Thomas Martin ... Which will begin to be sold ... on Saturday June 5, by Martin Booth and ... John Berry, booksellers ... Norwich ... and continue on sale only two months', [Norwich: 1773]

provenance

ownerHunter, William, 1718-1783
noteWilliam Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown

provenance

placenameGlasgow (Geonames ID: 2648579)
areae-uk-st
ownerUniversity of Glasgow Current Owner
noteUniversity of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark "Ah.4.14".
bindingNoteBinding: England, 17th-century calf, covers have a blind fillet border and a centre panel formed by blind fillets with ornaments in blind added at its outer corners; title "Promptoriu[m]" written in ink across fore-edge; bunch of grapes watermark on rear flyleaves; rebacked in 19th century - no evidence survives of original spine. Size: 278 x 197 mm.
msNoteAnnotations: a few marginal annotations (mainly extracting Latin keywords) in a 16th-century hand in gatherings a-b, and very occasional marginal notes thereafter; on q1v a quotation in a 16th-century hand based on 2 Corinthians 6:3 "Nemini dantes ullam offensionem ..."; on q2r an unidentified quotation in the same hand; an annotation in a different 16th-century hand on i6r "In the name of God and the"; the entry for "Pope" on m5v is deleted in ink; extract from a bookseller's (or auction) catalogue pasted onto front free endpaper "186 Promptuarium Parvulorum - The Author of this Book was a preaching or Black Frier, his Name was Richard Fraunces; this is a very rare Book; see Hearne's Langtoft's Chronicle, Vol. 2d, page 624 and 5. printed by Rich. Pynson, 1499".

provenance

ownerPrime, John, 16th century Ms. inscription.
noteTODO: unmatched provenance name entry -- manual revision necessary

Provenance

Provenance nameAbbys, Thomas, 16th century [Person] Ms. inscription.
NoteTODO: unmatched provenance name entry -- manual revision necessary

Other Information

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