Glasgow, University Library (GB)
: Sp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.9
ISTC No.ih00267000
ΣυγγραφέαςHigden, Ranulphus
ΤίτλοςPolycronicon. Tr: John Trevisa. With the continuation 1357-1460 by William Caxton
Τοποχρονολογία έκδοσης[Westminster] : William Caxton, [between 2 July and 8 October 1482]
Μορφήf°
Γλώσσαeng
ΘέμαΙστορία
Λέξεις-κλειδιάreligion; translation; collection
Περίοδοςmedieval
Περιγραφή αντιτύπου
Ταυτότητα αντιτύπου02144856
ΦορέαςGlasgow, University Library (GB)
Ταξιθετικός αριθμόςSp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.9
ΣημείωσηBv.2.9
ΣημείωσηPartial stub showing between leaves 29.2 and 29.3, which combined with the fact that leaf 29.3 is of a lesser height than the rest (see Leaf size) and is also the only leaf in the gathering to have rubrication (see Decoration), suggests that this leaf may derive from a different copy.
Διαστάσεις φύλλων275 × 196 mm
Χαρακτηριστικά αντιτύπου - ΣημείωσηImperfections: wanting gathering a⁸ and leaves b1-2, b7-8, 55.7, 55.8; leaf 55.6 mutilated and wanting approximately half of its printed text. The text of the missing leaves a2-8 and b1-2 (Prohemye and Table) is supplied in manuscript in an 18th-century hand on nine leaves inserted at the beginning of the book; the partially missing text of leaf 55.6 is supplied in manuscript in the same hand on a piece of paper feathered-on to the mutilated leaf; the opening lines of the text (but not Caxton's Epilogue and colophon) of the recto of the missing leaf 55.7 are supplied in the same hand on the recto of a single leaf inserted at the end.
Ηλεκτρονική ΑναπαραγωγήGlasgow Incunabula Project See the description of this item and digitised pages on the Glasgow Incunabula Project's Website
Άλλο χαρακτηριστικό αναζήτησηςH28 (Glasgow Incunabula Project)
Προέλευση
1707-1776
ΣημείωσηJohn Ratcliffe (1707-1776), book collector: lot 1669 in 'Bibliotheca Ratcliffiana' (1776)
Προέλευση
1718-1783
ΣημείωσηWilliam Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter for £5.15.6 at the Ratcliffe sale according to the annotated BL copy of the Ratcliffe sale catalogue (shelfmark 822.d.6)
Προέλευση
ΤόποςGlasgow (Geonames ID: 2648579)
Περιοχήe-uk-st
ΣημείωσηUniversity of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark "M.5.9".
Σημείωση βιβλιοδεσίαςBinding: England, 18th-century red morocco with gold-tooled border incorporating an insect (bee or wasp?) motif and a bird with head turned backwards; the same border appears on the covers of three other English incunabula previously owned by Ratcliffe and now in the Hunterian Library: (1) John Lydgate: The Life of Our Lady. [Westminster]: William Caxton, [1483] (shelfmark Bv.2.20); (2) Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury tales. [London]: Richard Pynson, [between June 1491 and 13 Nov. 1492] (shelfmark Bv.2.12); (3) Gossuin de Metz: Myrrour of the worlde. [Westminster]: William Caxton, [ca. 1489-90] (shelfmark Bv.2.30); gold-tooled spine; dark blue pastedowns; gilt-edged leaves. Size: 291 x 205 mm.
Σημείωση για τη διακόσμησηDecoration: leaf 29.3 is rubricated and includes a marginal annotation in red on its recto; gathering 37 rubricated; calligraphic initial "H" supplied in black ink on 53.4v; pen-and-ink drawing of a lion rampant on the recto of the blank leaf 1.1.
Χειρόγραφες σημειώσειςAnnotations: copious marginal annotations in English in 16th and 17th-century hands; frequent "nota" marks; occasional pointing hands; royal genealogies on 40.2v and 41.1v.
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