Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02144856 Sp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.9 [02144856]

GlasgowUL : Sp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.9

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copyId02144856
holdingInstitutionIdGlasgowUL
shelfmarkSp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.9
holdingsNoteBv.2.9
notePartial 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.
paperSize275 × 196 mm
copyFeaturesNoteImperfections: 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.
electronicReproductionGlasgow Incunabula Project See the description of this item and digitised pages on the Glasgow Incunabula Project's Website
otherIdentifierH28 ()

provenance 1707-1776

ownerRatcliffe, John, 1707-1776 In book sale catalogue.
noteJohn Ratcliffe (1707-1776), book collector: lot 1669 in 'Bibliotheca Ratcliffiana' (1776)

provenance 1718-1783

ownerHunter, William, 1718-1783 Purchased at Ratcliffe sale.
noteWilliam 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)

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 "M.5.9".
bindingNoteBinding: 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.
decorationNoteDecoration: 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.
msNoteAnnotations: 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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Last Edit2021-06-03 12:00:00

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  02144856

GlasgowUL : Sp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.9

hostItemIdih00267000
imprint : ,
fullistc

copy

copyId02144856
holdingInstitutionIdGlasgowUL
shelfmarkSp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.9
holdingsNoteBv.2.9
notePartial 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.
paperSize275 × 196 mm
copyFeaturesNoteImperfections: 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.
electronicReproductionGlasgow Incunabula Project See the description of this item and digitised pages on the Glasgow Incunabula Project's Website
otherIdentifierH28 ()

provenance

ownerRatcliffe, John, 1707-1776 In book sale catalogue.
noteJohn Ratcliffe (1707-1776), book collector: lot 1669 in 'Bibliotheca Ratcliffiana' (1776)

provenance

ownerHunter, William, 1718-1783 Purchased at Ratcliffe sale.
noteWilliam 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)

provenance

placenameGlasgow (Geonames ID: 2648579)
Areae-uk-st
Provenance nameUniversity of Glasgow [Corporate body] Current Owner
NoteUniversity of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark "M.5.9".
Binding noteBinding: 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.
Decoration NoteDecoration: 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.
Manuscript notesAnnotations: 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.

Other Information

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