Urbana-Champaign IL, University of Illinois, University Library (US)
: Q. 851 D23OD1491
ISTC No.id00032000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia. Comm: Christophorus Landinus. Ed: Piero da Figino. Add: Pseudo- Dante: Il Credo
ImprintVenice : Bernardinus Benalius and Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca), 3 Mar. 1491
Formatf°
Languageita
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02145625
Holding InstitutionUrbana-Champaign IL, University of Illinois, University Library (US)
CollectionRare Book & Manuscript Library
ShelfmarkQ. 851 D23OD1491
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak for the Fondazione Cini Project "Dante 1491".
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in manuscript
Copy Features - Note"Imperfections: Lacking leaves [1-10]; last leaf mounted, with holes affecting text; leaf a2 margins repaired, not affecting text; a small coat of arms is colored and partly erased, with holes, in woodcut on leaf a1v; wormholes in margin of quires t-x, not affecting text."
On L8r, a few letters supplied in manuscript as part of an early (16c?) minor repair.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceHarman, M. Incunabula in the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign (1979), 318.
Provenance
1491 -
1550
Areae-it
Time period1491 - 1550
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteIn spaces with guide letters, instead of printed woodcut initials, red Lombardic capitals provided throughout most the volume.
The space for a coat of arms on a1v filled with two superimposed unidentified coats of arms in brown ink (bendy of six; per pale argent and sable), and flanked by the initials ".Z. .?.". On C1r, bendy argent and gules (/bandato di argento e di rosso).
Coat of armsYes
Manuscript notesOn lower margin of a1r, "Restaurata" in a 15/16c hand.
Additions to two printed illustrations: on C4v (Pg 2), "carlo e manuel ... qui suo fratello" written within the space of two boats in the vignette; on L3v (Pd 32), ".s. piero" by the figure of St Peter. On H5r (Pd 21) figure of Saturn covered with brown ink, unclear if deliberately.
On L8r, reading marks and minor repair includes a few letters supplied in a 16c hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
CompletionsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note16/17c? limp vellum, remains of leather ties.
Binding typeLimp
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureYes
ToolingNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1918 -
1936
Areae-gx
Time period1918 - 1936
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
NoteInventory number in blue pencil, "13665", in Otto Vollbehr's hand. The numbering of the small woodcut vignettes in pencil, and note by the final one (L5r), "Schluss", possibly also by Vollbehr (or another contemporary German-speaking bookseller).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1898 -
1942
PlaceNew Haven (Geonames ID: 4839366)
Arean-us
Time period1898 - 1942
Binding noteSale catalogue cutting on front pastedown (item numbered 185), describing this copy, may originate from this period.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Provenance
1942 -
PlaceUrbana-Champaign (Geonames ID: 4914570)
Arean-us
Time period1942 -
Provenance TypeAccession mark
NotePurchased from Gimbel, 3 July 1942, as indicated by pencil note on inner margin of a3r.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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