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mei/02145819 Mon. typ. 1491 2° 00004 [02145819]

Gotha, Forschungsbibliothek (DE) : Mon. typ. 1491 2° 00004

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
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02145819
Holding InstitutionGotha, Forschungsbibliothek (DE)
ShelfmarkMon. typ. 1491 2° 00004
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak for the Fondazione Cini project "Dante 1491" with data provided by Dr. Dietrich Hakelberg (Head of Collection Development and Cataloguing, Forschungsbibliothek Gotha).
Size of leaves275 × 200 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Later decoration
Copy Features - NoteIncomplete: missing leaves d1 (=fol. XXV), d8 (=fol. XXXII), e1-e7 (=fols. XXXIIII-XXXIX), s8 (=fol. CXLIIII). Erroneous foliation: CXXXVIII (twice, s2, s3), CXLI (skipped). All 3 full-page wodcuts are present. Woodcut vignettes are missing with fols. XXXII and XXXVI.
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic Reproductioncopy digitisation

Provenance 1501 - 1700

Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Decoration
NoteOn fol. s1v, doodle of a building roof in brown ink, reminiscent of the shape of the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.
Decoration NoteSpace for coat of arms on fol. s1v filled in brown ink (including animal figure sejant-sinister). On fol. a1v, a different coat of arms is supplied in a different ink, seemingly later than on s1v.
Coat of armsYes
Manuscript notesOn fol. a1r, ms note in brown ink in a 16c hand, "dante col landino ???". Given the position of this note, the volume may have at the time been missing the opening quire containing Landino's Proemio and other prefatory matter.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1757 - 1800

Areae-it
Time period1757 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1701-1800 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Decoration
NoteThe copy has been trimmed and rebound in the 18th c., in the course of which 107 copperplates from the Commedia edition printed by Antonio Zatta, Venice 1757, have been added.
Binding noteHalf leather, 18th c., probably Italian, marbled paper on fly leaves, gilt on spine: "Il Dante col commento di C. Landino 1491. Aggiuntevi Figure 107 in rame".
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 -

PlaceGotha (Geonames ID: 6550987)
Areae-gx
Time period1801 -
Provenance nameGotha, Herzogliche Bibliothek [now Forschungsbibliothek], 1640- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageAuthority record for the library stamp in the GND
NoteAcquisition date approximate. The book entered into the library collections when it was still a ducal library (see stamp).
Method of acquisitionunknown
StampsStamp: BIBLIOTHECA DVCALIS GOTHANA (on first page of text)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-02-18 15:20:05

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  02145819

Gotha, Forschungsbibliothek (DE) : Mon. typ. 1491 2° 00004

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
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02145819
Holding InstitutionGotha, Forschungsbibliothek (DE)
ShelfmarkMon. typ. 1491 2° 00004
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak for the Fondazione Cini project "Dante 1491" with data provided by Dr. Dietrich Hakelberg (Head of Collection Development and Cataloguing, Forschungsbibliothek Gotha).
Size of leaves275 × 200 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Later decoration
Copy Features - NoteIncomplete: missing leaves d1 (=fol. XXV), d8 (=fol. XXXII), e1-e7 (=fols. XXXIIII-XXXIX), s8 (=fol. CXLIIII). Erroneous foliation: CXXXVIII (twice, s2, s3), CXLI (skipped). All 3 full-page wodcuts are present. Woodcut vignettes are missing with fols. XXXII and XXXVI.
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic Reproductioncopy digitisation

Provenance 1501 - 1700

Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Decoration
NoteOn fol. s1v, doodle of a building roof in brown ink, reminiscent of the shape of the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.
Decoration NoteSpace for coat of arms on fol. s1v filled in brown ink (including animal figure sejant-sinister). On fol. a1v, a different coat of arms is supplied in a different ink, seemingly later than on s1v.
Coat of armsYes
Manuscript notesOn fol. a1r, ms note in brown ink in a 16c hand, "dante col landino ???". Given the position of this note, the volume may have at the time been missing the opening quire containing Landino's Proemio and other prefatory matter.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1757 - 1800

Areae-it
Time period1757 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1701-1800 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Decoration
NoteThe copy has been trimmed and rebound in the 18th c., in the course of which 107 copperplates from the Commedia edition printed by Antonio Zatta, Venice 1757, have been added.
Binding noteHalf leather, 18th c., probably Italian, marbled paper on fly leaves, gilt on spine: "Il Dante col commento di C. Landino 1491. Aggiuntevi Figure 107 in rame".
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 -

PlaceGotha (Geonames ID: 6550987)
Areae-gx
Time period1801 -
Provenance nameGotha, Herzogliche Bibliothek [now Forschungsbibliothek], 1640- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageAuthority record for the library stamp in the GND
NoteAcquisition date approximate. The book entered into the library collections when it was still a ducal library (see stamp).
Method of acquisitionunknown
StampsStamp: BIBLIOTHECA DVCALIS GOTHANA (on first page of text)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-02-18 15:20:05