Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02146303 CW-21 [02146303]

Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-21

ISTC No.ic00292000
AuthorCato, Pseudo-
TitleDisticha de moribus. Comm: Philippus de Bergamo, Robertus de Euremodio
ImprintAugsburg : [Anton Sorg], 2 Nov. 1475
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Moral
Keywordspoetry; education; commentary
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146303
Holding InstitutionFree Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-21
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves300 × 207 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in manuscript
Copy Features - NoteMissing printed pages 361r-362v and 381r-382v. Text supplied in contemporary hand and bound in the appropriate places
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1465 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1465 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous monastery, Germany, Bavaria [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Keller, Ambrosius, 1471-1488 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageFront cover of contemporary binding Binding attributed to Ambrosius Keller, active in Augsburg in the late 15th century.
Partial inscription for monastery: "M[o]n[aste]rij A[??]" On folio 1r. Name of monastery in right margin either abbreviated or partially trimmed off.
Ornamental initial letter, folio 1r
Manuscript version of missing text. folio 361v
NoteMonastery inscription on folio 1r, but monastery name either severely abbreviated or partially trimmed off. The monastery is likely to be in Bavaria since the book was bound in Augsburg and was in the hands of the Bavarian State Library after the dissolution of the monasteries.
Date of evidence1475-150
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note15th century calfskin binding, attibuted to Ambrosius Keller of Augsburg. See EBDB w000325. Leather tabs on front edges of pages to mark divisions within the text; most were trimmed off.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions300 × 212 × 108 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184555
https://www.hist-einband.de/de/werkstattdetails.html?entityID=500168w
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteLarge capitals in red throughout the text; in the middle section there are also running heads with section titles in red, and red capital and paragraph strokes. (1475-1500)
Manuscript notesA small number of manuscript notes except for 361r-362v and 381r-382v where the missing printed pages were replaced by manuscript transcriptions in a contemporary hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

Provenance 1803 -

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1803 -
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1558- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
Link to Provenance ImageNotation "Inc. Typ. Nro. 1510" Notation on front pastedown.
NoteInscription "Inc. Typ. Nro 1510" on front pastedown is in the hand of Johann Baptist Bernhard (1759-1821), the librarian in the Königliche Hof- und Staatsbibliothek, München, who was chiefly responsible for processing the intake from monastic libraries in the first two decades of the 19th century.
Method of acquisitionRequisition
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

Provenance 1820 - 1860

Areae-gx
Time period1820 - 1860
Provenance nameAnonymous German bookdealer, 1800-1875 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageFront pastedown with German dealer's handwritten description of the book.
Date of evidence1840-1880
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1880 - 1898

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1880 - 1898
Provenance nameCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageEarly ex-libris of Walter Arthur Copinger. Ex-libris with coat of arms, but no frame or date. Link is to image of the same ex-libris in MEI record https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146186.
NoteBook listed in the catalogue of Copinger's collection: Handlist of a Collection of Incunabula, Illustrating the Progress and Development of the Art of Printing Prior to the Year 1500, By Specimens from Over Three Hundred Different Presses. [London]: Privately Printed and Not for Circulation. 1898.
Rectangular white printed label “From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger” attached to upper left side of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1898 -

PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us
Time period1898 -
Provenance nameFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Unknown, Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
NotePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-04-26 18:40:01

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  02146303

Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-21

ISTC No.ic00292000
AuthorCato, Pseudo-
TitleDisticha de moribus. Comm: Philippus de Bergamo, Robertus de Euremodio
ImprintAugsburg : [Anton Sorg], 2 Nov. 1475
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Moral
Keywordspoetry; education; commentary
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146303
Holding InstitutionFree Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-21
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves300 × 207 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in manuscript
Copy Features - NoteMissing printed pages 361r-362v and 381r-382v. Text supplied in contemporary hand and bound in the appropriate places
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1465 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1465 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous monastery, Germany, Bavaria [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Keller, Ambrosius, 1471-1488 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageFront cover of contemporary binding Binding attributed to Ambrosius Keller, active in Augsburg in the late 15th century.
Partial inscription for monastery: "M[o]n[aste]rij A[??]" On folio 1r. Name of monastery in right margin either abbreviated or partially trimmed off.
Ornamental initial letter, folio 1r
Manuscript version of missing text. folio 361v
NoteMonastery inscription on folio 1r, but monastery name either severely abbreviated or partially trimmed off. The monastery is likely to be in Bavaria since the book was bound in Augsburg and was in the hands of the Bavarian State Library after the dissolution of the monasteries.
Date of evidence1475-150
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note15th century calfskin binding, attibuted to Ambrosius Keller of Augsburg. See EBDB w000325. Leather tabs on front edges of pages to mark divisions within the text; most were trimmed off.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions300 × 212 × 108 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184555
https://www.hist-einband.de/de/werkstattdetails.html?entityID=500168w
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteLarge capitals in red throughout the text; in the middle section there are also running heads with section titles in red, and red capital and paragraph strokes. (1475-1500)
Manuscript notesA small number of manuscript notes except for 361r-362v and 381r-382v where the missing printed pages were replaced by manuscript transcriptions in a contemporary hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

Provenance 1803 -

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1803 -
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1558- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
Link to Provenance ImageNotation "Inc. Typ. Nro. 1510" Notation on front pastedown.
NoteInscription "Inc. Typ. Nro 1510" on front pastedown is in the hand of Johann Baptist Bernhard (1759-1821), the librarian in the Königliche Hof- und Staatsbibliothek, München, who was chiefly responsible for processing the intake from monastic libraries in the first two decades of the 19th century.
Method of acquisitionRequisition
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

Provenance 1820 - 1860

Areae-gx
Time period1820 - 1860
Provenance nameAnonymous German bookdealer, 1800-1875 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageFront pastedown with German dealer's handwritten description of the book.
Date of evidence1840-1880
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1880 - 1898

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1880 - 1898
Provenance nameCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageEarly ex-libris of Walter Arthur Copinger. Ex-libris with coat of arms, but no frame or date. Link is to image of the same ex-libris in MEI record https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146186.
NoteBook listed in the catalogue of Copinger's collection: Handlist of a Collection of Incunabula, Illustrating the Progress and Development of the Art of Printing Prior to the Year 1500, By Specimens from Over Three Hundred Different Presses. [London]: Privately Printed and Not for Circulation. 1898.
Rectangular white printed label “From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger” attached to upper left side of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1898 -

PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us
Time period1898 -
Provenance nameFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Unknown, Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
NotePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-04-26 18:40:01