Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02146452 CW-6 [02146452]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-6

ISTC No.ij00188000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleSermones de sanctis
ImprintAugsburg : Hermann Kästlin, 10 Apr. 1484
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjecttheology pastoral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146452
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-6
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves269 × 187 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance ca 1500

Areae-gx
Provenance nameHopffenpeth, Wolfgang, ca 1500 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Decoration
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: Wolfgang Hopffenpeth (?) Inscription on last page of text: 188r. Last part of surname uncertain.
Date of evidence1485-1525
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ornamental lettersYes
Rubrication noteRubrication limited to single large red capital at beginning of text. Other large capitals in black ink.
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1500 - 1800

Areae-gx
Time period1500 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous monastery, Germany, 16th century [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Link to Provenance ImageDamaged inscription: "Bibliothecam M [ ] caensis" Possibly monastery in Munich. Inscription at top of table of contents, the first page of printed text. Fading and some loss of text due to water damage.
Inscription: "Iste liber est Sancti Mi[indecipherable] Inscription on f. 198v. Badly faded and some loss of text.
Front cover of binding. Pigskin binding with extensive blind-tooled decorations.
Date of evidence1500-1600
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary German pigskin binding with blind tooling and religious imagery. Bishop's coat of arms in oval stamped at center of binding, framed by blind tooled decoration with profiles of 18 men. In center of back cover is an oval stamp with image of St. George slaying the dragon. Faint handwritten title on spine.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions280 × 220 × mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184801
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1855 - 1875

Areae-uk-en
Time period1855 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, England, 1855-1875 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageBookseller's notation on the book. In pencil on front pastedown. Author, title and publication information.
Date of evidence1855-1875
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 Exlibris for Walter Arthur Copinger Exlibris 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.
On top left of front pastedown: rectangular white printed label “From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger.”
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
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 Edit2023-03-17 19:15:44

All Copies

  02146452

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-6

ISTC No.ij00188000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleSermones de sanctis
ImprintAugsburg : Hermann Kästlin, 10 Apr. 1484
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjecttheology pastoral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146452
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-6
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves269 × 187 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance

Areae-gx
Provenance nameHopffenpeth, Wolfgang, ca 1500 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Decoration
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: Wolfgang Hopffenpeth (?) Inscription on last page of text: 188r. Last part of surname uncertain.
Date of evidence1485-1525
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ornamental lettersYes
Rubrication noteRubrication limited to single large red capital at beginning of text. Other large capitals in black ink.
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1500 - 1800

Areae-gx
Time period1500 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous monastery, Germany, 16th century [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Link to Provenance ImageDamaged inscription: "Bibliothecam M [ ] caensis" Possibly monastery in Munich. Inscription at top of table of contents, the first page of printed text. Fading and some loss of text due to water damage.
Inscription: "Iste liber est Sancti Mi[indecipherable] Inscription on f. 198v. Badly faded and some loss of text.
Front cover of binding. Pigskin binding with extensive blind-tooled decorations.
Date of evidence1500-1600
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary German pigskin binding with blind tooling and religious imagery. Bishop's coat of arms in oval stamped at center of binding, framed by blind tooled decoration with profiles of 18 men. In center of back cover is an oval stamp with image of St. George slaying the dragon. Faint handwritten title on spine.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions280 × 220 × mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184801
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1855 - 1875

Areae-uk-en
Time period1855 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, England, 1855-1875 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageBookseller's notation on the book. In pencil on front pastedown. Author, title and publication information.
Date of evidence1855-1875
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 Exlibris for Walter Arthur Copinger Exlibris 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.
On top left of front pastedown: rectangular white printed label “From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger.”
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
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 Edit2023-03-17 19:15:44