Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02146831 CW-161 [02146831]

Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-161

ISTC No.ij00529000
AuthorJustinianus
TitleInstitutiones. Comm: Franciscus Accursius
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 27 Dec. 1486
Format
Languagelat
SubjectLaw-Civil
Keywordseducation; commentary
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146831
Holding InstitutionFree Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-161
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves308 × 211 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteIncludes blank leaves at the front and back: a1 and k8.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1802

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period - 1802
Provenance nameMunich, Franciscan Observants, S. Jacobus, later S. Antonius de Padua, OFMObs, -1802 [Person; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Stamp
Binding
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Monachii ad PP Franciscanos Bibl." On first page of the main text (a2r)
Front cover of binding. With manuscript label.
Circular stamp on top edge. Inside of circle are the letters "S J[?] M".
Date of evidence16th - 17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary German binding, half pigskin over wood boards. Back board replaced in 1981. No front pastedown page. Marks from missing clasps on front cover.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions321 × 220 × 43 mm
TitlingManuscript, Manuscript label
ToolingBlind
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication throughout. Large capitals in red and blue, subsections marked in red and blue. (16th century)
Manuscript notesTwo extensive notes near the front of the book (c1 recto and verso); no notes in the rest of the book.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half
CommentsYes
Historic ShelfmarkManuscript letter "U" on spine.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1802 -

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1802 -
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1558- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
NoteNotation "Duplum" is similar to the markings used by the Bavarian State Library to deaccession duplicate volumes acquired through the closing of Bavarian monasteries.
Date of evidenceearly 19th century
Method of acquisitionRequisition
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 of 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.
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
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-03-15 16:55:16

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  02146831

Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-161

ISTC No.ij00529000
AuthorJustinianus
TitleInstitutiones. Comm: Franciscus Accursius
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 27 Dec. 1486
Format
Languagelat
SubjectLaw-Civil
Keywordseducation; commentary
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146831
Holding InstitutionFree Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-161
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves308 × 211 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteIncludes blank leaves at the front and back: a1 and k8.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1802

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period - 1802
Provenance nameMunich, Franciscan Observants, S. Jacobus, later S. Antonius de Padua, OFMObs, -1802 [Person; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Stamp
Binding
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Monachii ad PP Franciscanos Bibl." On first page of the main text (a2r)
Front cover of binding. With manuscript label.
Circular stamp on top edge. Inside of circle are the letters "S J[?] M".
Date of evidence16th - 17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary German binding, half pigskin over wood boards. Back board replaced in 1981. No front pastedown page. Marks from missing clasps on front cover.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions321 × 220 × 43 mm
TitlingManuscript, Manuscript label
ToolingBlind
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication throughout. Large capitals in red and blue, subsections marked in red and blue. (16th century)
Manuscript notesTwo extensive notes near the front of the book (c1 recto and verso); no notes in the rest of the book.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half
CommentsYes
Historic ShelfmarkManuscript letter "U" on spine.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1802 -

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1802 -
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1558- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
NoteNotation "Duplum" is similar to the markings used by the Bavarian State Library to deaccession duplicate volumes acquired through the closing of Bavarian monasteries.
Date of evidenceearly 19th century
Method of acquisitionRequisition
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 of 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.
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
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-03-15 16:55:16