Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02148233 CW-270 [02148233]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-270

ISTC No.ie00166000
TitleExpositio officii missae sacrique canonis
Imprint[Strassburg : Printer of Henricus Ariminensis (Georg Reyser?), not after 23 Dec. 1473]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordscommentary
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148233
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-270
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy.
Size of leaves305 × 215 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLacks front blank leaf (a1).
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1473 - 1802

PlaceAugsburg (Geonames ID: 2954172)
Areae-gx
Time period1473 - 1802
Provenance nameAugsburg, Stift St. Georg, Augustinians, OSA, 1135-1802 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Keller, Ambrosius, 1471-1488 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Decoration
Link to Provenance ImageInscriptions for St. Georg monastery in Augsburg. Two inscriptions at the top of f. 1r: At top in block letters: "S. Georgii Augustae" In a cursive hand at the close of the title block: "Bibliothe[ca] Georgii Augu[ustae] Vindel[icorum]"
Early manuscript quotation and decorative work on back pastedown. "Nemo est tam prudens ta[m] [unclear word] t[am] qui non. [unclear word] labatur. H[a]ec? Lactan[?]
Handwritten title and decoration on front pastedown In Gothic letters: "Exposito Misse et canonis sacri", followed by decorative leaf. Below in a different hand, a decorative "IHS."
Front cover of contemporary binding. Binding attributed to Ambrosius Keller of Augsburg.
Date of evidence15th - 17th century
Binding noteContemporary leather binding with blind-tooled decorations on the front and back covers. Faded manuscript label on front cover and manuscript label attached to spine. Early binding attributed to Ambrosius Keller in Augsburg: EBDB w00325. Yellow page edges, presumably colored at a much later date.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions316 × 219 × 51 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184556
https://www.hist-einband.de/en/werkstattdetails.html?entityID=500168w
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingBlind
EdgesColoured
hasOrnamentalLettersbooleanyes
hasRubricationbooleanyes
rubricationNoteRubrication throughout, with large capitals in red ink. (Late 15th - early 16th century)
msNoteNo notes in text, but manuscript title and decorative "IHS" on front pastedown, and manuscript Latin quotation in Gothic script on back pastedown, decorative flourishes.
histShelfmarkManuscript 16th-17th century label on the spine: "75"
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1803 - 1850?

placenameMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
areae-gx
timeperiod1803 - 1850?
ownerMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1558- (, )
provenanceType1
noteFaint note in pencil "Dpl" at top of 1r. Notation "Dupl" suggests that the book came to the Staatsbibliothek as a result of the closing of the Bavarian monasteries at the beginning of the 19th century, and then was sold as a duplicate later in the century.
provDatemid-19th century
methodofacqh
certaintyb
psourcea

provenance 1880 - 1898

placenameManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1880 - 1898
ownerCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImageEarly 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.
Copinger's exlibris is undated.
provDate1898
methodofacqa
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
Link to Provenance ImageEx-Libris for the Free Library of Philadelphia, ca. 1900 ""The Free Library of Philadelphia. The H. Josephine Widener Branch. Gift of P.A.B. Widener, ESQ." Link is to image of the same Ex-Libris in MEI record: https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146531.
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 Edit2023-03-08 20:51:32

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  02148233

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-270

ISTC No.ie00166000
TitleExpositio officii missae sacrique canonis
Imprint[Strassburg : Printer of Henricus Ariminensis (Georg Reyser?), not after 23 Dec. 1473]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordscommentary
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148233
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-270
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy.
Size of leaves305 × 215 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLacks front blank leaf (a1).
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1473 - 1802

PlaceAugsburg (Geonames ID: 2954172)
Areae-gx
Time period1473 - 1802
Provenance nameAugsburg, Stift St. Georg, Augustinians, OSA, 1135-1802 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Keller, Ambrosius, 1471-1488 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Decoration
Link to Provenance ImageInscriptions for St. Georg monastery in Augsburg. Two inscriptions at the top of f. 1r: At top in block letters: "S. Georgii Augustae" In a cursive hand at the close of the title block: "Bibliothe[ca] Georgii Augu[ustae] Vindel[icorum]"
Early manuscript quotation and decorative work on back pastedown. "Nemo est tam prudens ta[m] [unclear word] t[am] qui non. [unclear word] labatur. H[a]ec? Lactan[?]
Handwritten title and decoration on front pastedown In Gothic letters: "Exposito Misse et canonis sacri", followed by decorative leaf. Below in a different hand, a decorative "IHS."
Front cover of contemporary binding. Binding attributed to Ambrosius Keller of Augsburg.
Date of evidence15th - 17th century
Binding noteContemporary leather binding with blind-tooled decorations on the front and back covers. Faded manuscript label on front cover and manuscript label attached to spine. Early binding attributed to Ambrosius Keller in Augsburg: EBDB w00325. Yellow page edges, presumably colored at a much later date.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions316 × 219 × 51 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184556
https://www.hist-einband.de/en/werkstattdetails.html?entityID=500168w
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingBlind
EdgesColoured
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication throughout, with large capitals in red ink. (Late 15th - early 16th century)
Manuscript notesNo notes in text, but manuscript title and decorative "IHS" on front pastedown, and manuscript Latin quotation in Gothic script on back pastedown, decorative flourishes.
Historic ShelfmarkManuscript 16th-17th century label on the spine: "75"
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1803 - 1850?

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1803 - 1850?
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1558- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
NoteFaint note in pencil "Dpl" at top of 1r. Notation "Dupl" suggests that the book came to the Staatsbibliothek as a result of the closing of the Bavarian monasteries at the beginning of the 19th century, and then was sold as a duplicate later in the century.
Date of evidencemid-19th century
Method of acquisitionRequisition
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
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.
Copinger's exlibris is undated.
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
Link to Provenance ImageEx-Libris for the Free Library of Philadelphia, ca. 1900 ""The Free Library of Philadelphia. The H. Josephine Widener Branch. Gift of P.A.B. Widener, ESQ." Link is to image of the same Ex-Libris in MEI record: https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146531.
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 Edit2023-03-08 20:51:32