Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02148295 CW-297 [02148295]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-297

ISTC No.ig00311000
AuthorGobius, Johannes (junior)
TitleScala coeli
ImprintUlm : Johann Zainer, 1480
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Moral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148295
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-297
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy.
Size of leaves272 × 194 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1480 - 1802

PlaceSeemannshausen (Geonames ID: 2833638)
Areae-gx
Time period1480 - 1802
Provenance nameSeemannshausen, Bavaria, Augustinian Hermits, S. Maria Magdalena, OESA, 1263-1802 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Conventus Seemanshausensis 1625" Inscription in ink on 1r
Inscription: "Conventus Seemanshausensis Ord. Erem. S.P. Augustini" Inscription in ink at top of 2r, the beginning of the text.
Inscription: "Ex Libris Monasterii Seemanshausenis". In block letters on front pastedown, followed by 2 line sentence in Latin about numbers: "Tres sunt quatuor, quator sunt septe, septe sunt sex, sex sunt tres et [Si?] omnia numeres sunt quinq[u]e."
Front cover of binding. Contemporary German binding with blind tooling.
NoteThree ownership inscriptions for the Augustinian monastery at Seemanshausen; one dated 1625, and the other two undated.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary German sheepskin binding, with later pigskin binding over the spine, with manuscript label and shelf mark. Marks on covers where clasps were attached. Attributed to Augsburg bindery, EBDB w002141.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions285 × 198 × 60 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184563
https://www.hist-einband.de/de/werkstattdetails.html?entityID=500983s
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingBlind
Rubrication noteRubrication limited to large decorative capitals in red ink.
Manuscript notesSmall number of manuscript notes, most are keywords and section markers, especially in section "Femina."
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
Historic ShelfmarkHandwritten shelfmark on label affixed to the spine: "i258."
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1558-

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1558- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
NoteNotation "Duplum" on front pastedown 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 to mid 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 ex-libris for 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” in upper left corner of front pastedown.
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 Edit2023-03-28 19:36:57

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  02148295

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-297

ISTC No.ig00311000
AuthorGobius, Johannes (junior)
TitleScala coeli
ImprintUlm : Johann Zainer, 1480
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Moral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148295
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-297
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy.
Size of leaves272 × 194 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1480 - 1802

PlaceSeemannshausen (Geonames ID: 2833638)
Areae-gx
Time period1480 - 1802
Provenance nameSeemannshausen, Bavaria, Augustinian Hermits, S. Maria Magdalena, OESA, 1263-1802 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Conventus Seemanshausensis 1625" Inscription in ink on 1r
Inscription: "Conventus Seemanshausensis Ord. Erem. S.P. Augustini" Inscription in ink at top of 2r, the beginning of the text.
Inscription: "Ex Libris Monasterii Seemanshausenis". In block letters on front pastedown, followed by 2 line sentence in Latin about numbers: "Tres sunt quatuor, quator sunt septe, septe sunt sex, sex sunt tres et [Si?] omnia numeres sunt quinq[u]e."
Front cover of binding. Contemporary German binding with blind tooling.
NoteThree ownership inscriptions for the Augustinian monastery at Seemanshausen; one dated 1625, and the other two undated.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary German sheepskin binding, with later pigskin binding over the spine, with manuscript label and shelf mark. Marks on covers where clasps were attached. Attributed to Augsburg bindery, EBDB w002141.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions285 × 198 × 60 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184563
https://www.hist-einband.de/de/werkstattdetails.html?entityID=500983s
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingBlind
Rubrication noteRubrication limited to large decorative capitals in red ink.
Manuscript notesSmall number of manuscript notes, most are keywords and section markers, especially in section "Femina."
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
Historic ShelfmarkHandwritten shelfmark on label affixed to the spine: "i258."
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1558- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
NoteNotation "Duplum" on front pastedown 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 to mid 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 ex-libris for 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” in upper left corner of front pastedown.
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 Edit2023-03-28 19:36:57