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
certaintya
psourcea
f

provenance 1898 -

placenamePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us
timeperiod1898 -
ownerFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present (, )
provenanceType1
1
notePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
provDate1898
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2023-03-28 19:36:57

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copyId02148295
holdingInstitutionIdPhFL
holdingInstitutionCollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
shelfmarkCW-297
noteCreated by E. Pumroy.
paperSize272 × 194 mm
copyType1
supportMaterialBooka

provenance 1480 - 1802

placenameSeemannshausen (Geonames ID: 2833638)
areae-gx
timeperiod1480 - 1802
ownerSeemannshausen, Bavaria, Augustinian Hermits, S. Maria Magdalena, OESA, 1263-1802 (, )
provenanceType1
1
1
1
provenanceImageInscription: "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.
methodofacqx
bindingNoteContemporary 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.
bindingDates
bindingTypec
boardMaterialc
coverMaterialb
furniture1
bindingStatuse
bindingdimensions285 × 198 × 60 mm
bindingDescriptionhttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184563
https://www.hist-einband.de/de/werkstattdetails.html?entityID=500983s
titling
toolinga
rubricationNoteRubrication limited to large decorative capitals in red ink.
msNoteSmall number of manuscript notes, most are keywords and section markers, especially in section "Femina."
msFrequencyb
msLocationd
hasMsExtractedKeywordsbooleanyes
hasMsStructuringbooleanyes
histShelfmarkHandwritten shelfmark on label affixed to the spine: "i258."
certaintya
psourcea

provenance

placenameMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
areae-gx
ownerMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1558- (, )
provenanceType1
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.
provDateearly to mid 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 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.
provDate1898
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
f

provenance 1898 -

placenamePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us
timeperiod1898 -
ownerFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present (, )
provenanceType1
1
notePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
provDate1898
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2023-03-28 19:36:57