Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02148437 Inc. 14a/ Inc. C. 14a [02148437]

Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române (RM) : Inc. 14a/ Inc. C. 14a

ISTC No.ie00177000
AuthorEyb, Albertus de
TitleMargarita poetica
Imprint[Venice : Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 1 Jan. 1493
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
Keywordsantology; education
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148437
Holding InstitutionCluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române (RM)
ShelfmarkInc. 14a/ Inc. C. 14a
Also bound with this copyValerius Maximus, Gaius: Facta et dicta memorabilia. Comm: Oliverius Arzignanensis. - Venice : Guilelmus Anima Mia, Tridinensis, 12 Aug. 1491 [iv00039000]
NoteFormer shelfmarks:
Front inner board: “N. 32 B. 6” (in red pencil) and label in brown ink; “Ősnyomtatvány 82. B. 9-10”
f. a1: “N. 32 B. 6” (crossed out); “24. B. 7 (crossed out); “74. B. 6 a, b”
Manuscript fragments used to consolidate the spine:
I. (four fragments, approx. 55 x 130mm): written in an enlarged Northern textualis visible at the front and rear of binding; pasted to the boards/spine with the exception of one piece. Three fragments preserved on the front (two containing text) and four on the back (two with text).
II. (two fragments; front: 17-20 x 310mm, back: 14 x 314mm ): extracted from a bifolio (text written on two columns). Late 13th century/early 14th, French?
The two fragments come from the notebook of a university student. They contain excerpts form Thomas Aquino's "De rationibus Fidei", "De operationibus occultis naturae" and other notes (in a more cursive hand).
Size of leaves316 × 212 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1501 - 1600

PlaceAlba Iulia (Geonames ID: 686578)
Areae-rm
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameCathedral and Chapter of Alba Iulia [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on f. air: “Liber Ecclesie Albensis”
Date of evidenceunknown
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note15th-century Gothic full leather binding. Blind-stamped brown tanned skin. Binding in a relatively good condition; damages at the top and corners. Two decorated catch plates, no straps. Back board cracked in the middle. Title stamped at the top. in Gothic characters.
The volume was bound in Krakow, according to the information available on Einbanddatenbank. Decorations in the order of appearance, with identification no. in Einbanddatenbank:
I. First row: St. Barbara [41 x 16 mm; s017117]; Madonna with child [43 x 16mm; s017118]; St. Catherine [14 x 16mm; s017119]
II. Second row: St. Barbara, Christ standing in tomb [40 x 15mm; s017120], St. Catherine
Eagles marking each corner (30 x 23mm).
Back board: arches with flowers inside (50 x 15mm).
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
Decoration NoteNo decorations. Reserved spaces and lettres d’attente.
Manuscript notesBoth Inc. C. 14a/b glossed/annotated by the same reader in three successive reading sessions; signaled by changes in ink colour (brown ink, dark brown ink, light/golden brown ink). Interest decreases after f. ciiv. Ocassional annotation after f. ciiv by H1 (verses underlined) and H2 (brown ink, broader/thicker pen, large characters)
Between ff. pii recto-pv verso annotated, highlights and initials in red ink (names of philosophers, emperors, literary characters: Plato, Scipio, Cato, Salustius, Virgilius, Plutus etc.)
Medieval pagination top right-hand corner.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookFirst half
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Lecture notesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1693 - 1773

PlaceCluj-Napoca (Geonames ID: 681290)
Areae-rm
Time period1693 - 1773
Provenance nameJesuit College, Cluj, 1579-1773 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteNote on f. air: “Societatis Jesu Inscriptus Catalogo Collegii Claudiopolitani”
Date of evidenceunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1773 - 1948

PlaceCluj-Napoca (Geonames ID: 681290)
Areae-rm
Time period1773 - 1948
Provenance nameCatholic (Royal) High School, Cluj-Napoca, 1773-1948 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Library, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Stamp
NoteInscription/Stamp on f. air: “Bibliotheca Lyc. Regii Claudiopolitani 1832” and stamp: “Róm(ai) Kath(ólikus) Líceumi Könyvtár – Kolozsvártt”
Date of evidence1832
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1950 -

PlaceCluj-Napoca (Geonames ID: 681290)
Areae-rm
Time period1950 -
Provenance nameAcademy Library, Cluj-Napoca, 1950- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Unknown, Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
NoteStamp: "Academia R.P.R./ Filiala Cluj/ Biblioteca/ Nr. I. I/14/ 1961"
Date of evidence1961
Method of acquisitionRequisition
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-05-09 17:13:02

All Copies

  02148437

Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române (RM) : Inc. 14a/ Inc. C. 14a

ISTC No.ie00177000
AuthorEyb, Albertus de
TitleMargarita poetica
Imprint[Venice : Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 1 Jan. 1493
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
Keywordsantology; education
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148437
Holding InstitutionCluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române (RM)
ShelfmarkInc. 14a/ Inc. C. 14a
Also bound with this copyValerius Maximus, Gaius: Facta et dicta memorabilia. Comm: Oliverius Arzignanensis. - Venice : Guilelmus Anima Mia, Tridinensis, 12 Aug. 1491 [iv00039000]
NoteFormer shelfmarks:
Front inner board: “N. 32 B. 6” (in red pencil) and label in brown ink; “Ősnyomtatvány 82. B. 9-10”
f. a1: “N. 32 B. 6” (crossed out); “24. B. 7 (crossed out); “74. B. 6 a, b”
Manuscript fragments used to consolidate the spine:
I. (four fragments, approx. 55 x 130mm): written in an enlarged Northern textualis visible at the front and rear of binding; pasted to the boards/spine with the exception of one piece. Three fragments preserved on the front (two containing text) and four on the back (two with text).
II. (two fragments; front: 17-20 x 310mm, back: 14 x 314mm ): extracted from a bifolio (text written on two columns). Late 13th century/early 14th, French?
The two fragments come from the notebook of a university student. They contain excerpts form Thomas Aquino's "De rationibus Fidei", "De operationibus occultis naturae" and other notes (in a more cursive hand).
Size of leaves316 × 212 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1501 - 1600

PlaceAlba Iulia (Geonames ID: 686578)
Areae-rm
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameCathedral and Chapter of Alba Iulia [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on f. air: “Liber Ecclesie Albensis”
Date of evidenceunknown
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note15th-century Gothic full leather binding. Blind-stamped brown tanned skin. Binding in a relatively good condition; damages at the top and corners. Two decorated catch plates, no straps. Back board cracked in the middle. Title stamped at the top. in Gothic characters.
The volume was bound in Krakow, according to the information available on Einbanddatenbank. Decorations in the order of appearance, with identification no. in Einbanddatenbank:
I. First row: St. Barbara [41 x 16 mm; s017117]; Madonna with child [43 x 16mm; s017118]; St. Catherine [14 x 16mm; s017119]
II. Second row: St. Barbara, Christ standing in tomb [40 x 15mm; s017120], St. Catherine
Eagles marking each corner (30 x 23mm).
Back board: arches with flowers inside (50 x 15mm).
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
Decoration NoteNo decorations. Reserved spaces and lettres d’attente.
Manuscript notesBoth Inc. C. 14a/b glossed/annotated by the same reader in three successive reading sessions; signaled by changes in ink colour (brown ink, dark brown ink, light/golden brown ink). Interest decreases after f. ciiv. Ocassional annotation after f. ciiv by H1 (verses underlined) and H2 (brown ink, broader/thicker pen, large characters)
Between ff. pii recto-pv verso annotated, highlights and initials in red ink (names of philosophers, emperors, literary characters: Plato, Scipio, Cato, Salustius, Virgilius, Plutus etc.)
Medieval pagination top right-hand corner.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookFirst half
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Lecture notesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1693 - 1773

PlaceCluj-Napoca (Geonames ID: 681290)
Areae-rm
Time period1693 - 1773
Provenance nameJesuit College, Cluj, 1579-1773 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteNote on f. air: “Societatis Jesu Inscriptus Catalogo Collegii Claudiopolitani”
Date of evidenceunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1773 - 1948

PlaceCluj-Napoca (Geonames ID: 681290)
Areae-rm
Time period1773 - 1948
Provenance nameCatholic (Royal) High School, Cluj-Napoca, 1773-1948 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Library, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Stamp
NoteInscription/Stamp on f. air: “Bibliotheca Lyc. Regii Claudiopolitani 1832” and stamp: “Róm(ai) Kath(ólikus) Líceumi Könyvtár – Kolozsvártt”
Date of evidence1832
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1950 -

PlaceCluj-Napoca (Geonames ID: 681290)
Areae-rm
Time period1950 -
Provenance nameAcademy Library, Cluj-Napoca, 1950- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Unknown, Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
NoteStamp: "Academia R.P.R./ Filiala Cluj/ Biblioteca/ Nr. I. I/14/ 1961"
Date of evidence1961
Method of acquisitionRequisition
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-05-09 17:13:02