Every item of data recorded (a certain style of decoration or binding, the date of a manuscript note, etc.) is treated as a valuable clue for provenance, therefore it can be geographically located and chronologically dated. This enables to track the movement of books across Europe and through the centuries.
sourceAndrea de Pasquale, "Vere fenici. Gli incunaboli della Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino", Silvana Editoriale, Milano 2014, p. 64 n. 43b.
sourceAndrea de Pasquale, "Vere fenici. Gli incunaboli della Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino", Silvana Editoriale, Milano 2014, p. 64 n. 43b.