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mei/02149221 Inc. 16/ Inc. C. 16 [02149221]

Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române (RM) : Inc. 16/ Inc. C. 16

ISTC No.ip00717000
AuthorPius II, Pont. Max. (formerly Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini)
TitleEpistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia. Descriptio urbis Viennensis. Ed: Nicolaus de Wyle
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 16 Sept. 1481
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-moral
KeywordsLetter collection; rhetoric; collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149221
Holding InstitutionCluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române (RM)
ShelfmarkInc. 16/ Inc. C. 16
NoteFormer shelfmarks:
Front pastedown: “Ősnyomtatvány 82. B. 12”; “N. 30 B. 3” (crossed out, label) and in red pencil, also crossed out.
f. 2r: “N. 30 (crossed out, replaced with “22”) B. 6”; “77. B. 15”
Size of leaves313 × 212 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance

Binding note15th c. Gothic full leather binding. Blind stamped brown tanned skin. Scared on both front and rear cover, wooden board exposed in several places and at the corners. Spine damaged at the top and the leather covering it is completely detached in the lower part. With two labels: one containing the title (partially preserved) and another one with the shelfmark “22. B. 6”. Six flowers enclosed in rhombuses placed at the top. Title above in large Gothic characters: “Epistole enee”. Flowers on the right and left and other motifs inside the central panel. Back cover: flower frame with ten eagle stamps. Two brass catch-plates with roses. No straps.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Decoration Notef. 2r: Lettrine “I” of “Iolianus cardinalis” (18 lines). Ornamental letter in blue with tendrils in grey with a white outline and other white elements in between. Placed on a gold background with three flowers stamped in on each part of the letter. Enclosed in a frame alternating green, red with yellow and grey with white segments with yellow at joints. Two shoots sprout from the corners of the frame and extend up and down the page. Coloured in blue and red, green at the extremities and circular elements filled with gold.
Red and blue lombards are used throughout (3 lines).
Rubrication noteParaphs and highlighted initials (red).
Manuscript notesThroughout notes of the type “bona exempla”; “optima ex empla”; “hec nota”; “lege exemplam”.

Apparent interest in the passage discussing Hungary: “Laus Hungarie” and other notes about Hungary on the same page (f. 27v).

Note on the end flyleaf: “Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo JESU”

Passages from Enea Silvio Piccolomini's Epigrammata 72-140 “Hymnus de passione” copied on the end flyleaf :
“Quid tibi tandem, scelerate, queris? / Quid petis, fallax / homo, quid requires / Immemor, qua te pietate Christus / Querat ametque? (…) Igne piandus. / Labitur quisquis sine te beari / Queritat. Munus datur hoc ab alto. / Tu vocas quos vis: rogo me vocandis / Adiice servis.”
The last lines continue on the rear pastedown. The text is not an exact rendition of the original passage, some words are changed.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
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, 1579-1733 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteNote on front pastedown and f. 2r: “Collegii Claudiopolitani Societatis Jesu" and in the lower margin: “Societatis Jesu Inscriptus Catalogo Collegii Claudiopolitani .17.”
Date of evidence1717?
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) Highschool, Cluj , 1773-1948 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Library, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Stamp
NoteInscription/Stamp on f. 1r: “Bibliotheca Regii Lyc. 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/16/ 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 Edit2023-05-26 16:14:57

All Copies

  02149221

Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române (RM) : Inc. 16/ Inc. C. 16

ISTC No.ip00717000
AuthorPius II, Pont. Max. (formerly Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini)
TitleEpistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia. Descriptio urbis Viennensis. Ed: Nicolaus de Wyle
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 16 Sept. 1481
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-moral
KeywordsLetter collection; rhetoric; collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149221
Holding InstitutionCluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române (RM)
ShelfmarkInc. 16/ Inc. C. 16
NoteFormer shelfmarks:
Front pastedown: “Ősnyomtatvány 82. B. 12”; “N. 30 B. 3” (crossed out, label) and in red pencil, also crossed out.
f. 2r: “N. 30 (crossed out, replaced with “22”) B. 6”; “77. B. 15”
Size of leaves313 × 212 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance

Binding note15th c. Gothic full leather binding. Blind stamped brown tanned skin. Scared on both front and rear cover, wooden board exposed in several places and at the corners. Spine damaged at the top and the leather covering it is completely detached in the lower part. With two labels: one containing the title (partially preserved) and another one with the shelfmark “22. B. 6”. Six flowers enclosed in rhombuses placed at the top. Title above in large Gothic characters: “Epistole enee”. Flowers on the right and left and other motifs inside the central panel. Back cover: flower frame with ten eagle stamps. Two brass catch-plates with roses. No straps.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Decoration Notef. 2r: Lettrine “I” of “Iolianus cardinalis” (18 lines). Ornamental letter in blue with tendrils in grey with a white outline and other white elements in between. Placed on a gold background with three flowers stamped in on each part of the letter. Enclosed in a frame alternating green, red with yellow and grey with white segments with yellow at joints. Two shoots sprout from the corners of the frame and extend up and down the page. Coloured in blue and red, green at the extremities and circular elements filled with gold.
Red and blue lombards are used throughout (3 lines).
Rubrication noteParaphs and highlighted initials (red).
Manuscript notesThroughout notes of the type “bona exempla”; “optima ex empla”; “hec nota”; “lege exemplam”.

Apparent interest in the passage discussing Hungary: “Laus Hungarie” and other notes about Hungary on the same page (f. 27v).

Note on the end flyleaf: “Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo JESU”

Passages from Enea Silvio Piccolomini's Epigrammata 72-140 “Hymnus de passione” copied on the end flyleaf :
“Quid tibi tandem, scelerate, queris? / Quid petis, fallax / homo, quid requires / Immemor, qua te pietate Christus / Querat ametque? (…) Igne piandus. / Labitur quisquis sine te beari / Queritat. Munus datur hoc ab alto. / Tu vocas quos vis: rogo me vocandis / Adiice servis.”
The last lines continue on the rear pastedown. The text is not an exact rendition of the original passage, some words are changed.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
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, 1579-1733 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteNote on front pastedown and f. 2r: “Collegii Claudiopolitani Societatis Jesu" and in the lower margin: “Societatis Jesu Inscriptus Catalogo Collegii Claudiopolitani .17.”
Date of evidence1717?
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) Highschool, Cluj , 1773-1948 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Library, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Stamp
NoteInscription/Stamp on f. 1r: “Bibliotheca Regii Lyc. 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/16/ 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 Edit2023-05-26 16:14:57