Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02149233 CW-182 [02149233]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-182

ISTC No.ib00428000
AuthorBernardus Claravallensis
TitleSermones super Cantica canticorum. Ed: Johannes de Ripa
ImprintPavia : Nicolaus Girardengus, de Novis, 18 Dec. 1482
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149233
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-182
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Size of leaves292 × 205 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLack blank leaves at *1 and y8
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1485 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1485 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy [Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageMarginal notes and manicule. On b4r.
Date of evidence1485-1600
Decoration NoteNo decoration or rubrication.
Manuscript notesMany brief marginal notes through the first half of the book, including numerous manicules. Occasional notes in the second half of the book.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookFirst half
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1756 - 1840

PlaceCinisello Balsamo (Geonames ID: 3178671)
Areae-it
Time period1756 - 1840
Provenance nameSilva, Ercole Giuseppe de, 1756 - 1840 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeStamp
Binding
Link to Provenance ImageOwnership stamp of Ercole de Silva. Oval stamp with coat of arms in the center and the words "Comes Hercules Silva" in the outer border. At bottom of 1r.
Binding with spine label.
NoteThe book was listed in the "Catalogo de'libri della Biblioteca Silva in Cinisello, Monza, 1811: p.174, #977". It presumably was sold with the rest of the family library in the L. Potier sale in Paris in 1869: "Catalogue de Livres rares et précieux, imprimés et manuscrits ... provenant de la bibliothèque de M. le comte H. de S***, de Milan," L. Potier, Libraire, 1869.
Date of evidence1800-1840
Binding noteLate 18th/early 19th century quarter-calf binding. Red marbled paper on the front and back covers, and gold stamped label and design on the spine.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions269 × 203 × 25 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
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 ImageCopinger's Exlibris, dated 1892. Exlibris printed in gold ink with coat of arms and decorative frame. Printed text: "Walter Arthur Copinger. Virtute et Fidelitate. 1892". Link is to image of the same Ex-Libris in MEI record https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146280
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” attached to upper left corner of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1892-1898
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 Edit2023-06-01 19:53:02

All Copies

  02149233

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-182

ISTC No.ib00428000
AuthorBernardus Claravallensis
TitleSermones super Cantica canticorum. Ed: Johannes de Ripa
ImprintPavia : Nicolaus Girardengus, de Novis, 18 Dec. 1482
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149233
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-182
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Size of leaves292 × 205 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLack blank leaves at *1 and y8
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1485 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1485 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy [Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageMarginal notes and manicule. On b4r.
Date of evidence1485-1600
Decoration NoteNo decoration or rubrication.
Manuscript notesMany brief marginal notes through the first half of the book, including numerous manicules. Occasional notes in the second half of the book.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookFirst half
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1756 - 1840

PlaceCinisello Balsamo (Geonames ID: 3178671)
Areae-it
Time period1756 - 1840
Provenance nameSilva, Ercole Giuseppe de, 1756 - 1840 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeStamp
Binding
Link to Provenance ImageOwnership stamp of Ercole de Silva. Oval stamp with coat of arms in the center and the words "Comes Hercules Silva" in the outer border. At bottom of 1r.
Binding with spine label.
NoteThe book was listed in the "Catalogo de'libri della Biblioteca Silva in Cinisello, Monza, 1811: p.174, #977". It presumably was sold with the rest of the family library in the L. Potier sale in Paris in 1869: "Catalogue de Livres rares et précieux, imprimés et manuscrits ... provenant de la bibliothèque de M. le comte H. de S***, de Milan," L. Potier, Libraire, 1869.
Date of evidence1800-1840
Binding noteLate 18th/early 19th century quarter-calf binding. Red marbled paper on the front and back covers, and gold stamped label and design on the spine.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions269 × 203 × 25 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
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 ImageCopinger's Exlibris, dated 1892. Exlibris printed in gold ink with coat of arms and decorative frame. Printed text: "Walter Arthur Copinger. Virtute et Fidelitate. 1892". Link is to image of the same Ex-Libris in MEI record https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146280
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” attached to upper left corner of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1892-1898
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 Edit2023-06-01 19:53:02