Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02149291 CW-245 [02149291]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-245

ISTC No.ic00170000
AuthorCaracciolus, Robertus
TitleSermones quadragesimales de poenitentia
Imprint[Strassburg : Printer of Henricus Ariminensis (Georg Reyser?), not after 1473]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Moral
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149291
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-245
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Size of leaves288 × 200 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1477 - 1506

PlaceErfurt (Geonames ID: 2929670)
Areae-gx
Time period1477 - 1506
Provenance nameNicolaus von Havelberg, 1477 - 1506 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Anonymous, Germany, 1500-1600 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
Shelfmark
Link to Provenance ImageFront cover of binding. Attributed to Nicolaus von Havelberg, Erfurt.
Date of evidence1477-1506
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary pigskin binding with blind stamps on the cover and spine. Clasps now missing, but remnants of the straps remain attached.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions307 × 217 × 108 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184549
https://www.hist-einband.de/de/werkstattdetails.html?entityID=w000072
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingBlind
Decoration NoteRubrication throughout, with large red capitals.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication throughout: large red capitals, capital strokes, and running heads.
Manuscript notesExtensive marginal notes, heaviest in the first third of book, but present throughout. Some manicules & highlighting, most marginal notes brief & identify key concepts. Marginal notes in several early hands.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Historic ShelfmarkManuscript E on label attached to the spine.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1603 - 1640

Areae-gx
Time period1603 - 1640
Provenance nameKlosterlechfeld, 1603-1803 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Ex Bibliotheca FF Mon[asterii] Pr[ovin]cia Argenti[n]a in Campolycio." Handwritten inscription in brown ink at bottom of folio 1r. Inscription crossed out.
NoteCampo Lycio was the Latin name for Lechfeld.
Date of evidence1603-1640
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1630 - 1650

Areae-gx
Time period1630 - 1650
Provenance nameSiesmayr, Michael, 1630-1650 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: " Ex libris Michaelis Siesmayr parochi in Emehausen et decanus[?] in Erpfting" Inscription in ink at top of folio 1r. Last part of inscription "et decanus in Erpfting" added at a later time. Inscription crossed out by an early hand.
Date of evidence1630-1650
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1650 - 1803

PlaceSteingaden (Geonames ID: 2828089)
Areae-gx
Time period1650 - 1803
Provenance nameSteingaden, Bavaria, Premonstratensians, SS. Johannes Baptista et Evangelista, 1147 - 1803 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Canonia Staingaden." Inscription near the top of folio 1r.
NoteIt is possible that the order of ownership in the 17th century should be Siesmayr, then Klosterlechfeld, then Steingaden.
Date of evidence1650-1700
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1803 - 1850

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1803 - 1850
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
NoteNotation "Dupl" in pencil on front pastedown suggests that the book came to the Staatsbibliothek as a result of the closing of the monasteries, and was deaccessioned as part of the process of removing duplicates from the collection.
Date of evidence1803-1850
Method of acquisitionRequisition

Provenance 1850 - 1875

Areae-gx
Time period1850 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, Germany, 1850-1875 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageGerman bookseller's printed description of the book. Attached to the front pastedown.
Date of evidence1850-1870
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 ImageEarly exlibris of 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” attached to upper left corner of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1880-1898
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 Edit2023-06-14 01:27:55

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  02149291

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-245

ISTC No.ic00170000
AuthorCaracciolus, Robertus
TitleSermones quadragesimales de poenitentia
Imprint[Strassburg : Printer of Henricus Ariminensis (Georg Reyser?), not after 1473]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Moral
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149291
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-245
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Size of leaves288 × 200 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1477 - 1506

PlaceErfurt (Geonames ID: 2929670)
Areae-gx
Time period1477 - 1506
Provenance nameNicolaus von Havelberg, 1477 - 1506 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Anonymous, Germany, 1500-1600 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Decoration
Manuscript Notes
Shelfmark
Link to Provenance ImageFront cover of binding. Attributed to Nicolaus von Havelberg, Erfurt.
Date of evidence1477-1506
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteContemporary pigskin binding with blind stamps on the cover and spine. Clasps now missing, but remnants of the straps remain attached.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions307 × 217 × 108 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184549
https://www.hist-einband.de/de/werkstattdetails.html?entityID=w000072
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingBlind
Decoration NoteRubrication throughout, with large red capitals.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication throughout: large red capitals, capital strokes, and running heads.
Manuscript notesExtensive marginal notes, heaviest in the first third of book, but present throughout. Some manicules & highlighting, most marginal notes brief & identify key concepts. Marginal notes in several early hands.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Historic ShelfmarkManuscript E on label attached to the spine.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1603 - 1640

Areae-gx
Time period1603 - 1640
Provenance nameKlosterlechfeld, 1603-1803 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Ex Bibliotheca FF Mon[asterii] Pr[ovin]cia Argenti[n]a in Campolycio." Handwritten inscription in brown ink at bottom of folio 1r. Inscription crossed out.
NoteCampo Lycio was the Latin name for Lechfeld.
Date of evidence1603-1640
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1630 - 1650

Areae-gx
Time period1630 - 1650
Provenance nameSiesmayr, Michael, 1630-1650 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: " Ex libris Michaelis Siesmayr parochi in Emehausen et decanus[?] in Erpfting" Inscription in ink at top of folio 1r. Last part of inscription "et decanus in Erpfting" added at a later time. Inscription crossed out by an early hand.
Date of evidence1630-1650
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1650 - 1803

PlaceSteingaden (Geonames ID: 2828089)
Areae-gx
Time period1650 - 1803
Provenance nameSteingaden, Bavaria, Premonstratensians, SS. Johannes Baptista et Evangelista, 1147 - 1803 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Canonia Staingaden." Inscription near the top of folio 1r.
NoteIt is possible that the order of ownership in the 17th century should be Siesmayr, then Klosterlechfeld, then Steingaden.
Date of evidence1650-1700
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1803 - 1850

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1803 - 1850
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
NoteNotation "Dupl" in pencil on front pastedown suggests that the book came to the Staatsbibliothek as a result of the closing of the monasteries, and was deaccessioned as part of the process of removing duplicates from the collection.
Date of evidence1803-1850
Method of acquisitionRequisition

Provenance 1850 - 1875

Areae-gx
Time period1850 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, Germany, 1850-1875 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageGerman bookseller's printed description of the book. Attached to the front pastedown.
Date of evidence1850-1870
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 ImageEarly exlibris of 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” attached to upper left corner of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1880-1898
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 Edit2023-06-14 01:27:55