Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02149367 CW-315 [02149367]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-315

ISTC No.il00011000
AuthorLactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus
TitleOpera. Ed: Johannes Andreas, bishop of Aleria. Add: S. Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus: De Resurrectione Christi carmen
ImprintVenice : Vincentius Benalius, 22 Mar. 1493
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordscollection; poetry
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149367
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-315
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical Description17th - 18th century limp vellum binding. Last page is missing bottom outside corner, losing the last part of the Registrum. Blank paper pasted in as repair in the 19th century.
Size of leaves298 × 209 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteMissing last section of Registrum due to a torn page. Otherwise complete.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501-1600 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageOwner's inscription, crossed out. On top of 1r. Inscription unreadable.
Date of evidence1500-1600
Decoration NoteNo rubrication and no decorative initials.
Rubrication noteNone
Manuscript notesSmall number of brief notes and highlight marks in the margins.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1550 - 1798

PlaceRavenna (Geonames ID: 3169561)
Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1798
Provenance nameRavenna, St. Apollinaris, 1513-1798 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Scancia duodecima Ordine Secundo della Libraria di Sant' Apolinar di Raven[n]a" Handwritten in ink at bottom of 1r.
Vellum binding, focused on spine with labels.
Date of evidence1600-1750
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteLimp vellum binding with manuscript label attached to spine. Shelf number "5709" written on spine. Red and blue colored page edges.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeLimp
Board materialOther
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions301 × 216 × 34 mm
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured

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 Edit2023-06-23 16:00:17

All Copies

  02149367

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-315

ISTC No.il00011000
AuthorLactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus
TitleOpera. Ed: Johannes Andreas, bishop of Aleria. Add: S. Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus: De Resurrectione Christi carmen
ImprintVenice : Vincentius Benalius, 22 Mar. 1493
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordscollection; poetry
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149367
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-315
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical Description17th - 18th century limp vellum binding. Last page is missing bottom outside corner, losing the last part of the Registrum. Blank paper pasted in as repair in the 19th century.
Size of leaves298 × 209 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteMissing last section of Registrum due to a torn page. Otherwise complete.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501-1600 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageOwner's inscription, crossed out. On top of 1r. Inscription unreadable.
Date of evidence1500-1600
Decoration NoteNo rubrication and no decorative initials.
Rubrication noteNone
Manuscript notesSmall number of brief notes and highlight marks in the margins.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1550 - 1798

PlaceRavenna (Geonames ID: 3169561)
Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1798
Provenance nameRavenna, St. Apollinaris, 1513-1798 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Scancia duodecima Ordine Secundo della Libraria di Sant' Apolinar di Raven[n]a" Handwritten in ink at bottom of 1r.
Vellum binding, focused on spine with labels.
Date of evidence1600-1750
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteLimp vellum binding with manuscript label attached to spine. Shelf number "5709" written on spine. Red and blue colored page edges.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeLimp
Board materialOther
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions301 × 216 × 34 mm
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured

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 Edit2023-06-23 16:00:17