Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02149875 CW-248 [02149875]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-248

ISTC No.ie00125000
AuthorEusebius Caesariensis
TitleHistoria ecclesiastica. Tr: Rufinus Aquileiensis
Imprint[Strassburg : Heinrich Eggestein, not after 1475]
Formatf° & 4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjectecclesiastical history
Keywordstranslation
PeriodMedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149875
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-248
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical Description20th century leather binding with modern pastedowns.
Size of leaves279 × 198 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteMisprinting at beginning of book 7. Section headings printed at bottom of 75v and then reprinted at top of 76r. Headings on 75v crossed out by an early hand in red and black ink.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1475 - 1550

Areaec
Time period1475 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator [Person; Illuminator] (Unknown)
Anonymous annotator, 1475-1550 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageHistoriated initial showing Christ carrying the cross within the circle of a large capital P. The image has a gilt border, some of which has flaked off, and the letter is written in red and blue ink. On folio 1r.
Marginal notes in brown ink. On fol. 71v-72r
Date of evidence1475-1550
Decoration NoteHistoriated initial P on folio 1r, showing Christ bearing the cross.
IlluminationsYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication throughout, consisting of large capitals, capital strokes, and paragraph strokes, all in red. (1475-1500)
Manuscript notesExtensive marginal notes in 2nd half of book (books 5, 6 & 7). Most of the notes are brief and many identify the topics of each section.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
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
Binding note20th century leather binding with gold stamped label on spine. Page edges colored gold.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions286 × 208 × 35 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-09-25 17:59:11

All Copies

  02149875

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-248

ISTC No.ie00125000
AuthorEusebius Caesariensis
TitleHistoria ecclesiastica. Tr: Rufinus Aquileiensis
Imprint[Strassburg : Heinrich Eggestein, not after 1475]
Formatf° & 4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjectecclesiastical history
Keywordstranslation
PeriodMedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149875
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-248
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical Description20th century leather binding with modern pastedowns.
Size of leaves279 × 198 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteMisprinting at beginning of book 7. Section headings printed at bottom of 75v and then reprinted at top of 76r. Headings on 75v crossed out by an early hand in red and black ink.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1475 - 1550

Areaec
Time period1475 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator [Person; Illuminator] (Unknown)
Anonymous annotator, 1475-1550 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageHistoriated initial showing Christ carrying the cross within the circle of a large capital P. The image has a gilt border, some of which has flaked off, and the letter is written in red and blue ink. On folio 1r.
Marginal notes in brown ink. On fol. 71v-72r
Date of evidence1475-1550
Decoration NoteHistoriated initial P on folio 1r, showing Christ bearing the cross.
IlluminationsYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication throughout, consisting of large capitals, capital strokes, and paragraph strokes, all in red. (1475-1500)
Manuscript notesExtensive marginal notes in 2nd half of book (books 5, 6 & 7). Most of the notes are brief and many identify the topics of each section.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
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
Binding note20th century leather binding with gold stamped label on spine. Page edges colored gold.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions286 × 208 × 35 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-09-25 17:59:11