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mei/02150419 Inc.5-9 [02150419]

York, York Minster Library (GB) : Inc.5-9

ISTC No.ib00687000
AuthorBirgitta, S
TitleRevelationes. With foreword by Johannes de Turrecremata and Matthias de Suecia. Add: Vita abbreviata S. Birgittae. Hymnus ad Beatam Birgittam
Imprint[Lübeck] : Bartholomaeus Ghotan [for Vadstena Monastery, before 25 Nov.] 1492
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Keywordsprophetic works; collection; hagiography
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02150419
Holding InstitutionYork, York Minster Library (GB)
ShelfmarkInc.5-9
NoteCreated by Edward James Potten.
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1492 - 1525

PlaceLondon, England? (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Time period1492 - 1525
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator, England, 1492-1525 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
decorationNoteThe full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion is hand-coloured, the Cross coloured with brown ink, the Crown of Thorns green, the faces, hands and feet of Mary and John pink, Christ's loincloth yellow, Christ's body pink, then graphically daubed with red depicting his blood, which drips and flows from his body; other details are highlighted in blue and brown. The woodcuts are washed in yellow ink; in the opening quires the woodcut initials are also washed in yellow ink.
hasIllustrationsByHandbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1478 - 1533

placenameCambridge, England (Geonames ID: 2653941)
timeperiod1478 - 1533
ownerBinder W.G., active 1478-1533 (, )
Binder I.G., 1478-1533 (, )
provenanceType1
provDate1478-1533
bindingNoteRebound, the original sixteenth-century brown calf covers lifted and on-laid; the covers blind tooled to a panel design; outer frame made up of repeated foliate staff tool (Oldham, Basil, English Blind-Stamped Bindings (1952), plate X, tool 21); the central panel decorated to a lozenge design, the spaces filled with impressions of a diamond-shaped floral tool (Oldham (1952), plate X, tool 24), round floral tools (Oldham (1952), plate X, tool 26), shield tools signed W.G. (Oldham (1952), plate X, tool 20) and lozenge-shaped double-headed eagle tools (Oldham (1952), plate X, tool 29); spine direct-lettered in gilt: Birgitta Revelationes et vita; sewn onto four raised supports; fore-edge direct-lettered in MS: 25 TVR.R. CREM; 21 fore-edge tabs, some lettered in MS; both covers have traces of five metal bosses and traces of two pairs of clasps at the fore-edge, with the catches on the lower cover; these tools attributed by Oldham to his W.G. and I.G, working from Cambridge; according to Oldham, bindings by W.G. and I.G. are found on books printed between 1478 and 1533 (see: Oldham (1952), p. 16).
bindingDatet
bindingTypec
boardMaterialc
coverMaterialb
bindingStatuse
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provenance 1500 - 1524

placenameLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
timeperiod1500 - 1524
ownerCopynger, John, d. 1538 (, )
provenanceType1
noteThe Syon Abbey register records that the copy of this book at the Abbey was donated by John Copynger (d. 1538), see: Gillespie, Corpus of British Mediaeval Library Catalogues, Volume 9, Syon Abbey, p. 257 (no. 848) and p. 573.
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1524 -

placenameLondon, England
timeperiod1524 -
ownerSyon, Bridgettine Abbey, St Saviour, St Mary the Virigin, St Bridget, 1414 - 1539 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provDate1524
bindingNoteBased on characteristics of the binding (the presence of fore-edge tabs, evidence of the presence of a horn plate, now lost, to the rear cover), probably from Syon Abbey (ex. inf. Vincent Gillespie); a copy of this book listed in the Syon Abbey catalogue of c.1524 at M.115 (see: Gillespie, Corpus of British Mediaeval Library Catalogues, Volume 9, Syon Abbey, with The Libraries of the Carthusians, edited by AI Doyle (2001)).
certaintya
psourcea
g

provenance 1700 - 1800

placenameEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
timeperiod1700 - 1800 (Approximate date.)
ownerJohnson, John, 1700-1800 (, )
provenanceType1
noteEighteenth-century MS inscription on sig. H8 [second sequence]: John Johnson.
provDate1700-1800
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1800 -

placenameYork, England (Geonames ID: 2633352)
timeperiod1800 - (Approximate date.)
ownerYork Minster (, )
provenanceType1
provDateDate of acquisition by York Minster unknown, but probably early 19th century?
Historic ShelfmarkXII.J.9
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-11-07 20:12:12

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  02150419

York, York Minster Library (GB) : Inc.5-9

ISTC No.ib00687000
AuthorBirgitta, S
TitleRevelationes. With foreword by Johannes de Turrecremata and Matthias de Suecia. Add: Vita abbreviata S. Birgittae. Hymnus ad Beatam Birgittam
Imprint[Lübeck] : Bartholomaeus Ghotan [for Vadstena Monastery, before 25 Nov.] 1492
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Keywordsprophetic works; collection; hagiography
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02150419
Holding InstitutionYork, York Minster Library (GB)
ShelfmarkInc.5-9
NoteCreated by Edward James Potten.
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1492 - 1525

PlaceLondon, England? (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Time period1492 - 1525
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator, England, 1492-1525 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteThe full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion is hand-coloured, the Cross coloured with brown ink, the Crown of Thorns green, the faces, hands and feet of Mary and John pink, Christ's loincloth yellow, Christ's body pink, then graphically daubed with red depicting his blood, which drips and flows from his body; other details are highlighted in blue and brown. The woodcuts are washed in yellow ink; in the opening quires the woodcut initials are also washed in yellow ink.
Illustration coloured in by handYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1478 - 1533

PlaceCambridge, England (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Time period1478 - 1533
Provenance nameBinder W.G., active 1478-1533 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Binder I.G., 1478-1533 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidence1478-1533
Binding noteRebound, the original sixteenth-century brown calf covers lifted and on-laid; the covers blind tooled to a panel design; outer frame made up of repeated foliate staff tool (Oldham, Basil, English Blind-Stamped Bindings (1952), plate X, tool 21); the central panel decorated to a lozenge design, the spaces filled with impressions of a diamond-shaped floral tool (Oldham (1952), plate X, tool 24), round floral tools (Oldham (1952), plate X, tool 26), shield tools signed W.G. (Oldham (1952), plate X, tool 20) and lozenge-shaped double-headed eagle tools (Oldham (1952), plate X, tool 29); spine direct-lettered in gilt: Birgitta Revelationes et vita; sewn onto four raised supports; fore-edge direct-lettered in MS: 25 TVR.R. CREM; 21 fore-edge tabs, some lettered in MS; both covers have traces of five metal bosses and traces of two pairs of clasps at the fore-edge, with the catches on the lower cover; these tools attributed by Oldham to his W.G. and I.G, working from Cambridge; according to Oldham, bindings by W.G. and I.G. are found on books printed between 1478 and 1533 (see: Oldham (1952), p. 16).
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
ToolingBlind
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1500 - 1524

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Time period1500 - 1524
Provenance nameCopynger, John, d. 1538 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteThe Syon Abbey register records that the copy of this book at the Abbey was donated by John Copynger (d. 1538), see: Gillespie, Corpus of British Mediaeval Library Catalogues, Volume 9, Syon Abbey, p. 257 (no. 848) and p. 573.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1524 -

PlaceLondon, England
Time period1524 -
Provenance nameSyon, Bridgettine Abbey, St Saviour, St Mary the Virigin, St Bridget, 1414 - 1539 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeBinding
Documentary Evidence
Date of evidence1524
Binding noteBased on characteristics of the binding (the presence of fore-edge tabs, evidence of the presence of a horn plate, now lost, to the rear cover), probably from Syon Abbey (ex. inf. Vincent Gillespie); a copy of this book listed in the Syon Abbey catalogue of c.1524 at M.115 (see: Gillespie, Corpus of British Mediaeval Library Catalogues, Volume 9, Syon Abbey, with The Libraries of the Carthusians, edited by AI Doyle (2001)).
certaintya
psourcea
g

provenance 1700 - 1800

placenameEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
timeperiod1700 - 1800 (Approximate date.)
ownerJohnson, John, 1700-1800 (, )
provenanceType1
noteEighteenth-century MS inscription on sig. H8 [second sequence]: John Johnson.
provDate1700-1800
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1800 -

placenameYork, England (Geonames ID: 2633352)
timeperiod1800 - (Approximate date.)
ownerYork Minster (, )
provenanceType1
provDateDate of acquisition by York Minster unknown, but probably early 19th century?
histShelfmarkXII.J.9
certaintya
psourcea
g

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2023-11-07 20:12:12