Every item of data recorded (a certain style of decoration or binding, the date of a manuscript note, etc.) is treated as a valuable clue for provenance, therefore it can be geographically located and chronologically dated. This enables to track the movement of books across Europe and through the centuries.
[Delft : Jacob Jacobszoon van der Meer, before 26 May 1484]. – Bdsde. – ISTC ip00261210
Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland (NL). – KW 151 E 25 [02101371]
Peraudi, Raimundus, commissary :
Indulgentia 1484. For promoting the war against the Turks and for the restoration of the Cathedral of Saintes
. – Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Nationale Bibliotheek van Nederland (NL). – KW 151 E 25 []
Exports the data into a csv file, which can be opened easily with Excel or Calc (or similar). The separator is a semi-colon. Please select the fields you want to export and choose if you prefer one line per copy (MEI id) or per provenance.
JSON
Machine-readable format, for re-using the MEI data in your own scripts
Use this form to formulate complex queries. Select a search option from the drop-down menu and add other options by clicking the "Add a line" button. The right column will tell you how many hits your combined search will retrieve. Click on the number to display the records. For right truncation use an asterisk (*)