COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL22310762
Reference Number:
R214397
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Manuscript inscriptions on inner upper cover
Parent Work Title:
Clarissimi viri Iuriu[m]q[ue] doctoris Felicis hemmerlin cantoris quonda[m] Thuricen[sis]. varie oblectationis opuscula et tractat[us]..
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Opuscula et tractatus. 1497
Creator:
Hemmerlin, Felix, approximately 1388-approximately 1458
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521
Creator Role:
Editor
Creator:
Husner, Georg, -1505
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Schaffner, Wilhelm, active 1498-1515
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Grüninger, Johann, -1532?
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
After 1497-08-13
Publication Details:
Strassburg: Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg Georg Husner
Page/Sheet:
Inner upper cover
Description:
Manuscript inscriptions: (1) in an early hand "Liber Ioannis Breuw Vicarij Warmie[nsis]" [Johannes Breuw possibly is Joannis Brewer, vicar (Domvikar) of the cathedral 1499-1516; Warmiensis presumably is the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia in north Prussia, now in Poland]; (2) "No-(41) / +(42); (3) "Z-28" (in red crayon); (4) "5. 63" (crossed-through); (5) "Liber Iohannis Brew Vicarij warmie"; (6) extensive inscription in German in a cursive hand. Engraved label of 'The Owens College' on front pastedown, overlaid on which is another paper label containing a manuscript bibliographical description of this book ending with pressmarks "350.51" (crossed-through), "L.13.28" (crossed-through), and "122.121".
Language:
Latin
Language:
English
Subject:
Books--Provenance
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Inscriptions
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
France: Grand Est: Strasbourg
Item Height:
280 mm
Item Width:
195 mm
Provenance:
Brewer, Joannis, active 1499-1516, former owner
Provenance:
Wernick, Paulus, former owner
Provenance:
Gekel, Johannis, active 1551, former owner
Provenance:
Mayor, John E. B. (John Eyton Bickersteth), 1825-1910, former owner
Provenance:
Owens College, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Educational Notes:
Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
Academic Project Lead:
Ed Potten
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