COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL233102948
Reference Number:
18314
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Manuscript inscription on leaf
Parent Work Title:
Theodori: Graeci: Thessalonicensis: praefatio: in libros: de animalibus: Aristotelis: philosophi: ad Xystum: quartum: maximum..
Date Created:
16th century [early]
Page/Sheet:
a1v
Image Sequence Number:
a001v
Description:
Early sixteenth-century manuscript inscription in brown ink on leaf, recording the purchase of the book by Celso Maffei and its use by the Lateran canons of San Leonardo in Monte Donico in exchange for prayers for Maffei: "Liber canonico[rum] regulariu[m] co[n]gregationis lateranensis, comorantiu[m]. i[n]. monasterio. Sancti Leonardi. prope uero[n]a[m] qui i[n]p[rim]is Deputatus. usui. D. Celsi, de mapheis. uerone[n]sis. qui libru[m] ipsum emit. pro quo, lege[n]tes. ora[r]e uelint". Celso Maffei (ca. 1425-1508), of Verona, was a canon regular of the Lateran, scholar and bibliophile; his books partly passed to the Monastery of San Leonardo in Monte Donico in Verona.
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Books--Provenance
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Inscriptions
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
People Covered:
Maffei, Celso, approximately 1425-1508
People Covered:
Monastero di San Leonardo in Monte Donico (Verona, Italy)
Item Height:
281 mm
Item Width:
201 mm
Provenance:
Maffei, Celso, approximately 1425-1508, former owner
Provenance:
Cassano, Luigi Cassano Serra, duca di, 1747-1825, former owner
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance:
Monastero di San Leonardo in Monte Donico (Verona, Italy), 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:
Ed Potten
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
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