De proprietatibus rerum venerabilis fratris Bartholomei Anglici.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century.

Contributor:

Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer.

Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

De proprietatibus rerum

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Early works to 1600.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Civilization, Medieval--Early works to 1800.

Civilization, Medieval.

Science, Medieval--Early works to 1800.

Science, Medieval.

Genre:

Incunabula.

Encyclopedias.

Penn Provenance:

Ayblinger, Georg (autograph)

Stockton-Hough Library (former owner)

Hough, John Stockton, 1845-1900 (former owner)

Physical Description:

268 unnumbered leaves (first and last blanks) ; 31 cm (folio)

Other Title:

Incipit of table (leaf [a]2r): Incipiu[n]t tituli libro[rum] et capituloru[m] venerabilis Bartholomei anglici de proprietatibus reru[m]

Incipit of prologue (leaf [b]1r): Prohemium de [pro]prietatibus reru[m] fratris Bartholomei anglici de ordine fratrum minorum incipit

Fingerprint:

e-v. x.j. e-e- vali (C) 1483 (R)

Place of Publication:

[Nuremberg] : Impressus per ... Anthoniu[m] Koburger inclite Nurenberge ciue[m], Anno salutis gratie Mcccclxxxiij iij kal[enda]s. Iunij [30 May 1483]

Notes:

Title from incipit of text (leaf [b]1v), which reads: Incipit liber prim[us] de [pro]prietatibus rerum. venerabilis fratris Bartholomei anglici.

Imprint from colophon on leaf [R]7v, which reads: Explicit tractatus de proprietatibus rerum editus a fratre bartholome anglico ordinis fratrummino[rum]. Impressus per industriosum viru[m] Anthoniu[m] Koburger inclite Nurenberge ciue[m]. Anno salutis gratie. M.cccclxxxiij. iij. kal[enda]s. Iunij.

Chancery folio, printed primarily in double columns (table in triple columns). Leaf [b]4r: 53 lines, plus headline; area of text: 223 (236) x 146 mm.; col. width: 69 mm. Initial spaces; spaces for paragraph marks. Without signatures, foliation or catchwords.

Signatures: [a]⁶ [b-c]⁸ [d-f]⁶ [g]⁸ [h-i]⁶ [k]⁸ [l-m]⁶ [n]⁸ [o-p]⁶ [q]⁸ [r-s]⁶ [t]⁸ [v-x]⁶ [y]⁸ [z]⁶ [A]⁶ [B]⁸ [C-D]⁶ [E]⁸ [F-G]⁶ [H]⁸ [I-K]⁶ [L]⁸ [M-N]⁶ [O]⁸ [P-Q]⁶ [R]⁸ (leaves [a]1 and [R]8 blanks).

Incipit of table (leaf [a]2r) reads: "Incipiu[n]t tituli libro[rum] et capituloru[m] venerabilis Bartholomei anglici de proprietatibus reru[m]." A variant reads: "Incipiu[n]t tituli libroru[m] & capituloru[m] venerabil[is] Bartholome anglici de [pro]priteatib[us] rerum." Cf. GW.

Local Notes:

Leaf size: 292 x 212 mm.

Penn Libraries copy: rubrication: initials (some with penwork extensions), capital strokes, paragraph marks and underlines in red; a few early annotations in red.

Penn Libraries copy has partially illegible contemporary ms. inscription ("Ite[m] hic liber [con]stat xij [...] [...] sine ligatu[r]a & rubricatu[r]a.") recording the price of this volume in sheets and without rubrication on leaf [R]7v; some early ms. underlines and annotations in brown ink in text; initial on leaf [r]4v supplied in brown ink; headline supplied in early ms. on leaves [b]5v and [b]6r in brown ink with rubrication; ms. correction in brown ink to initial supplied in red ink on leaf [C]5v; a few modern ms. bibliographical notes in brown ink and pencil on verso of blank leaf preceding leaf [a]2.

Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1907.

Penn Libraries copy has dated late 16th-century ms. ownership inscription ("In usum Georgij Ayblingerj I.V. licentiatij. Anno D[omi]nj 1600. Vanitas vanitatum et via vanitas") of Georg Ayblinger within initial on leaf [b]1r; modern ms. inscription ("J. Stockton-Hough Collection") in pencil at foot of back pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy bound in modern one quarter red morocco over red cloth; 5 raised, blind-tooled bands on spine; blind-tooled spine panels; title ("DE PROPRIETATIBUS RERUM"), author's name ("BARTHOLOMAUS DE GLANVILLA") and imprint date ("1483") stamped in gold on spine; all edges stippled red; evidence of finding tab at fore-edge of leaves [b]1, [b]4, [c]2, [d]1, [e]2, [i]2, [k]6, [n]5, [p]4, [q]5, [q]7, [r]4, [t]2, [v]1, [A]1, [B]7 and [H]7; remains of parchment(?) finding tab affixed to fore-edge of leaves [x]2 and [O]1.

Penn Libraries copy imperfect: leaves [a]1 and [R]8 (blanks) wanting.

Penn Libraries copy has minor repairs to tears and wormholes in the margins of a few leaves; occasional dampstaining; the head outer corner of leaf a[2] and the tail outer corner of leaf [R]7 each torn off and mended with a blank leaf with no loss of text.

Cited in:

Goff B-137

BM 15th cent. II, p. 425-426 (IB.7306)

GW 3409

BN cat. des incun. B-101

BSB Ink. B-95

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 697

Hain 2505

ISTC ib00137000

OCLC:

32124211