Goff J-132
Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea
  Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1496
  f°  Leaf: 285x205mm
  Ref: C6468; Pr 2105; BMC II 441; BSB-Ink I-101
  
Huntington Library
99097
 
Provenance
Leander van Ess (inscription 1788), and one earlier

Binding
Contemporary, German
City or Locale: Hildesheim(?)
Workshop: Godehard(?)
                    EBDB w000212(?)
                    

 

Stamps
(Schwenke-Schunke)
  Drache 34
   Lamm 78
   Rosette 232
   Rosette 434
   Sonne
   

 

 

Other details
  Covering: sheep?
  Endbands: beaded
  Boards: nk
  Supports: nk
  Edges: yellow
  Binding waste: none
  Text finish: rubricated red
                    
 
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Notes: Offered here is a possible Hildesheim binding. However, EBDB attributes the stamps found on this binding to Cologne (Köln: Drache rund I: w002653). The example for EBDB's attribution seems to be a copy in the Berlin Staatsbibliothek. Perhaps someone could tell us if there is evidence in the Berlin copy that would rule out a Hildesheim attribution for that binding. Admittedly, the stamps on this binding are those for EBDB workshop w002653. However, they are also the stamps listed, as above, for the Hildesheim Godehard workshop in Schwenke-Schunke. Unfortunately, the early inscription in this copy is largely obliterated.
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