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Material Evidence in Incunabula
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| Code | Searching for… | Example | Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| acqm | Method of acquisition | acqm=a | a purchase b donation c bequest d exchange e institutional transfer |
| area | Area code | area=e-fr | |
| bcov | Binding material (cover) | bcov=b | b Leather a Parchment/Vellum g Paper d Bookcloth i exotic Textile j Alum Tawed Skin k mixed z other |
| bdat | Binding date (century) | bdat=t | s 15th t 16th u 17th v 18th w 19th x 20th y 21st |
| bedg | Edges (Binding) | bedg=a | a gilt b coloured c marbeled d uncoloured |
| bfur | Furniture (Binding) | bfur=0 | 0 no 1 yes |
| bgau | Gauffered (binding) | bgau=a | a yes d no |
| bmat | Board material (Binding) | bmat=d | c Wood g Paper z other |
| btit | Titling (binding) | btit=b | a Manuscript b Tooled c Print Label |
| btol | Tooling (binding) | btol=c | a blind b gold c blind and gold d none |
| btyp | Binding type | btype=a | a Limp b Sewn textblock (unbound) c Boards |
| bsta | Binding status | bsta=e | a Untouched (Original Binding) e Repaired b Rebound |
| bwoe | Writing on edges (binding) | bwoe=a | a along b across d none |
| cent | Time period code (century and decade) | cent=s7s4 | century code see bdat |
| char | Characterisation of former owner | char=b | a no characterisation b religious c aristocratic d royal u unknown |
| coll | Collection | ||
| curr | Currency | ||
| deco | Decoration Elements | deco=r | b Illuminations c Ornamental Letter n Coat of Arms r Rubrication i Pen initials |
| gend | Gender of former owner | gend=a | a female b male u unknown x not applicable |
| hold | Country of holding institution | hold=it | |
| hsfm | Hist. shelfmark | ||
| libr | Holding institution | ||
| matb | Support material of the book | matb=a | a paper b hand-made paper c rice paper d wood-pulp paper e parchment/vellum z other |
| matp | Support material of plates | matp=a | see matb |
| mtyp | Type of Mss Notes | mtyp=k | a corrections b completions c supplements d extraction of key words e collation f translation g structuring the text h comments i censorship k reading marks (underlining and pointing hands) l drawings |
| pplc | Place of provenance | pplc=“Chiari Brescia” | Place name from the evidence description and variant name forms from the CERL Thesaurus if linked |
| pdat | Publishing Date | pdat=“17 apr 1488” | Use exact phrase or right truncation |
| pric | Price | ||
| prof | Profession of former owner / Type of Institution | prof=b | Persons c physician d lawyer e politician f clergy g school teacher h business i scholar k university lecturer l student m civil servant o bookseller u unknown Corporate Bodies a religious institution b university h business n academy o book trade p school q municipality r national library u unknown |
| psrc | Source of provenance | psrc=h | a Book in Hand b Bibliography c Library Catalogue e Auction/Sales Catalogue f Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal x unknown/other |
| role | Specific role of former owner | role=390 | 020 annotator 160 bookseller 320 donor 390 former owner 399 present owner 570 role not specified |
| rown | Record owner | rown=_tst | Codes are assigned individually to participating libraries/projects |
| segm | Database segment | segm=ven | |
| sfmk | Current shelfmark | ||
| stamp | Stamp | stamp=1 | 1 has stamp |
| titp | Title proper | titp=“mariale?” | Use the exact phrase or use right truncation |
| type | Type of provenance | type=a | a Inscription b Coat of Arms c Genealogical Tables d Supralibros e Exlibris f Mottos g Emblems h Stamps i Firestamp k Binding l Decoration m Manuscript Notes * Bibliographic evidence * Shelfmark u unknown |
| wtmk | Indicator if paper has a watermark | wtmk=1 | 0 no 1 yes |
| auth | Author | ||
| prnt | Printer | ||
| popr | Printing Place | ||
| form | Bibliogr. format |
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