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| === Royal Library of Belgium === | === Royal Library of Belgium === |
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| > The Section of Old and Rare Books (‘Réserve précieuse/Kostbare Werken’) has been cataloguing the provenances of old and rare books since the beginning of the 1990s. This information can now be consulted on-line. | > The Section of Old and Rare Books (‘Réserve précieuse/Kostbare Werken’) has been cataloguing the provenances of old and rare books since the beginning of the 1990s. This information can now be consulted on-line. \\ |
| | > Areas covered include incunables (see also below under Incunables) and post-incunables but also the 17th and 18th century books printed in Brussels (about 20.000 items) and for quite a number of old and rare imprints which are recent acquisitions or have been retrospectively catalogued. \\ |
| > Areas covered include incunables (see also below under Incunables) and post-incunables but also the 17th and 18th century books printed in Brussels (about 20.000 items) and for quite a number of old and rare imprints which are recent acquisitions or have been retrospectively catalogued. | |
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| > For information on the post-incunables, see the [[http://www.kbr.be/informations/projets/post_incunables/post_incunables_fr.html|Royal Library’s website]]. Contact name: Bart Op de Beeck, Responsible for the Section of Old and Rare Books (<odbeeck@kbr.be>). | > For information on the post-incunables, see the [[http://www.kbr.be/informations/projets/post_incunables/post_incunables_fr.html|Royal Library’s website]]. Contact name: Bart Op de Beeck, Responsible for the Section of Old and Rare Books (<odbeeck@kbr.be>). |
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| === Park Abbey, near Leuven === | === Park Abbey, near Leuven === |
| > Dr Christian Coppens is investigating present location of items from the collection of incunables which belonged to the Premonstratensian Abbey of Park before its sale in 1829.\\ [[:resources:provenance:bibliotheca_parchensis|Further information]] with a description of the provenance indicators of books from the Bibliotheca Parchensis and some photographs. | > Dr Christian Coppens is investigating present location of items from the collection of incunables which belonged to the Premonstratensian Abbey of Park before its sale in 1829.\\ [[resources:provenance:bibliotheca_parchensis|Further information]] with a description of the provenance indicators of books from the Bibliotheca Parchensis and some photographs. |
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| > [[canterbury cathedral|Provenance names for books printed before 1801]]\\ A provisional list of 3152 former owners, based on the provenance index published in the microfiche catalogue of the Cathedral's books printed before 1801 (David Shaw and Sheila Hingley (and others), //Canterbury Cathedral Library: Catalogue of pre-1801 printed books//. Adam Matthew Publications, Marlborough, 1998. 24 pp + 17 microfiches). | > [[canterbury cathedral|Provenance names for books printed before 1801]]\\ A provisional list of 3152 former owners, based on the provenance index published in the microfiche catalogue of the Cathedral's books printed before 1801 (David Shaw and Sheila Hingley (and others), //Canterbury Cathedral Library: Catalogue of pre-1801 printed books//. Adam Matthew Publications, Marlborough, 1998. 24 pp + 17 microfiches). |
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| > [[:resources:provenance:canterbury_cathedral:mendham|Provenance names from the Mendham Collection]]\\ The 1,148 provenance names for the books in the Mendham Collection are linked to the full bibliographical records on the OPAC at the University of Kent at Canterbury. These name records have been supplied to the CERL Thesaurus and will appear on the provenance index in the Thesaurus shortly. The full bibliographical records for books printed before 1830 will be added to the [[:resources:hpb:main|Heritage of the Printed Book Database (HPB)]] in 2009.\\ \\ The Mendham Collection comprises Catholic and anti-Catholic literature including manuscripts and printed books ranging from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Among its contents are some fine bindings and rare examples of Continental printing. The collection is on deposit at Canterbury Cathedral Library from the Law Society. | > [[resources:provenance:canterbury_cathedral:mendham|Provenance names from the Mendham Collection]]\\ The 1,148 provenance names for the books in the Mendham Collection are linked to the full bibliographical records on the OPAC at the University of Kent at Canterbury. These name records have been supplied to the CERL Thesaurus and will appear on the provenance index in the Thesaurus shortly. The full bibliographical records for books printed before 1830 will be added to the [[resources:hpb:main|Heritage of the Printed Book Database (HPB)]] in 2009.\\ \\ The Mendham Collection comprises Catholic and anti-Catholic literature including manuscripts and printed books ranging from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Among its contents are some fine bindings and rare examples of Continental printing. The collection is on deposit at Canterbury Cathedral Library from the Law Society. |
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| > See also [[http://www.djshaw.co.uk/cantlibs/|Books and libraries in Canterbury]] (information about libraries, books, book-owners, etc. in Canterbury before c. 1900). | > See also [[http://www.djshaw.co.uk/cantlibs/|Books and libraries in Canterbury]] (information about libraries, books, book-owners, etc. in Canterbury before c. 1900). |
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| > [[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/bod-inc.html|BodInc]]: //A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford//.\\ The provenance index of the Bodleian's incunabula catalogue is available as a downloadable PDF file: {{http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/bod-inc_Index_Provenances_etc.pdf|Index of Provenances, Owners, Donors, and other names}}. | > [[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/bod-inc.html|BodInc]]: //A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford//.\\ The provenance index of the Bodleian's incunabula catalogue is available as a downloadable PDF file: {{http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/bod-inc_Index_Provenances_etc.pdf|Index of Provenances, Owners, Donors, and other names}}. |
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| | > [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxford_csb/sets/72157629489440232/]]: Unidentified coats of arms in Bodleian incunables. |
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| ===St John's College, Oxford=== | ===St John's College, Oxford=== |
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| === Hazlitt's Roll of Honour === | === Hazlitt's Roll of Honour === |
| > William Carew Hazlitt, //A Roll of Honour: a calendar of the names of over 17,000 men and women who throughout the British Isles and in our early colonies have collected MSS. and printed books from the XIVth to the XIXth century, with topographical and personal notices and anecdotes of many of them and their libraries and introductory remarks.// London, Quaritch, 1908.\\ A digitised version of the main text is [[ | > William Carew Hazlitt, //A Roll of Honour: a calendar of the names of over 17,000 men and women who throughout the British Isles and in our early colonies have collected MSS. and printed books from the XIVth to the XIXth century, with topographical and personal notices and anecdotes of many of them and their libraries and introductory remarks.// London, Quaritch, 1908.\\ A digitised version of the main text is [[http://books.google.com/books?q=hazlitt+roll+honour&btnG=Search+Books|available on GoogleBooks]] |
| http://books.google.com/books?q=hazlitt+roll+honour&btnG=Search+Books|available on GoogleBooks]] | |
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| ==== FRANCE ==== | ==== FRANCE ==== |
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| > From the main page, click on ‘‘Recherche’’ to go to the search page, and then use the ‘‘Provenance’’ search field. The ‘‘Index’’ link produces a clickable list of all the provenance names in the database. | > From the main page, click on ‘‘Recherche’’ to go to the search page, and then use the ‘‘Provenance’’ search field. The ‘‘Index’’ link produces a clickable list of all the provenance names in the database. |
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| > [[http://www.cls.yale.edu/buxheim/index.html|A virtual recreation of a fifteenth-century library.]] The library once present at the Carthusian monastery of Buxheim, Germany, was one of the largest of its kind. The manuscripts now reside in over fifty libraries across Europe and North America, and some remain in private hands. Many remain unlocated or unidentified since their sale and dispersion at auction in 1883.\\ You may view the manuscript catalogs of c. 1450, 1693 and 1755. There is a page illustrating [[http://www.cls.yale.edu/buxheim/1755/provenance.html|17th/18th century Buxheim provenance inscriptions]]. The site is the work of [[whobrey@yale.edu|Dr William Whobrey]] at Yale University. | > [[http://www.cls.yale.edu/buxheim/index.html|A virtual recreation of a fifteenth-century library.]] The library once present at the Carthusian monastery of Buxheim, Germany, was one of the largest of its kind. The manuscripts now reside in over fifty libraries across Europe and North America, and some remain in private hands. Many remain unlocated or unidentified since their sale and dispersion at auction in 1883.\\ You may view the manuscript catalogs of c. 1450, 1693 and 1755. There is a page illustrating [[http://www.cls.yale.edu/buxheim/1755/provenance.html|17th/18th century Buxheim provenance inscriptions]]. The site is the work of [[whobrey@yale.edu|Dr William Whobrey]] at Yale University. |
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| === HeBIS-Ad-hoc-Arbeitsgruppe zur Provenienzerschließung === | === HeBIS-Arbeitsgruppe Historische Bestände === |
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| | > Starting with an Ad-hoc Group on Provenance in 2007, the [[http://www.hebis.de/eng/englisch_index.php|HeBIS network]] eventually established a broader //HeBIS Working Group on Old Collections//. The group is running a [[https://dlist.server.uni-frankfurt.de/mailman/listinfo/provenienz|provenance mailing list]] (postings in German as well as English language) with many international subscribers from museums, archives and libraries actively discussing questions of provenance research. New subscribers are welcome. |
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| > A new working group on provenance has been established (November 2007), including a [[https://dlist.server.uni-frankfurt.de/mailman/listinfo/provenienz|mailing list]] for discussion. For further information, see the web site of the [[http://www.hebis.de/de/news/provenienzen_netzwerk.php|Hessischen BibliotheksInformationsSystem (HeBIS)]]. | > Provenance information in Hessen is added to the [[http://cbsopac.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/LNG=DU&CHARSET=UTF-8/DB=2.1/|HeBIS-Verbundkatalog]] and can be searched by selecting the index //“Provenienzen/Exemplarspezifika(PRV)”//. It is soon to become retrievable directly from the CERL Thesaurus as well. \\ For further information, see the [[http://www.hebis.de/de/1ueber_uns/projekte/Provenienzerschliessung.php|HeBIS Website]] (//German language//). |
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| === Mainz, Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek === | === Mainz, Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek === |
| > The Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek Mainz is adding provenance names (for persons and institutions) to the records in its [[http://pica1l.lhb.tu-darmstadt.de/IMPLAND=Y/SRT=YOP/LNG=DU////DB=STBMZ/| | > The [[http://www.mainz.de/WGAPublisher/online/html/default/hpkr-5wggrv.en.html|Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek Mainz]] is adding provenance names (for persons and institutions) to the records in its [[http://pica1l.lhb.tu-darmstadt.de/IMPLAND=Y/SRT=YOP/LNG=DU////DB=STBMZ/|OPAC]]. Select the search field PRO (Provenienz) and search, for example, for “Karmeliterkloster Mainz”. \\ The library is a member of the [[#hebis-arbeitsgruppe_historische_bestaende|HeBIS Network]]. |
| OPAC]]. Select the search field PRO (Provenienz) and search, for example, for "Jesuiten Mainz". | |
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| === Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek === | === Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek === |
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| > Since 1997, the library has been adding provenance names (for persons and institutions) and provenance terms (using the T-PRO | Thesaurus der Provenienzbegriffe LINK [[http://provenienz.gbv.de/T-PRO_Thesaurus_der_Provenienzbegriffe]]) to the records in its OPAC LINK [[http://opac.ub.uni-weimar.de/DB=2/LNG=DU/]]. Select the search field PRV (“Provenienzen”). There is also an OPAC LINK [[http://opac.ub.uni-weimar.de/DB=2.3/]] comprising Nazi looted art (“NS-Raubgut”) with more detailed information on provenance and which offers the option to search for collections (“Sammlungen”). | > Since 1997, the library has been adding provenance names (for persons and institutions) and provenance terms (using the T-PRO | Thesaurus der Provenienzbegriffe LINK [[http://provenienz.gbv.de/T-PRO_Thesaurus_der_Provenienzbegriffe]]) to the records in its OPAC LINK [[http://opac.ub.uni-weimar.de/DB=2/LNG=DU/]]. Select the search field PRV (“Provenienzen”). There is also an OPAC LINK [[http://opac.ub.uni-weimar.de/DB=2.3/]] comprising Nazi looted art (“NS-Raubgut”) with more detailed information on provenance and which offers the option to search for collections (“Sammlungen”). |
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| > [[http://www.cultura.toscana.it/biblioteche/tutela/progetti/lait/index.shtml|LAIT: Libri antichi in Toscana, 1501-1885]] | > [[http://www.cultura.toscana.it/biblioteche/tutela/progetti/lait/index.shtml|LAIT: Libri antichi in Toscana, 1501-1885]] |
| > The LAIT database, directed by Regione Toscana, one of CERL’s members organisations, is now available on the web. There are over 7,000 entries with provenance information, which can be searched using the search field `‘Possessori’’. | > The LAIT database, directed by Regione Toscana, one of CERL’s members organisations, is now available on the web. There are over 7,000 entries with provenance information, which can be searched using the search field `‘Possessori’’. |
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| | === Florence, Archivio di Stato === |
| | > [[http://www.archiviodistato.firenze.it/ceramellipapiani2/index.php?page=Home]] |
| | > **Coat of arms Database** |
| | > From the Ceramelli Papiani collection. |
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| === Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana === | === Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana === |
| === Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale === | === Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale === |
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| > {{:resources:provenance:religious_houses_by_m_venier_v2.pdf|The Libraries of the suppressed Religious Houses, Rome, 1876}} (//updated February 2008//). | > {{en:resources:provenance:religious_houses_by_m_venier_v2.pdf|The Libraries of the suppressed Religious Houses, Rome, 1876}} (//updated February 2008//). |
| > Following the suppression of the religious houses in Rome (1873) as a consequence of the creation of the new Kingdom of Italy with Rome as its capital, the libraries of the suppressed religious houses were confiscated for the benefit of the newly created National Central Library (1876).\\ In her article ‘The computerised archive of owners in the older publications database of SBN: the experience of the National Central Library of Rome’, //[[:publications:cerl_papers:cerl_papers_v|CERL Papers V]]//, 2005, pp. 43-53 (see above), Marina Venier (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Rome) describes the process of confiscation and the attempts of the religious to avoid the loss of their books. The Appendix to her article is reproduced here, listing the 78 libraries confiscated, their size and religious affiliation, reference to surviving catalogues of the original collections, and reproduction of ownership stamps and labels from many of the collections. | > Following the suppression of the religious houses in Rome (1873) as a consequence of the creation of the new Kingdom of Italy with Rome as its capital, the libraries of the suppressed religious houses were confiscated for the benefit of the newly created National Central Library (1876).\\ In her article ‘The computerised archive of owners in the older publications database of SBN: the experience of the National Central Library of Rome’, //[[:publications:cerl_papers:cerl_papers_v|CERL Papers V]]//, 2005, pp. 43-53 (see above), Marina Venier (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Rome) describes the process of confiscation and the attempts of the religious to avoid the loss of their books. The Appendix to her article is reproduced here, listing the 78 libraries confiscated, their size and religious affiliation, reference to surviving catalogues of the original collections, and reproduction of ownership stamps and labels from many of the collections. |
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| === Basel, Universitätsbibliothek === | === Basel, Universitätsbibliothek === |
| > [[http://www.ub.unibas.ch/spez/poeba/|Opera poetica Basiliensia]] : a database of poetic texts printed in Basel and/or held by the University Library in Basel. The left-hand menus have links to indexes of authors, titles, printing towns, printers, dates, and also [[http://www.ub.unibas.ch/spez/poeba/index-vorbesitzer.htm|provenance names]] (Vorbesitzer). The entries have digitised images of title pages, etc., many showing the provenance sources. | > [[http://www.ub.unibas.ch/spez/poeba/|Opera poetica Basiliensia]] : a database of poetic texts printed in Basel and/or held by the University Library in Basel. The left-hand menus have links to indexes of authors, titles, printing towns, printers, dates, and also [[http://www.ub.unibas.ch/spez/poeba/index-vorbesitzer.htm|provenance names]] (Vorbesitzer). The entries have digitised images of title pages, etc., many showing the provenance sources. |
| > These names have now been added to the [[:resources:provenance:cerl_thesaurus|CERL Thesaurus]]. | > These names have now been added to the [[resources:provenance:cerl_thesaurus|CERL Thesaurus]]. |
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