Shelfmark
Bi.5.07
Additional shelfmark
Iaa5.6.29 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
Lucerna lapidaria, quæ titulos, monimenta, epitaphia, inscriptiones, ac sepulchra, tum gentilium, tum Christianorum Via Flaminia, & Arimini scrutatur. Accensa a Iosepho Malatesta Garuffio Bibliotheca Ariminensis custode..
Varying form of title
Lvcerna lapidaria
Publication, distribution, etc.
Arimini : Ex typographia Didaci Dominici Ferraris., M. DC. XCI. [1691]
Physical description
88 p., [1] folded leaf of tables ; 23 cm. (4to)
Note
Date precedes printer statement in imprint.
Note
At foot of title: Superiorum permissu.
Note
Preliminary leaf with half-title "Lucerna lapidaria Garuffii" on recto and quotations on verso.
Note
Woodcut vignette on title page.
Note
Signatures: A⁶ B-K⁴ L².
Note
Folded leaf inserted after p. 86 has caption title "Inscriptio caractere Armeno" and is signed "Ioseph Malatesta Gariffius" and dated "Arimini Idibus Nouembris 1692". It includes the Armenian inscription "+ Ի թվ[ ին] ՉԽԵ Ես Թովմա Վ[ ար]դ [ապե]տ [Շի]նեցի Օ զտունս" ("I t’v[in] Ch’KHE es T’ovma v[ar]d [ape[ sh]inets’i o ztuns", i.e. "In the year 745 (inc. 7th Jan.1296) I T’ovma [i.e. Thomas] built this house"), followed by its Latin pronunciation "+ I Tuuaganutian hinghariur karasunging, ies Touma Isinieci Zpolorduns" and Latin translation "In numeratione quigentesimi quadragesicim quinti (idest anni) ego Thoma ædificaui totam domum".
Note
The Armenian letters are in bold large erkat’agir [iron letters] in three lines with ligatures [patiw] above those words in which the vowels are deleted.
Note
Initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Topham stamp; bequeathed to Eton by Richard Topham in 1736.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Eton College booklabel on final pastedown recording bequest to Eton by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Circular library stamp of Bodleian Library on t.p. verso and p. 88, with purple "Bod. Lib. cancelled" stamp.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Library stamp of British Museum on t.p. verso with additional stamp "Duplicate for sale 1769".
Binding
[Copy 1] 18th century gold-tooled, panelled calf.
Binding
[Copy 2] Without covers; apparently removed from a previous binding which has been broken up; calf spine.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Imperfect: wanting preliminary leaf.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Previously Bk.5.07.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Inscription at foot of t.p. in an early hand: "c. 1680".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil at head of preliminary leaf, with price "£9.00".
Subject
Lamps, Ancient Italy Rimini Early works to 1800.
Subject
Epitaphs Italy Rimini Early works to 1800.
Subject
Inscriptions, Latin Italy Rimini Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--name
Ferraris, Diego Domenico printer.
Added entry--name
Bodleian Library former owner.
Added entry--name
British Museum former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Rimini.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B12803