Incunabula provenances and other names index

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Alphabetical list of names (surname order) associated with the incunabula, primarily relating to provenance. Including names of former owners, donors, and other names where the exact relationship to the book is unknown. Booksellers are listed in a separate index.

NB! Direct links to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) entries will only work from University of Glasgow IP addresses as this is a subscription database.

See also the institutions provenances index and the booksellers index.

G

G., L. -- see L.G.

G.M. (17th century)
Scotland

Bm4-e.2

G.M.S. (19th century)

BD15-g.18

Gabrouitz, Daniel -- see Gabrovitz(?), Daniel

Gabrovitz(?), Daniel (fl. 1620)
Frater, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Pauline Hermits

Be.3.9 (item 1); Be.3.9 (item 2: ?)

Gaddi Capacelli, Girolamo -- see Gadi, Girolamo

Gaddius Hieronymus -- see Gadi, Girolamo

Gadi, Girolamo (d. 1529) 
Franciscan theologian, Professor at Bologna

Bh.3.24

Gadius, Hieronymus -- see Gadi, Girolamo

Gaignat, Louis Jean  (1697-1768)
Secretary to King Louis XV; see book sale catalogue: Guillaume de Bure 'Bibliographie instructive: supplément ... ou catalogue des livres de feu M. L. J. Gaignat' (Paris: 1769).

Be.1.4Be.1.6; Be.1.7; Be.1.11; Be.1.14; Be.2.3; Be.2.4; Be.2.5; Be.2.6; Be.2.12; Be.2.14Be.2.15Be.2.16; Be.2.17; Be.3.5; Be.3.7, 8Be.3.9 (item 1) & Be.3.9 (item 2); Be.3.10; Be.3.12Be.3.14 (item 1); Be.3.14 (item 2); Be.3.16 (item 1); Be.3.16 (item 2); Be.3.16 (item 3); Be.3.18; Be.3.19Be.3.20; Be.3.22; Be.3.23 (item 1); Be.3.23 (item 2); Be.3.24; Be.3.26Bf.1.1; Bf.1.2; Bf.1.3Bf.1.4; Bf.1.5; Bf.1.6; Bf.1.9Bf.1.10; Bf.1.12; Bf.1.13Bf.1.15Bf.1.17; Bf.1.18Bf.2.4; Bf.2.5; Bf.2.6; Bf.2.7; Bf.2.8; Bf.2.11Bf.2.13; Bf.2.14; Bf.3.2Bf.3.11Bg.1.4; Bg.1.5; Bg.1.7; Bg.1.8Bg.1.9; Bg.1.10; Bg.1.11Bg.2.6; Bg.2.7Bg.2.8; Bg.2.9; Bg.2.10Bg.2.11; Bg.2.12; Bg.2.17, 18; Bg.2.19; Bg.2.20 (item 1); Bg.2.20 (item 2); Bg.2.20 (item 3); Bg.2.21; Bg.2.22; Bg.2.25; Bg.2.26; Bg.2.27Bg.3.22; Bh.2.4Bh.2.5; Bh.2.6; Bh.2.7, 8Bh.2.9Bh.2.11 (item 1); Bh.2.11 (item 2); Bh.2.11 (item 3); Bh.2.11 (item 4); Bh.3.10Bv.1.5 (2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); Bv.1.7Bv.1.9; Bv.1.10, 11Bw.1.8-9; Bw.1.10Bw.1.11Bw.2.7; Bw.2.8Bw.2.9; Bw.2.10; Bw.2.11; Bw.2.12; Bw.2.16; Bw.2.17; Bw.2.18; Bw.2.19; Bw.2.20; Bw.2.22Bw.2.24Bw.3.15; Bw.3.16; Bw.3.17; Bw.3.18; Bw.3.19; Bw.3.20; Bw.3.23Bw.3.26; Bw.3.27; Bw.3.28; Bx.1.5 (2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); Bx.1.6; Bx.1.7; Bx.1.8; Bx.1.9Bx.1.11Bx.1.12; Bx.2.3; Bx.2.4; Bx.2.7; Bx.2.10; Bx.2.12; Bx.2.13; Bx.2.19; Bx.2.21; Bx.3.4; Bx.3.8; Bx.3.10; Bx.3.12 (item 1); Bx.3.12 (item 2); Bx.3.12 (item 3); Bx.3.13Bx.3.18Bx.3.20; Bx.3.25Bx.3.28; Bx.3.29; Bx.3.30; Bx.3.31 (item 1); Bx.3.31 (item 2); Bx.3.31 (item 3); Bx.3.31 (item 4); Bx.3.31 (item 5); Bx.3.32Bx.3.33Bx.3.36; By.1.1; By.1.3 (2nd copy, this ed. no longer in Hunterian Library); By.1.4; By.1.5; By.1.6; By.1.7By.1.9, 10; By.1.12, 13By.2.3; By.2.4; By.2.9 (2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); By.2.12; By.2.13; By.2.16; By.2.18; By.3.3By.3.7; By.3.9; By.3.10By.3.11 (item 1); By.3.11 (item 2); By.3.11 (item 3); By.3.11 (item 4); By.3.12; By.3.17; By.3.24 (item 1); By.3.24 (item 2); By.3.25; By.3.26 (item 1); By.3.26 (item 2); By.3.27By.3.36; Ds.2.5

Gallemans(?) (16th/17th century)

By.1.14

Galloway, Alexander (d. ca. 1552)
Canon of Aberdeen, rector of Kinkell

Ea7-x.8 (item 1); Ea7-x.8 (item 2)

Gallus, Ludovicus -- see Le Coq, Louis (Ludovicus Gallus)

Galterius Illeuillensis/Gautier, of Illeville-sur-Montfort, Normandy (16th century)
Deacon of Pont-Audemar, Normandy

By.1.1

Gand de Mérode de Montmorency, Louis de, prince d’Isenghien (1678-1767)
Maréchal de France, commandeur de l’Ordre du Saint-Esprit; see 'Catalogue des livres de Monsieur **** dont la vente se fera en détail le mardi 15 juin 1756 & jours suivans de relevée ...' (Paris:  Gabriel Martin, 1756).

Bg.1.11

Gardner, John Dunn (1811-1903)

BD9-b.7

Garnett, Richard (1835–1906)
Librarian and author; see ODNB.

Af-f.81

Garrion, Richard (fl. 1569)

Dp-e.4

Garsianus, Franciscus (16th century)
Iurisperitus et Canonicus Regularis Lateranensis

RCPSG: Bookstore SER

Garton, G. (17th century)

Bg.1.1

Gautier, of Illeville-sur-Montfort, Normandy -- see Galterius Illeuillensis/Gautier, of Illeville-sur-Montfort, Normandy

Gayosso, Benito Martínez (18th century)

Bx.3.43

Gebhard (fl. 1516)

Eg8-b.13

George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1738-1820)
See ODNB.

Bg.2.30

Georgios (16th/17th century)

Bb.2.29

Georgius (fl. 15th/16th century)
Priest in canton Valais, Switzerland

Bw.2.12

Georgius, Frater (17th century)

Bf.1.14

Ghuzelmus, Julianus -- see Guizzelmi,  Giuliano

Gianderoni, Giovanni (d. 1483) 
O.S.A. ; Bishop of Città di Castello from 1460-1475, afterwards of Massa Marittima

BD7-b.13

Gibson, Henry (fl. 1553)
According to Durkan & Ross, 'Early Scottish libraries', p. 103, Henry Gibson was a “Notary in Glasgow. At Glasgow University in 1549, and at St. Andrews in 1553.”

Bk5-g.22 (item 1); Bk5-g.22 (item 2: likely); Bk5-g.22 (item 3); Bk5-g.22 (item 4: likely); Bk5-g.22 (item 5)

Gibson, John (16th century)

Bk5-g.22 (item 1); Bk5-g.22 (item 2: likely); Bk5-g.22 (item 3: likely); Bk5-g.22 (item 4: likely); Bk5-g.22 (item 5: likely)

Gibson, Thomas (fl. 1587)

Dp-e.6

Gifford, Andrew (1700-1784)
Baptist minister, numismatist, and from 1757 assistant librarian at the British Museum

Bv.2.18

Gilbert Chastre de Cangé, Jean Pierre -- see Chastre de Cangé, Jean Pierre Imbert

Gillris -- see Gyllris/Gillris(?)

Giovanini (16th century)
Italy

Bg.2.7

Giovanni of Aragon (1456-1485)
Cardinal, son of Ferrante I, King of Naples

By.2.3

Giptius, Philippus (16th century)
Italy

BD9-a.8

Girard, Aegidius, of Orléans (16th century)

By.3.27

Girardenghi, Cesare (16th century?)

Mu27-e.5

Girardengho, Cesare -- see Girardenghi, Cesare 

Giustino da Vicenza -- see Vincentinus, Justinus

Glanderonibus, Johannes de -- see Gianderoni, Giovanni 

Göbel, Johann Wilhelm von (1683-1745)
Jurist, teacher at the University of Helmstedt

895900

Gobinet, Jean  (fl. 1695)
Theologian and early Principal of the Collège du Plessis-Sorbonne, Paris.

BD12-a.8

Goccelus(?) (16th century)
Presbyter of Montfort-sur-Risle, Normandy

By.1.1 

Godart, Reverendus Pater (fl. 1638)
Of the Celestines, S Maria, Paris (suppressed 1779)

167501

Godersen, Joachimus (1610-1677)
Decanus and thesaurius, Hamburg Cathedral

BD9-b.9

Godfrey, John (16th/17th century)

X.2.15

Goebel, Johann Wilhelm von -- see Göbel, Johann Wilhelm von

Gollancz, Livia Ruth (b. 1920)
Publisher

895900

Gomaer François -- see Gomarus, Franciscus

Gomarus, Franciscus (1563-1641)
Dutch Calvinist theologian

160826

Gómez de la Cortina, Joaquín-- see Cortina, Joaquín Gómez de la

Goodwin, Mathew (fl. 1650)

Bv.2.29

Gradig/Gradyg, Thomas (16th century)

Dp-e.4

Grahame, William (17th century)

Bl3-g.7 (item 1); Bl3-g.7 (item 2: possible); Bl3-g.7 (item 3: probable)

Grandus, Joannes (17th century)
Of Avignon

Bw.3.5

Grange, De la -- see Villedonné, Seigneur de

Graverol, François (1636-1694)
Lawyer born in Nîmes, collector of coins and MSS; see 'Dictionnaire de biographie française', 16, cols 1107-8.

Be.1.10

Gray, Robert (fl. 1664-1722)
Doctor of Medicine, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1664, Fellow 1687; see William Munk, 'The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London', 2nd ed., I (London: 1878), 454, where 1701 is suggested as date of death.

Bf.3.18; Bw.3.5; Bx.2.15

Greasbrooke, Anne (17th century)

Bv.2.30

Greene, Robert (16th century)

Bv.2.13

Greenlaw, John (d. 1566)
Of Haddington, vicar of Keith Humbie.

Bh8-e.10 (item 1); Bh8-e.10 (item 2)

Greg or Greig, Thomas (fl. early 16th century)
Perhaps Thomas Greg, canon of Dunkeld and prebendary of Alyth; see Durkan & Ross, p. 108 “Canon of Dunkeld and prebendary of Alyth.   About 60 in 1517.   Another Thomas Greg was at St. Andrews in 1514”.

Bm1-e.10

Greig, Thomas -- see Greg or Greig, Thomas

Guicciardini family (15th/16th century)
Of Florence

Be.2.3

Guizzelmi,  Giuliano (1446-1518)
Of Prato, jurist and historian

167511; 167512

Guyon, H.  (fl. 1625)

Al-b.54

Gyllris/Gillris(?) (17th-century)

Bn7-b.4