Incunabula provenances and other names index
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H (1) - H (2) - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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
G.M.S. (19th century)
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
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.1.4; Be.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.2.14; Be.2.15; Be.2.16; Be.2.17; Be.3.5; Be.3.7, 8; Be.3.9 (item 1) & Be.3.9 (item 2); Be.3.10; Be.3.12; Be.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.3.19; Be.3.20; Be.3.22; Be.3.23 (item 1); Be.3.23 (item 2); Be.3.24; Be.3.26; Bf.1.1; Bf.1.2; Bf.1.3; Bf.1.4; Bf.1.5; Bf.1.6; Bf.1.9; Bf.1.10; Bf.1.12; Bf.1.13; Bf.1.15; Bf.1.17; Bf.1.18; Bf.2.4; Bf.2.5; Bf.2.6; Bf.2.7; Bf.2.8; Bf.2.11; Bf.2.13; Bf.2.14; Bf.3.2; Bf.3.11; Bg.1.4; Bg.1.5; Bg.1.7; Bg.1.8; Bg.1.9; Bg.1.10; Bg.1.11; Bg.2.6; Bg.2.7; Bg.2.8; Bg.2.9; Bg.2.10; Bg.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.2.27; Bg.3.22; Bh.2.4; Bh.2.5; Bh.2.6; Bh.2.7, 8; Bh.2.9; Bh.2.11 (item 1); Bh.2.11 (item 2); Bh.2.11 (item 3); Bh.2.11 (item 4); Bh.3.10; Bv.1.5 (2nd copy, no longer in Hunterian Library); Bv.1.7; Bv.1.9; Bv.1.10, 11; Bw.1.8-9; Bw.1.10; Bw.1.11; Bw.2.7; Bw.2.8; Bw.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.2.22; Bw.2.24; Bw.3.15; Bw.3.16; Bw.3.17; Bw.3.18; Bw.3.19; Bw.3.20; Bw.3.23; Bw.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.1.9; Bx.1.11; Bx.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.3.13; Bx.3.18; Bx.3.20; Bx.3.25; Bx.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.3.32; Bx.3.33; Bx.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.1.7; By.1.9, 10; By.1.12, 13; By.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.3.3; By.3.7; By.3.9; By.3.10; By.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.3.27; By.3.36; Ds.2.5
Gallemans(?) (16th/17th century)
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
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).
Gardner, John Dunn (1811-1903)
Garnett, Richard (1835–1906)
Librarian and author; see ODNB.
Garrion, Richard (fl. 1569)
Garsianus, Franciscus (16th century)
Iurisperitus et Canonicus Regularis Lateranensis
Garton, G. (17th century)
Gautier, of Illeville-sur-Montfort, Normandy -- see Galterius Illeuillensis/Gautier, of Illeville-sur-Montfort, Normandy
Gayosso, Benito Martínez (18th century)
Gebhard (fl. 1516)
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1738-1820)
See ODNB.
Georgios (16th/17th century)
Georgius (fl. 15th/16th century)
Priest in canton Valais, Switzerland
Georgius, Frater (17th century)
Ghuzelmus, Julianus -- see Guizzelmi, Giuliano
Gianderoni, Giovanni (d. 1483)
O.S.A. ; Bishop of Città di Castello from 1460-1475, afterwards of Massa Marittima
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)
Gifford, Andrew (1700-1784)
Baptist minister, numismatist, and from 1757 assistant librarian at the British Museum
Gilbert Chastre de Cangé, Jean Pierre -- see Chastre de Cangé, Jean Pierre Imbert
Gillris -- see Gyllris/Gillris(?)
Giovanini (16th century)
Italy
Giovanni of Aragon (1456-1485)
Cardinal, son of Ferrante I, King of Naples
Giptius, Philippus (16th century)
Italy
Girard, Aegidius, of Orléans (16th century)
Girardenghi, Cesare (16th century?)
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
Gobinet, Jean (fl. 1695)
Theologian and early Principal of the Collège du Plessis-Sorbonne, Paris.
Goccelus(?) (16th century)
Presbyter of Montfort-sur-Risle, Normandy
Godart, Reverendus Pater (fl. 1638)
Of the Celestines, S Maria, Paris (suppressed 1779)
Godersen, Joachimus (1610-1677)
Decanus and thesaurius, Hamburg Cathedral
Godfrey, John (16th/17th century)
Goebel, Johann Wilhelm von -- see Göbel, Johann Wilhelm von
Gollancz, Livia Ruth (b. 1920)
Publisher
Gomaer François -- see Gomarus, Franciscus
Gomarus, Franciscus (1563-1641)
Dutch Calvinist theologian
Gómez de la Cortina, Joaquín-- see Cortina, Joaquín Gómez de la
Goodwin, Mathew (fl. 1650)
Gradig/Gradyg, Thomas (16th century)
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
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.
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.
Greasbrooke, Anne (17th century)
Greene, Robert (16th century)
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”.
Greig, Thomas -- see Greg or Greig, Thomas
Guicciardini family (15th/16th century)
Of Florence
Guizzelmi, Giuliano (1446-1518)
Of Prato, jurist and historian
Guyon, H. (fl. 1625)
Gyllris/Gillris(?) (17th-century)