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.
R
R., M. A. -- see M. A. R.
R. A. (16th century)
R. C.
R. D. (19th century?)
R. H.
R. M. (16th/17th century)
R. N.
Rabaut-Pommier, Jacques Antoine (1744-1820)
Member of the Conseil des Anciens (Upper House of the Directoire).
Radermacher, Johan, the Elder (1538-1617)
Merchant and humanist; see Anna Simoni: The Radermacher sale catalogue
Raine, James (1791-1858)
Antiquary and topographer: see ODNB.
BD12-a.12 (possible owner?)
Rait, David (16th century)
See Durkan & Ross: Early Scottish libraries, p. 91.
Bk5-g.13 (item 1: probable); Bk5-g.13 (item 2: probable); Bk5-g.13 (item 3)
Ramsay, James (19th century)
"Mate of Premier, Dundee"
Ramsay, John (alias Bowle) (d. 1551)
Prior of Merton from 1530-1538; see ODNB.
Ramsey, John -- see Ramsay, John
Ranconet, Aimar de (1498-1559)
French humanist scholar
By.2.18 (possible owner?)
Ratcliffe, John (1707-1776)
Book collector; see ODNB and 'Bibliotheca Ratcliffiana' (1776).
Be.2.9; Bv.2.9; Bv.2.12; Bv.2.16; Bv.2.17; Bv.2.20; Bv.2.24; Bv.2.29; Bv.2.30; Bv.3.4; Bv.3.14; Bw.3.5; Bx.3.6; Bx.3.39; Bx.3.41; Bx.3.41 bis; By.3.31
Rauber, Andreas (fl. 1542)
Of Worms (Rheinhessen)
Raulin, Philippe de (fl. 1608)
Rawa -- see L.G.
Rawicz -- see L.G.
Rawlinson, Thomas (1681-1725)
Bibliophile; see ODNB.
Reader, A. (19th century)
Possibly 19th century London bookseller, Arthur Reader
Rederus (fl. 1504)
Of Ulm, possible owner
BC4-c.22 (item 1); BC4-c.22 (item 3)
Reed (or Beed), John (fl. 1700)
Reiboldt, Ferdinand von (d. 1858)
Collector of coins, medals, and maps
Reid, Thomas (1830-1911)
M.D., lecturer in ophthalmology at University of Glasgow
Rhorrer, Johann Georg (17th century)
Ricasoli Baroni, Pandolfo (1581-1657)
Canon of Florence, preacher, declared heretic by Florence Inquisition in 1641; his library given to Discalced Carmelites, Florence, 1635
Richard (17th century)
Ridner, John P. (mid 19th century)
American mahogany merchant, a founding member of the American Art Union
Righi(?), Hieronymus de (16th century)
Robert (16th century)
Robert de Saint-Victor, Louis (1738-1822)
Conseiller au Parlement de Normandie
Rochefort, Guillaume de (1433-1492)
Chancellor of France
Rochefort, House of (France)
Roelans, Cornelius (1450-1525?)
Flemish physician
Rogant/Rogantus, Anthonius (fl. 1537)
Of Montpellier
BC33-d.8 (item 1); BC33-d.8 (item 2); BC33-d.8 (item 3); BC33-d.8 (item 4); BC33-d.8 (item 5); BC33-d.8 (item 6); BC33-d.8 (item 7); BC33-d.8 (item 8)
Roger, John (mid 16th century)
Franciscan, Stirling. See Durkan & Ross: Early Scottish libraries, p. 139.
Rolfe, John (16th century)
Roly (16th century)
Romualdus, Frater (16th century)
Roscius, Joannes (17th century)
Bx.3.7 (item 1; and possibly item 2, depending upon when the two items were first bound together).
Rosetus, M. (fl. 1552)
Bx.3.46 (item 2)
Ross, Andrew -- see Rosse, Andrew
Rosse, Andrew (d. 1751)
Professor of Humanity, University of Glasgow (1706-1735); see the University of Glasgow story entry.
Rossius(?), Ricardus (16th century)
Italy
Rost, Reynerus/Reinerus (16th century)
Rotenhan, Adamo di (fl. 1632)
Of Florence
Rotermund (19th century)
Rottendorff, Bernhard, M.D. (fl. 1625)
Dk.2.8 (item 1: possible?), Dk.2.8 (item 2: possible?), Dk.2.8 (item 3: possible?) & Dk.2.8 (item 4: possible?)
Rougemont, Michael (16th century)
Rowatt, Alexander (d. 1644)
M.A. Glasgow, 1587, Church of Scotland minister, d. 1644 – see H. Scott, 'Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae ...' New ed., vol. 3 (1920) p. 373.
Bk7-e.11 (possibly)
Roxburghe, John Ker, 3rd Duke of -- see Ker, John
Royo, Micer (fl. 18th century)
Rozelli, Jacques (late 16th century)
Senator of Nîmes
Rozellus, Jacobus -- see Rozelli, Jacques
Rudder, Laurence -- see Ruddere(?), Laurens
Ruddere(?), Laurens (16th century)
Rupeforti, Guillielmo de -- see Rochefort, Guillaume de
Rutherford, John (c. 1520-1577)
Reformation divine, appointed Provost of St Salvator's College, St Andrews, in 1560; see ODNB.
Rutherfurd (19th century)
Captain, Royal Engineers
BC17-x.1 (item 1)