Provenance, from the French provenir, "to come from", means the origin, or the, of something, or the history of the ownership or location of an object, The term was originally mostly used of works of art, but's now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including science and computing. Typical uses may cover any artifact found in archaeology or object in paleontology, or some document, such as a manuscript, or even an item of literature in the broadest sense, including a first edition… (More on Provenance)