Provenance, from the French provenir, "to come from", means the origin, or the source, of something, or the history of the ownership or location of an object, especially a work of art, or some object of value such as is found in archaeology, or paleontology, or some document, such as a manuscript, or even an item of literature in the broadest sense, including a first edition of a very rare published work. The primary purpose of provenance is to confirm the time, place, and if appropriate the per… (More on Provenance)