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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 238, Lewis E 238)
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Brut Chronicle (DS4577)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 238, Lewis E 238)

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    Brut Chronicle
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    Middle English (1100-1500); Latin
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    Extent: ii+135+iv; 300 x 205 mm bound to 307 x 213 mm; parchment
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    Loose binding structure
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    Binding: Green morocco, gold tooled in concentric panel design with centerpiece of fan and spray motifs, over pasteboard, filleted rims, red edges; possibly Cambridge, ca. 1630-40
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    Layout: Two columns of thirty-five lines, ruled in brown ink; several sheets of blank parchment inserted into text and numbered by modern hand (fols. 42-49, and fols. 122-127); written area: 202 x 133 mm
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    Script: Gothic--anglicana
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    Script: Secretary
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    Decoration: Two six-line decorated initials with full foliate border in red, blue, and gold (fols. 1r, 2v); three-line decorated initials in red, blue, and gold with foliate extensions throughout; one-line pen-flourished initials in red and blue or blue and gold throughout; marginal drawings by later hands (fols. 72r, 110v, 128v, 129r)
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    Related resource: Sotheby's, London, Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts and Valuable Printed Books from the Library of Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, the Property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Tollemache … Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co., June 14, 1965, lot. 18.
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    Related resource: Free Library of Philadelphia. Saints, Scribes, and Scholars: An Exhibition of Illuminated Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the Collections of the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Compiled by Satoko I. Parker, Walter A. Frankel, and Marie E. Korey (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 30.
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    Related resource: Lister M. Matheson, The Prose Brut: The Development of a Middle English Chronicle, in Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies (Tempe, AZ, 1998), pp. 89, no. 13.
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    Provenance: William Lymnor of Sharrington (after 1557); Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart (1708-1770); Tollemache Library, Helmingham Hall, label on inside of front cover: "L.J.I.11" altered to "L.H.V" in pencil; sale Sotheby's, London, June 14, 1965, lot. 18; Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, purchased with Gratz Fund; Ownership note of "William Lymnor of Sharryngtone" on...
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    Contributor: Diane Biunno
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    Cataloger: Erin Connelly
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    Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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    4 December 2023
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    4 December 2023
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