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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 249A and B, Lewis E 249A and B)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi (The Compendium of History in the Genealogy of Christ); Explanation of the Wheel of Sevens (DS4588) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 249A and B, Lewis E 249A and B) |
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Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi (The Compendium of History in the Genealogy of Christ); Explanation of the Wheel of Sevens
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Peter, of Poitiers, approximately 1130-1205
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker, 1868-1937
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Extent: 722 x 260 mm 694 x 257 mm; parchment
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Some wear to the paint in the roundels of E 249b.
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Sister leaves: Two membranes appeared in the catalogue of Berlin dealer Paul Graupe in 1928, lot 7, pl. 5; one of the miniatures from these membranes is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954.388. Two additional membranes are in the collection of Dr. Elie Borowski, Toronto, and another belongs to the Huis Bergh Collection, 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands, cat. 214. fr. 23.
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Mounting prevents examination and digitization of verso
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Layout: Two columns of eighty-eight (Lewis E 249 a) and forty-four (Lewis E 249 b) lines, ruled in lead; written area: 505 x 208 mm (Lewis E 249 a), 308 x 198 mm (Lewis E 249 b)
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Three historiated roundels with gold backgrounds (Nativity, Crucifixion, Resurrection), one quatrefoil containing the head of Christ, one eleven-line illuminated initial, several two-line decorated initials alternating between blue with red flourishing and red with blue flourishing, and two genealogical diagrams (Lewis E 249 a); four roundels (Christ as judge, creator, resurrected...
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Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2075, no. 323.
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Related resource: Morgan, Nigel, Early Gothic Manuscripts, part 2, 1250-1285, A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles, vol. 4 (London: Harvey Miller, 1987), p. 180.
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Related resource: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections, edited by James R. Tanis (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001), pp. 196-198, no. 68.
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Provenance: Probably John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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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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