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Revision as of 18:09, 11 December 2023
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 126, Lewis E 126)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, Use of Rouen (DS4480) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 126, Lewis E 126) |
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Richardson, Thomas F.
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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Extent: i+76+i; 160 x 112 mm bound to 166 x 121 mm; parchment
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Manuscript has been severely trimmed, especially along top edge
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Inscription at top of architrave on fol. 35v, apparently original, mentions Louis XII of France (erroneously mentioned in Wolf as Louis XI of Burgundy): "LVDOVICVS : REX : FRANCORVM : BONVS : OPERATVS" ; inscription on plinth on same page reads "AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINVS TECVM BENEDITV IN" (sic)
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Binding: Sixteenth-century light brown morocco, gilt stamp with image of the instruments of the Passion on the covers with "INRI" inscribed on the crosses; gilt edges
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Layout: Two columns of twenty-five lines, frame ruled in red ink; written area: 116 x 75 mm
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Script: Bâtarde
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Decoration: Twenty-four calendar vignettes, featuring the signs of the zodiac and the labors of the months; one full-page coat-of-arms, fifteen full-page miniatures; lateral borders on every page, each different, formed of leafy sprays and baroque decorations in geometric divisions, in shell gold, grisaille, and colors, decorated and illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout
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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), pp. 2038-2039, no. 83.
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Related resource: Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Library, 1937), pp. 140-141, no. 126.
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Related resource: Tanis, James, ed., Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia collections (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001), p. 118, n. 5.
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Provenance: Members of the families of Quinard of Languedoc and Venot de Noisy of Burgundy and Lyonnais; Thomas F. Richardson, Boston (stamped on front flyleaf: "Collection of Thos. F. Richardson, Boston"); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia ("John F. Lewis, 1919" written in ink on front flyleaf; pencil notes also written in Lewis's hand on front flyleaf); given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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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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