Aurora (DS4517) (Q21051)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 169, Lewis E 169)
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Aurora (DS4517)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 169, Lewis E 169)

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    Extent: ii+176+iii; 215 x 114 mm bound to 225 x 125 mm; parchment
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    Paper flyleaves
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    Binding and front flyleaves detached from book block
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    Binding: Blue straight grain morocco; blind-tooled borders; spine title Biblia sacra
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    Layout: One column of forty-two to forty-five lines; ruled in lead, with three vertical bounding lines on the left to create a narrow column for the initials at the beginning of each line; some prickings are visible; occasional marginal notes in red ink; written area: 165 x 65 mm
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    Script: Gothic--textualis
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    Decoration: Initials in red and blue, from two lines to five lines; some pen ornamentation in the margin, including penwork diagrams
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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. 2049, no. 131.
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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 Free Library, 1937), p. 183, no. 169 (+ Supplement).
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    Related resource: M. Huglo, "La dispersion des manuscrits de Royaumont", Revue bénédictine, t. 113, f. 2 (2003), p. 376 (article: pp. 365-406).
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    Provenance: Bookplate of Charles Joseph Harford, circa 1880, inside front cover; Rev. Frederick Kill Harford sale, Sotheby's, London, April 24, 1899, no. 895; to Maggs; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia, before 1915 (Voynich letter, pasted to flyleaf 2 verso at end); 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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