Antiphonary, diurnal (Ambrosian Rite) (DS4377) (Q20631)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 10, Lewis E 10)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Antiphonary, diurnal (Ambrosian Rite) (DS4377) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 10, Lewis E 10) |
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Follower of Birago, Giovan Pietro, active 1471-1513 and Master B. F. (sometimes identified as Francisco Binasco)
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Master B. F., active 1486-1545
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Monastero di S. Ambrogio (Milan, Italy)
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Perkins, Oliver Henry, -1912
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1500-1515
16. century
1500Gregorian
1515Gregorian
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Extent: i+220+i; 578 x 405 mm bound to 594 x 436 mm; mixed
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Extensive evidence of damage and repairs to parchment
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Some text erased and/or rewritten
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Additional musical notation on fol. 112v, in a later hand
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Marginal annotations in various later hands
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Two scribes: one hand executed bulk of manuscript; scribe two responsible for fols. 216v-220v
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Last gathering of four folios is paper attached by strips of parchment, some with musical notation (fols. 217-220)
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Binding: Italian; early seventeenth-century blind stamped red morocco over pasteboard; stamped in gold on the spine: "LIBRO CORALE DEL CANTO AMBROSIANO"
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Layout: One column of thirty-sixlines; square and lozenge-shaped musical notation on six five-line staves in red, black, and yellow ink (fols. 217-220: square musical notation on four-line red staves); hard point ruled; written area: 404 x 280 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda
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Decoration: One large historiated initial with full foliate border; twenty historiated initials with foliate extensions; one marginal figure; four illuminated initials; two excised initials repaired with vellum patch; numerous decorated initials in red, blue, and black ink with pen-work decoration
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Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour de, 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. 2032, no. 44.
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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. 10-14, no. 10.
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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. 177-178, no. 61
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Provenance: Monastery of Sant' Ambrogio Maggiore, Milan (sixteenth century; coat of arms on fol. 1r); Henry White, London (nineteenth century); Sotheby's sale (London, 21 April 1902) lot 47; Symes; Oliver Henry Perkins, Des Moines (his bookplate inside front cover); Anderson Galleries sale (New York, 23-24 March 1926) lot 537; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; gift of Anne Baker Lewis to the...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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Cataloger: Oliver Mitchell
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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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