Book of Hours, Use of Rome (DS4458) (Q20874)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 104, Lewis E 104)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, Use of Rome (DS4458) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 104, Lewis E 104) |
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1470-1480
15. century
1470Gregorian
1480Gregorian
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Extent: ii+208+ii; 209 x 145 mm bound to 215 x 157 mm; parchment
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Upper corners of front and back covers are damaged; front cover is beginning to separate from the spine
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Rubrics in French
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Leaf from an unrelated Book of Hours tipped onto the recto of front endleaf, possibly by Lewis; contains the beginning of the prayer "Obsecro te" with rubric "Or[ati]o beate virginis Marie"
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Binding: Eighteenth-century French morocco; gilt back and edges; marble paper pastedowns and flyleaves; stamped on spine in gold: "LIVRE D'EGLISES"
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Layout: One column of nineteen lines, ruled in lead; prickings visible on some pages; one leaf with one column of fifteen lines, ruled in red; text continues on reverse; written area: 125 x 85 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Five full-page miniatures with full borders, one half-page miniature; twenty-three historiated initials; red, blue, and gold decorated initials throughout; one inserted leaf with illuminated initial and inhabited border
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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. 2036, no. 67.
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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. 113-114, no. 104.
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Related resource: TELMA-Luxury Bound: A corpus of manuscripts illustrated in the Netherlands (1400-1550)
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Provenance: T. Royer (18th century); Rev. John Wright; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; Bookplates of the Rev. John Wright (inside front cover) and John Frederick Lewis (recto of front flyleaf); Entries from printed catalogues in inside front cover and recto of back flyleaf; "Manuscrit Heurs de Notre Dame...
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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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