Prayer Book (DS4525) (Q21075)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 179, Lewis E 179)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Prayer Book (DS4525) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 179, Lewis E 179) |
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Vida, Marco Girolamo
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Joachim, Baron von Windhag
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von Kniestedt, Eberhard
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1540-1550
16. century
1540Gregorian
1550Gregorian
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Extent: i+109+i; 138 x 96 mm bound to 146 x 101 mm; paper
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The final flyleaf is foliated as fol. 110
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Texts by Erasmus, Prudentius, and Marco Girolamo Vida identified by Nicholas Herman, March 2017
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Binding: Contemporary German stamped calf, within a border of scrolls and medallions; on each side a stamped center panel gilt showing Christ triumphing over Death, with the initials HGV (attributed to Hans von Ghent), in cloth case
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Layout: One column of nineteen lines; parchment scraps with gothic script used as reinforcement visible at front (with musical notation, before fol. 1) and back (with text, after fol. 109); written area: 88 x 60 mm
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Script: Humanistic
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Decoration: Forty copperplate engravings depicting the Life of Christ, the first colored, the subsequent engravings occupying every other leaf
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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. 2044, no. 110.
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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. 193, no. 179.
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Provenance: Owned by Joachim, Baron von Windhag, his bookplate of 1661 on verso of first flyleaf; Eberhard von Kniestedt, his bookplate on upper pastedown; Henry Huth (The Huth Library, V, 1880, p. 1718; A. H. Huth, A catalogue of the woodcuts and engravings in the Huth library, 1910, pp. 13-14); A. H. Huth sale of engravings, Sotheby's London, July 4, 1911, no. 47; to E. Parsons; (directly...
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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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