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Vitae XII caesarium (Lives of the twelve caesars), fragment and Book of Hours leaf
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Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1500-1599
16. century
1500Gregorian
1599
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1400-1499
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: v+12+vi; 253 x 155 mm bound to 262 x 165 mm; parchment
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Leaf from a Book of Hours (Hours of the Virgin, Compline) tipped in to back flyleaf; leaf from the same Book of Hours is tipped in to Lewis AL 025.8 B56 between folios 46-47
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A fragment, breaking off in the middle of the Life of Julius Ceasar; table of contents lists the other books of Suetonius's Lives, the last one beginning on fol. 131
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Hand that wrote the table of contents is different from that of the main text; same hand wrote the running titles that appear on each page; Greek inscription on folio 9v also in a different hand
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Binding: Bound in 19th-century half morocco with marbled paper covers; stamped in gold on spine, "Life of Caesar (Suetonius) Fragment XV. Cent. Ms."
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Layout: One column of thirty-two lines, frame-ruled in lead point; one illuminated initial (fol. 1r); running title on each page; written area: 165 x 95 mm
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Layout: A leaf from a Book of Hours tipped in to back flyleaf; one-line and two-line initials decorated in red, blue and gold, decorated borders, and line fillers; frame-ruled in ink; one column of twenty-three lines; page dimension: 113 x 102 mm; written area: 95 x 60 mm
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Script: Humanistic
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Script: Bâtarde
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Provenance: D. T. P.; Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 2665); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; "DTP" written in pencil on fol. 2r; "Phillips MS 2665" written in ink on fol. 1r and "Italian hand Lives of the Caesars Suetonius" also written in ink in Phillipps's hand on fol. 1r
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Erin Connelly
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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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