(Q21198)
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John III, King of Portugal, 1502-1557
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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Karl W. Hiersemann (Firm)
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Extent: 183; 590 x 400 mm bound to 624 x 420 mm; parchment
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Historiated initial by same hand as that of Lewis E 222 and Lewis E 223
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Folios missing after fols. 108, 151, 156, 179, and 183
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Remains of parchment and paper marker tabs throughout
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Some flaking of paint and ink
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Wax drippings on fols. 175r and 177r
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Extensive repairs to parchment throughout
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Binding: Eighteenth-century stamped dark brown calfskin; metal corners, bosses and clasps
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Layout: One column of twenty lines; ruled in ink; five-line staves in red ink; written area: 450 x 257 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda
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Decoration: One historiated initial with Saint Jerome kneeling before a crucifix (fol. 151v); one illuminated initial (fol. 1r) with full panel border; numerous black and colored initials of varying height with pen-work decoration throughout
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Related resource: J. Thomson, Hither and Thither (Philadelphia, 1905), pp. 135-144.
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Related resource: Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, originated by C. U. Faye, continued and edited by W. H. Bond (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962), p. 452, no. 26.
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Provenance: Gift of King John III to the College of Saint Jerome in 1548 (see colophon); Hiersemann of Leipzig (bookseller); bought by the Free Library in 1900
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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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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