(Q20952)
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Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht; Scenes from the Life of Christ
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Master of the Suffrages (North Netherlandish illuminator, active circa 1520)
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Henry Young & Sons
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1475-1500
15. century
1475Gregorian
1500Gregorian
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1515-1525
16. century
1515Gregorian
1525Gregorian
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Extent: iii+95+iii; 143 x 104 mm bound to 149 x 105 mm; parchment
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Corrections/additions added in margins on fols. 59v, 69v, 80v, 83r, 85v, 87v, 88r, 90r
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Graded marginal annotations in red in calendar marking celebrations for Saint Anthony
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Manuscript: circa 1475-1500; Inserted miniatures: circa 1520
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First and last flyleaves are paper, remainder are parchment; marbled endpapers
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Average size of leaves with miniatures: 133 x 100 mm
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Binding: Scottish, vellum binding by Kerr & Richardson of 89 Queen Street, Glasgow (stamp on lower pastedown), marbled endpapers, late nineteenth century; rebacked by Jacques Desmonts of James Macdonald Co., East Norwalk, Connecticut, 2000
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Layout: One column of nineteen lines, ruled in brown ink, prickings visible; written area: 88 x 59 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Seven full-page miniatures tipped in throughout Hours of Eternal Wisdom, with yellow panel borders decorated with trompe l'oeil depictions of foliage, flowers, and insects, three illuminated initials, eleven flourished initials, red and blue letters throughout
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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. 2034, no. 56.
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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. 144-145, no. 130.
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Related resource: Philip E. Webber, "Medieval Netherlandic Manuscripts in Greater Philadelphia Libraries," Archief-en bibliotheekwezen in België/ Archives et bibliothèques de Belgique, vol. 47 (1976): pp. 486-487 (article pp. 459-513).
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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. 91-92, no. 25.
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Related resource: TELMA-Luxury Bound: A corpus of manuscripts illustrated in the Netherlands (1400-1550)
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Provenance: Purchased at Ghent in 1866 by Robert Highfield of Sheffield, England (note on 3rd front flyleaf); Henry Young and Sons (booksellers), Liverpool, 1910, cat. no. 194; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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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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