(Q21144)
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Philagathos, of Cerami
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University of Chicago. Library
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Gunther, Charles Frederick, 1837-1920
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Extent: 313; 203 x 152 mm bound to 206 x 152 mm; mixed
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Manuscript on glazed paper with parchment miniatures pasted in
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One miniature (on f. 223r) has Latin prayers in humanistic bookhand visible on its verso
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Note in ink pasted inside front cover gives date of composition as 1081 and date of copying as 1493
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Description inside front cover mentions four miniatures; catalog description inside back cover advertises three
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Origin in southern Italy assigned by De Ricci
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Binding: Probably contemporary Greek monastic blind-stamped calf, with bosses; rebacked
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Layout: One column of twenty-five lines; margins pressed into leaves with a frame; written area: 149 x 90 mm
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Script: Greek cursive
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Decoration: Three full-page fifteenth-century Venetian miniatures on vellum pasted in (fol. 4r possibly over notes, fol. 223r over text, fol. 235r on a blank leaf); initials and ornamental marginal decorations in brown or faded red; edges decorated with designs in red and brown ink
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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. 2282-2283, no. 922.
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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. 450, no. 15.
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Provenance: Label of dealer Joseph Baer and Co., Frankfurt, in inside front cover; University of Chicago Libraries before 1925 (embossed stamp in text in upper right corner of fol. 1 and effaced accession number in top margin of fol. 2r); Charles F. Gunther, Chicago (printed catalog description pasted inside back cover, Anderson, New York, 12 November 1925, I, number 173); John F. Lewis
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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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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