(Q21204)
Statements
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Karl W. Hiersemann (Firm)
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Missing leaves
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1540-1560
16. century
1540Gregorian
1560Gregorian
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Extent: 193; 510 x 340 mm bound to 535 x 360 mm; parchment
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A single folio has been excised between fols. 9 and 10, but the text and original foliation are continuous so this does not appear to be later damage
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Fols. 3r-4v and 25r-26r contain paper strips with responses tipped in over the original text, perhaps to adapt the manuscript for the liturgical needs of a particular church
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Evidence of early damage and repairs to parchment
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Fols. 45 and 130 severely trimmed
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Occasional fragmentary remains of paper tabs, presumably markers of important texts
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The text has been annotated and corrected in a number of near-contemporary and later hands
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Binding: Eighteenth-century stamped dark brown calfskin; metal corners and bosses (some missing); remains of clasps; edges stained red
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Layout: Single column of six lines with five-line staves in red ink; lead point ruling; written area: 395 x 230 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda
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Decoration: One historiated initial, showing the Holy Family, on fol. 1r; one illuminated initial on fol. 58v; numerous black and colored initials with penwork decoration; marginal drawing, bird (fol. 182r)
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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. 28.
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Provenance: Probably gift of King John III to the College of St. Jerome in 1548 (along with Free Library MSS Lewis E 212-234, see colophons in first two volumes); Hiersemann of Leipzig (bookseller); bought by the Free Library in 1900; catalog entry and typed description pasted onto the inside front cover; bookplate of the Free Library of Philadelphia pasted on to inside front cover; Stamped...
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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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