(Q21237)
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Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373
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Cherubino, da Siena, frate, -1484
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Mercantile Library of Philadelphia
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1400-1499
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ii+176+i; 290 x 210 mm bound to 300 x 220 mm; mixed
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Outermost and innermost bifolia of each gathering are parchment, the rest of the bifolia are paper
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Water damage on many of the folios
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Twentieth-century paper flyleaves front and back; second front flyleaf is fifteenth-century paper ruled in ink
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Binding: Twentieth-century half calf over original wooden boards; blind-stamped spine title, St. Brigitta, Revelationum
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Layout: Two columns of thirty-eight to thirty-nine lines; frame-ruled in hard point; second front flyleaf is ruled in ink but is not inscribed, in the same manner as fol. 176v; written area: 215 x 140 mm
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Script: Humanistic Cursive
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Script: Text written by multiple hands; rubrics written by multiple hands in both humanistic bookhand and Gothic rotunda; final leaves (fols. 173-176) also written in a humanistic bookhand
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Decoration: Blank spaces of six to nine lines, preceding each chapter, used for rubrics in red through fol. 94v, and after that left blank; spaces left for decorated initials, two to six lines, with guide letters, with a few initials and paragraph marks in red in fols. 11r-19v
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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. 2100, no. 1.
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Provenance: Sotheby's (catalog entry from a Sotheby's sale, lot 333, inside front cover); Mercantile Library of Philadelphia, the contents of which was turned over to the Free Library of Philadelphia; stamp of the Mercantile Library on fols. 2r and 176r; pencil note on the inside of back cover reads: "Macdonald 3/72 repair CN from the Mercantile Library"
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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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