(Q21117)
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Ess, Leander van, 1772-1847
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Lewis, John Frederick
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1450-1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ii+118+i; 285 x 205 mm bound to 293 x 215 mm; paper
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Binding: Later marbled paper over paper boards
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Layout: Two columns of forty to fifty-four lines; first part frame-ruled in ink (fols. 1-54), second part frame-ruled in lead (fols. 55-118); running titles for feast or ferial days in upper margin; written area: 210 x 140 mm
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Script: Gothic--cursiva
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Script: Hybrida
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Decoration: Initials in red, mostly two or three lines in height, except for a simple nine-line initial at the beginning of the Sunday sermons (fol. 1r), and a six-line initial ornamented with green penwork at the beginning of the Lenten sermons (fol. 55r); paragraph marks, underlining, rubrication, capitals touched in red
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Provenance: Leander van Ess (1772-1847), Darmstadt, no. 307; sold in 1824 to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), no. 691 (inscription, fol. 1r); his sale Sotheby's, London, June 6, 1910, 727, to Bull; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia (armorial bookplate inside front cover); 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: 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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