(Q20637)
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Richardson, Thomas F.
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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Extent: 75; 570 x 386 mm bound to 590 x 420 mm; parchment
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Detached corner ornament contained in curatorial file
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Some damage from flaking
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A number of folios have been excised
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Remains of paper pastedowns on staves
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Binding: Stamped Russian leather over wooden boards; brass corner ornaments; one clasp, remains of another
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Layout: One column of five lines; four-line staves with musical notation in red ink; ruled in red ink; evidence of pricking; written area: 430 x 300 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda
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Decoration: Ten illuminated initials; numerous black and colored initials with pen-work decoration
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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. 2033, no. 48.
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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 Free Library, 1937), p. 16, no. 12.
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Provenance: Thomas F. Richardson, Boston (lot 48 in his 1919 sale); 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: 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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