(Q20823)
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Labitte, Alphonse, 1853-
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Lallemant, Jean, -1548
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1490-1510
15. century
16. century
1490Gregorian
1510Gregorian
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Extent: i+63+i; 167 x 105 mm bound to 177 x 118 mm; parchment
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Ownership inscription dated 12 July 1544 by Jean Lallemant on the lower pastedown (inside back cover) has been erroneously considered to be of the same date as the manuscript; script and decoration indicate a date of circa 1490-1510 (according to Nicholas Herman, January 2017); at least four leaves, probably with full-page miniatures, have been excised before the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours...
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Binding: Embroidered and brocade cloth over pasteboards, nineteenth century
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Layout: One column of twenty-seven lines; frame ruled in faint red ink, some pricking visible; written area: 110 x 62 mm
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Script: Bâtarde (with humanistic elements)
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Decoration: Margins of each gold-framed page decorated with two red seraphs and one blue cherub, eleven illuminated initials, red and blue line-endings for the Suffrages, alternating red and blue rubrics and initials throughout
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Related resource: Reinburg, Virginia, French books of hours: making an archive of prayer, c. 1400-1600 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), p. 246.
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Related resource: Bagnoli, Martina, ed., Prayers in Code: Books of Hours from Renaissance France (Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2009), p. 31, n. 30.
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Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Alphonse Labitte on front pastedown; W. C. Crane sale via Anderson Auction Co., New York, December 10, 1912; given to the Free Library of Philadelphia by John Frederick Lewis's widow, Anne Baker Lewis, in 1936; provenance inscriptions on inside back cover
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Contributor: Caitlin Goodman
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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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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