(Q20838)
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Sayre, Robert H. (Robert Heysham), 1824-1907
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1440-1460
15. century
1440Gregorian
1460Gregorian
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Extent: i+116+i; 187 x 135 mm bound to 194 x 142 mm; parchment
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Occasional water stains and bleeding through of red ink
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First page of the Hours of the Virgin lacking (between fols. 23 and 24)
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Calendar includes saints venerated in the diocese of Laon and Soissons: Saint Amand (6 February, fol. 2r); Saint Medard (8 June, fol. 6r); Saint Crispin (25 October, fol 10v); and Saint Nicaise (14 December, fol. 12r)
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Faint early ownership inscriptions on fols. 56v and 116v
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Calendar and rubrics before each section in French
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Inscription in miniature on fol. 52r: angel holds scroll that reads: "Deus omnipotens meus Amen"
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Some miniatures likely retouched
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Binding: Early twentieth century brown calf, blind stamped; with brown slipcase stamped "BOUND BY HYMAN ZUCKER"
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Layout: One column of nineteen lines, ruled in red ink; written area: 94 x 69 mm
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Script: Bâtarde
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Decoration: Eleven half-page miniatures: Visitation (fol. 40r), Nativity, Adoration type (fol. 48r), Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 52r), Adoration of the Magi (fol. 55r), Presentation in the Temple (fol. 57r), Flight into Egypt (fol. 60r), Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 65r), David before Christ as Judge (fol. 69r), Crucifixion (fol. 84r), Pentecost (fol. 87r), Burial of the Dead (fol...
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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. 2036, no. 69.
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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), pp. 100-101, no. 92.
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Related resource: TELMA-Luxury Bound: A corpus of manuscripts illustrated in the Netherlands (1400-1550)
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Provenance: Robert Heysham Sayre, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (bookplate on inside cover, dated 1900), sold in Philadelphia, 28 January 1908; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia (bookplate on recto of first flyleaf); 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: 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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