(Q20913)
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Lewis, John Frederick
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Liturgical use
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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Extent: i+260+i; 110x75 mm bound to 100x70mm; parchment
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Some headings in Italian
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Leaves have been excised throughout; very small stubs remain
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Binding: Early nineteenth-century black morocco, in blue morocco case
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Layout: Frame-ruled in ink; one column of eleven lines; written area: 51x40 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
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Decoration: Seven four-line illuminated initials; six historiated illuminated initials with full-page borders; one-line and two-line initials in red and blue throughout; two-line initials decorated with pen flourishes in red or blue; rubrication throughout; one full-page illuminated miniature of the Virgin and Child enthroned
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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. 2042, no. 98.
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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. 131, no. 117 (+ Supplement).
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Provenance: 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: Erin Connelly
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Cataloger: Dot Porter
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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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