(Q20928)
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Carbicei, Francisco
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Richardson, Thomas F.
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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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1485-1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: iii+152+iv; 105x70 mm bound to 112x76 mm; parchment
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Layout: Frame-ruled in ink; one column of fifteen lines; written area: 58x40 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Three historiated initials within full-page floral borders containing medallions of butterflies, birds, and deer in Ferrarase style: empty cross (fol. 80r), King David (fol. 85r), skull (fol. 105r); fourteen initials with marginal decoration in gold and colors; one-line and two-line initials in red and blue throughout with decorative pen flourishing, flowers, grotesque heads...
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Provenance: Francisco Carbicei of Forli, Brescia, 1602; Thomas F. Richardson, Boston; obtained in 1919 by 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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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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