(Q21213)
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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Karl W. Hiersemann (Firm)
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1540-1560
16. century
1540Gregorian
1560Gregorian
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Extent: ii+189+vii; 590 x 400 mm bound to 613 x 420 mm; parchment
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Front cover and top flyleaves detached
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Some damage from flaking
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Marginal and interlineal annotations in near-contemporary and later hands
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Binding: Eighteenth-century stamped dark brown calfskin; metal corner and bosses; remains of clasps; edges stained red
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Layout: One column of fifteen lines; lead point ruling; written area: 460 x 280 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda
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Decoration: Seven large decorated initials with partial foliate and geometric borders; numerous colored initials in red, blue, green, and black with pen-work decoration
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Related resource: J. Thomson, Hither and Thither (Philadelphia, 1905), pp. 135-144.
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Related resource: Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, originated by C.U. Faye, continued and edited by W.H. Bond (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962), p. 452-53, no. 35.
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Provenance: May have been made for the Jerónimos Monastery near Lisbon; Hiersemann of Leipzig (bookseller); bought by the Free Library in 1900; catalog entry and typed description pasted onto the inside front cover; bookplate of the Free Library of Philadelphia pasted on to inside front cover; Stamped "Geo. S. Pepper Fund" and "3079," bottom of fol. 2r
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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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