(Q20712)
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Labitte, Alphonse, 1853-
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1240-1260
13. century
1240Gregorian
1260Gregorian
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Extent: iii+399+iv; 175 x 115 mm bound to 190 x 130 mm; parchment
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Armorial bookplate and printed catalog entry pasted onto inside of front cover
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Entry from Henry Young and Sons' Catalogue of Books pasted inside back cover
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Binding: Nineteenth-century (circa 1814-1830) black morocco, gilt with clasps and blind tooling with purple watered-silk paste-downs, by R. Simier with his ticket on front endpaper: "Simier Relieure du Roi, Rue St. Honore No. 152, à Paris"; stamped on spine in gold: "BIBLIA LATINA MANV-SCRIP TA"
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Layout: Two columns of fifty-five lines; hard point ruling; written area: 107 x 72 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda
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Decoration: Sixteen historiated initials; decorated and pen-flourished initials throughout
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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. 2027, no. 10.
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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. 47, no. 39.
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Related resource: de Hamel, Christopher. The Book: A History of the Bible (London: Phaidon Press, 2001), p. 119.
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Provenance: Alphonse Labitte (1853-?); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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Contributor: Joseph Shemtov
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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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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