(Q20718)
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Ellis, John Henry, 1839 or 1840-1912
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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1140-1160
12. century
1140Gregorian
1160Gregorian
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Extent: iv+119+ii; 225 x 140 mm bound to 235 x 160 mm; parchment
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Four front flyleaves, two paper followed by two parchment; two back flyleaves, paper
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Binding: Nineteenth-century English leather, blind-tooled, marbled endpapers, gold-stamped on spine EVANGEL. SANCTI MARCI.
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Layout: Main text written in one column of seventeen lines, ruled in drypoint with double vertical bounding lines; space for gloss on either side of text ruled in lead as needed; some prickings visible; text and gloss written above top line; written area: 148 x 53 mm (main text), 155 x 125 mm (gloss)
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Script: Italian Protogothic
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Decoration: Spaces for two large initials (fols. 1r, 4v) and small initials beginning chapters left unfilled
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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. 2028, no. 16.
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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. 49, no. 42.
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Related resource: Free Library of Philadelphia. Saints, Scribes, and Scholars: An Exhibition of Illuminated Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the Collections of the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Compiled by Satoko I. Parker, Walter A. Frankel, and Marie E. Korey (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 5.
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Related resource: TELMA-Luxury Bound: A corpus of manuscripts illustrated in the Netherlands (1400-1550)
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Provenance: Rev. John Henry Ellis; his sale London, Sotheby's, June 30, 1913, no. 68, to Maggs; 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: Amey Hutchins
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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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