(Q20736)
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Liber primus distinctionum super decretales
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Bohic, Henri, 1310-approximately 1390
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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Extent: i+306; 301 x 207 mm bound to 310 x 233 mm; paper
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Binding: Original pigskin over wooden boards, remains of clasps, in cloth case
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Layout: One column of 36-39 lines; frame-ruled with no visible ruling; written area: 206 x 135 mm
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Script: Gothic--cursiva
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Decoration: Two large penwork initials in red and green with marginal extensions (fol. 1r and fol. 3r), the first letter A with two small dragons; initials, underlining, rubrication, and capitals touched up in red
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Provenance: Made in Amberg, Bavaria, Dec. 15, 1420; sale, Germany, Jan. 19, 1818, no. 66; sale, Sotheby's, ca. 1880 ?; Viscount Avonmere of Belle Isle, Roscrea; Lord Portarlington, his sale; Townley Searle, Dublin; Sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, Jan. 30, 1923, no. 431; 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: 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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