(Q20769)
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Constitutiones clementinae (Clementine constitutions)
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Clement V, Pope, approximately 1260-1314
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Giovanni d'Andrea, approximately 1270-1348
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Louis XII, King of France, 1462-1515
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Anne, of Brittany, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France, 1476-1514
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G. Michelmore & Co.
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1385-1415
14. century
15. century
1385Gregorian
1415Gregorian
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Extent: i+196+i; 165 x 115 mm bound to 169 x 124 mm; parchment
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Book is in multiple hands; textualis with rotunda characteristics may indicate a southern French or Italian place of production
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Binding: Early sixteenth-century French calf, flush to text block, blind stamped with the crowned fleur-de-lis of Louis XII of France and the crowned ermine of his wife, Anne of Brittany; remnants of holes for clasps; restored and rebacked
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Layout: Two columns of forty-three lines for gloss, number of lines for main text varies; some prickings visible; ruled in lead; red running titles throughout; written area: 120 x 87 mm for gloss, 43 mm width for central text with varying height
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Script: Gothic--rotunda
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Decoration: Three illuminated initials on first page; red and blue initials and paragraph markers 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. 2054, no. 157.
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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. 71-72, no. 65.
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Related resource: Cashion, Debra Taylor, "Cataloging Medieval Manuscripts, from Beasts to Bytes," Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures 5, no. 2 (Fall 2016): p. 148 (article pp. 135-159).
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Provenance: From the library of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany ?; sale by Anderson (New York, 6 Dec. 1920, no. 108) to G. Michelmore, resold for him by the American Art Association (New York, 30 Jan. 1923, no. 432) to John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; cover stamped with the blind stamped with the...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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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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