(Q20880)
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Vrelant, Guillaume, -1481, workshop
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Clark, Clarence H. (Clarence Howard), 1833-1906
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Lewis, John Frederick
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1460-1469
15. century
1460Gregorian
1469Gregorian
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Extent: iii+262+iii; 97 x 70 mm bound to 104 x 77 mm; parchment
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Binding: Early nineteenth century, English straight-grained black morocco, gold and blind-tooled and stamped with Masonic symbols, spine labeled in gold: "OFFIC. B.M.V."
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Layout: One column of fifteen lines, ruled in faint red ink; written area: 53 x 36 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda
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Decoration: Seventeen full-page miniatures: Crucifixion (fol. 13v), Pentecost (fol. 22v), Virgin and Child Enthroned (fol. 30v), Annunciation (fol. 45v), Visitation (fol. 69v), Nativity (fol. 83v), Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 90v), Adoration of the Magi (fol. 96v), Presentation in the Temple (fol. 102v), Massacre of the Innocents (fol. 108v), Flight into Egypt (fol. 118v), Coronation...
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Provenance: Clarence H. Clark (sale, Philadelphia, 1909, I, no. 182); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; On the second front flyleaf, a note is pasted in: "Sale of Clarence H. Clark, no. 182." The description of this item for sale is pasted onto the reverse; Unidentified coat of arms – a blue shield with silver...
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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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