(Q20883)
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Gilbert, W. J.
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1500-1525
16. century
1500Gregorian
1525Gregorian
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Extent: v+141+vi; 162 x 100 mm bound to 165 x 108 mm; parchment
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Modern paper flyleaves
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Marbled endpapers
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Short instructions to illuminator visible next to some miniatures
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First page for Vespers with miniature lacking between fols. 80 and 81
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Binding: Early-twentieth-century blue morocco, gilt stamped decoration, marbled paper pastedowns, bound by H. Zucker of Philadelphia; stamped on spine in gold: "HORAE BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS, LATIN MS, XV. CENTURY"
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Layout: One column of fifteen lines, ruled in lead; written area: 104 x 61 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Seventeen large miniatures, with frames and illusionistic text scrolls; four small miniatures; illuminated initials and line-endings throughout
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Related resource: A superb collection of illuminated vellum manuscripts and works on the art of illuminating, Stan V. Henkels, Philadelphia, 7 June 1909, p. 2, lot 245.
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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. 2039, no. 84.
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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. 117, no. 107.
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Related resource: TELMA-Luxury Bound: A corpus of manuscripts illustrated in the Netherlands (1400-1550)
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Provenance: Dr. J. D. Moyreau (eighteenth century?); W. J. Gilbert, St. Louis; his sale, Stan V. Henkels, Philadelphia, 7 June 1909, lot 245 (purchased by John Frederick Lewis for $140, as per inscription on fol. 3r); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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Contributor: Allison Freyermuth
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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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