(Q20892)
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Richardson, Thomas F.
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Lewis, John Frederick
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1400-1415
15. century
1400Gregorian
1415Gregorian
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Extent: i+188+i; 133 x 90 mm bound to 139 x 90 mm; parchment
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On recto of front flyleaf: signed "John F. Lewis 1919" in pen, stamp of Thomas F. Richardson of Boston and pencil notes in Lewis's hand: "XIV century/Paris use/190 ff/12 miniatures/1360-1380/covers 100 years later." Written in pencil on fol. 120r: "T. F. Richardson manuscript written between 1360 and 1380 A.D. The covers are 100 years later. Lfs 190 and 12 miniatures. Style Parisian."
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Binding: Flemish, early sixteenth-century stamped calf; panel with Saint Roch (1295-1327) dressed as a pilgrim accompanied by an angel and a dog repeated twice on the front cover and twice on the back, other stamps of a dog, a wyvern, a dragon, and a deer; edges gilded and gauffered; leather has been repaired and the spine rebacked
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Layout: Frame-ruled in red ink, every line ruled in one column of twelve lines; written area: 75 x 47 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Ten full-page miniatures, two small miniatures; floral and inhabited borders throughout; one-, two-, and three-line initials decorated in red, blue, and gold and decorated line fillers throughout
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Provenance: Thomas F. Richardson, Boston; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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Contributor: Karen Kirsheman
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Cataloger: Erin Connelly
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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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