(Q20946)
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Jean Bourdichon, follower of
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Fountaine, Andrew, Sir, 1676-1753
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Minns, Susan B.
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Lewis, John Frederick
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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Extent: iii+96+iii; 190 x 140 mm bound to 199 x 146 mm; parchment
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First upper flyleaf and final lower flyleaf are heavy paper stamped with gold arabesque motifs, integral to the pastedowns
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Binding: Seventeenth-century French red morocco with dentele borders ruled in gold, gilt edges, embossed flyleaves and pastedowns; "HEVRES GOTIQVE." stamped in gold on spine; modern slipcase with "LATIN MS., 12 MINIATURES, FRANCE, XV. CENTURY" stamped in gold on spine
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Layout: One column of seventeen lines, ruled in red ink; written area: 125 x 80 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Twelve half-page miniatures with foliate borders: twelve half-page miniatures; twelve large illuminated initials; red and blue illuminated initials and line fillers throughout
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Related resource: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Selection of valuable books & manuscripts from the library of Sir Andrew Fountaine ... comprising very rare English books and tracts of the XVIth and XVIIth centuries, 11 June 1902, lot 425
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Related resource: American Art Association, Collection of Miss Susan Minns of Boston, Mass.; Books, Bookplates, Coins, Curios, Prints, Illuminated Manuscripts and Horae Illustrative of "The Dance of Death," to be sold May 2nd and 3rd, 1922 (Greenwich, Conn.: Condé Nast, 1922), lot 415.
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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. 2037, no. 78.
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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. 142-143, no. 128.
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Provenance: From the library of Sir Andrew Fountaine (1676-1753; sold at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 11 June 1902, lot 425); Quaritch; Susan B. Minns (sold at American Art Association, 2-3 May 1922, lot 415); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; "N. 14" written in ink on the verso of the second upper flyleaf...
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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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