(Q20949)
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Masters of Margriet Uitenham (Netherlandish illuminator, active ca. 1475)
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De la Warr, John West, Earl, 1693-1766
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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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Extent: ii+127+ii; 140 x 98 mm bound to 153 x 110 mm; parchment
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Paper flyleaves
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Binding: Seventeenth-century, blind-tooled vellum over pasteboards with panel design; labeled on spine Getijde van de H. MARIA
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Layout: One column of nineteen lines; frame-ruled in black ink with double horizontal bounding lines; prickings visible; written area: 88 x 55 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Three large illuminated initials with full foliate borders with floral motifs (fols. 15r, 60r, 84r); large five-line flourished initials in red, blue, purple, and green ink, some illuminated, at secondary text divisions; one- and two-line initials in alternating red and blue throughout; remnants of adhesive on folio 14r, possibly from a missing miniature; color reproduction of...
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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. 2035, no. 59.
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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 Library, 1937), p. 142, no. 127.
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Related resource: Webber, Philip E., "Medieval Netherlandic Manuscripts in Greater Philadelphia Libraries," Archief- en bibliotheekwezen in België 47 (1976): 484-486 (article: pp. 459-513).
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Provenance: Bookplate (with motto Iour de ma vie) of the Rt. Honorable John, Lord De la Warr (1693-1766); W. J. Gilbert, St. Louis; his sale, Philadelphia, June 7, 1909, n. 242; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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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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