(Q21009)
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Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1200-1299
13. century
1200Gregorian
1299Gregorian
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Extent: 30; bound to 257 x 160 mm; parchment
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Fragment begins with the 22nd of February and runs to the 15th of September
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Folios are severely damaged in outer margins; extant folios are of variable sizes
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The collation is uncertain; folios 9 and 16 are now single but may once have been conjoined, in which case the collation formula would be 1-3 (8), 4 (6)
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Binding: Italian vellum
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Layout: Frame-ruled in hard point; one column of twenty-nine lines; outer margins of folios damaged
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Script: Three- and four-line capitals in red throughout; one large decorated initial in red (fol. 29v)
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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. 2058, no. 182.
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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. 166, no. 153 (+ Supplement).
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Related resource: Lattanzi, Angela Daneu. "Di un manoscritto miniato esequito a Palermo nel terzo quarto del sec. XII e d'alcuni altri manoscritti, con osservazioni sulla scrittura siciliana pregotica." Accademie e Biblioteche d'Italia 32, nos. 4 & 5 (1964): 1-24. See p. 19 and fig. 23 (fol. 29v).
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Provenance: Obtained from W. M. Voynich by 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: 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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