(Q21201)
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John III, King of Portugal, 1502-1557
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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Karl W. Hiersemann (Firm)
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Extent: 163; 588 x 380 mm bound to 613 x 396 mm; parchment
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The front cover is nearly detached
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Initial by same hand as that of Lewis E 221 and 223
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Some flaking of ink
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Remains of parchment and paper marker tabs throughout
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Binding: Eighteenth-century; stamped dark brown calfskin; metal corners, bosses and clasps; edges stained red
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Layout: One column of twenty lines; lead point ruling; written area: 440 x 260 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda
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Decoration: One illuminated initial with an all'antica panel border (fol. 1r); numerous black and colored initials with pen-work decoration, some extending into marginal drawings of birds (fols. 114r and 134r)
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Related resource: J. Thomson, Hither and Thither (Philadelphia, 1905), pp. 135-144.
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Related resource: Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, originated by C. U. Faye, continued and edited by W. H. Bond (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962), p. 452, no. 27.
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Provenance: Gift of King John III to the College of St. Jerome in 1548 (see colophon, fol. 163v); Hiersemann of Leipzig (bookseller); bought by the Free Library in 1900
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Oliver Mitchell
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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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