(Q21225)
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Follower of Jean Pucelle
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Laurence Witten (Firm)
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Missing leaves
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1304-1314
14. century
1304Gregorian
1314Gregorian
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Extent: iv+623+iv; 71 x 46 mm bound to 76 x 56 mm; parchment
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No correct system of foliation or pagination present
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At least two folios missing, after fols. 23v and 193v
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Additional text has been added to a number of folios in a contemporary hand
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Corrections to original text in a contemporary hand
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Binding: Possibly German, nineteenth-century, red morocco with gilt tooling and gilt clasp
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Layout: One column of seventeen lines; ruled in brown ink; pricking visible; written area: 43 x 30 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis quadrata
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Decoration: Fifteen historiated initials; over one thousand illuminated initials, some with marginal flourishes; numerous smaller decorated initials and line-fillers in red, blue, and gold
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Related resource: J. R. Tanis (ed.), Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001), pp. 132-133, no. 44.
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Provenance: Sold by Laurence Witten (no. 1946 in the 1962 catalog no. 5); purchased by the Free Library of Philadelphia with the Simon Gratz Fund
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Oliver Mitchell
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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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