(Q26520)
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Majorana, Cristoforo (Italian illuminator, active ca. 1480-1494)
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Bement, Clarence S. (Clarence Sweet), 1843-1923
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Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943
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1485-1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: vi+243+vi; 204 x 140 mm bound to 210 x 155 mm; parchment
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Spine is separating from text block; many folios are coming loose
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Illuminated in Naples, Italy; text written in France
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Faint, mostly illegible inscription in upper margin on fol. 1r in nineteenth-century italic script; same hand appears again on fol. 12v-13r where it fills in missing opening text of Matins of the Hours of the Virgin
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One leaf with a miniature missing between fols. 186 and 187
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Binding: Red morocco with gilt edges, spine labeled "HEURES"; early-nineteenth century
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Layout: One column of fourteen lines, ruled in red ink; text written in blue ink and gold leaf; written area: 98 x 60 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Sixteen large miniatures with full borders, some inhabited; eleven four-line illuminated initials with foliate spray, fifteen three-line illuminated initials (six with foliate spray extensions, nine without); two-line illuminated initials with foliate spray extensions, one-line illuminated initials without extensions, and line endings throughout; spaces for initials in Calendar...
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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. 2117, no. 8.
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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. 453.
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Provenance: Howel Wills (1854?-1901), Florence, under shelfmark. A.III.70; his sale, Sotheby's, 11 July 1894, no. 1417; bookplate of Clarence S. Bement (1843-1923), Philadelphia; Joseph E. Widener, Philadelphia (ex-libris inside front cover); given by his children, Josephine Widener Wichfeld and Peter A.B. Widener, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1944, in memory of their father
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Judith Weston
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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5 December 2023
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5 December 2023
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