Missal, use of Rome (DS4506) (Q21018)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 157, Lewis E 157)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Missal, use of Rome (DS4506) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 157, Lewis E 157) |
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Seillière, Achille, baron, 1813-1873
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1530-1550
16. century
1530Gregorian
1550Gregorian
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Extent: ii+271+ii; 360 x 245 mm; parchment
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The first six leaves (quire 1) and the last six leaves (quire 35) are blank, framed but not ruled
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Stub between fols. 94 and 95
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Binding: French, blind-stamped dark green morocco by Belz-Niedrée with superexlibris of the Bibliothèque de Mello on both covers, parchment doublures in gold-tooled frame, early twentieth century
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Layout: Written area: 224 x 145 mm; 1 column of 15 lines; Occasionally with five four-line staves; rubricated headings describing the introit appear before each historiated initial, blue ink ruling, prickings visible
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Script: Gothic bookhand
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Decoration: Twenty-two Historiated initials, five borders of flora and fauna, two smaller historiated initials, approximately three hundred illuminated and decorated letters.
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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. 2030, no. 34.
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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. 169, no. 157.
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Related resource: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections, edited by James R. Tanis (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001), pp. 144-146, no. 48.
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Related resource: TELMA-Luxury Bound: A corpus of manuscripts illustrated in the Netherlands (1400-1550)
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Provenance: Baron François Florentin Achille Seillière, Paris (1813-1873); sale, Sotheby's, London, February 28, 1887; catalogue description of Tregaskis (London bookseller) pasted onto back flyleaf; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; inscribed on the front inner flyleaf: "From the collection of Baron Seillière...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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Cataloger: Dot Porter
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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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