Bible (DS4394) (Q20682)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 29, Lewis E 29)
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Bible (DS4394)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 29, Lewis E 29)

    Statements

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    DS 2.0 Record
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    subject as recorded
    13th century
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    Thirteenth century
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    England
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    England
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    Missing leaves
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    Bible
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    Bible
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    Christian
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    Christianity
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    physical description
    Extent: ii+160+ii; 185 x 126 mm bound to 190 x 130 mm; parchment
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    note
    Fragile; binding structure exposed; many leaves torn and damaged
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    Four single leaves kept separately (fols. 157-160)
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    Fourteen leaves from this manuscript are in the Lilly Library at Indiana University (Ricketts MSS C1, III:25, and III:53)
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    Binding: Sixteenth century (?); worn red leather over exposed oak boards; remains of two clasps; boards slightly too narrow for text block
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    Layout: Two columns of fifty-two lines; ruled in brown ink; written area: 118 x 75 mm
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    Script: Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
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    Decoration: Thirty-nine inhabited initials with biblical figures or scenes; forty-seven illuminated initials, some with marginal extensions/borders terminating in dragons or other figures
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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. 2025, no. 4.
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    Related resource: Noel, William, "Some Transatlantic Trails of W. de Brailes," in The Medieval Book: Glosses from Friends & Colleagues of Christopher de Hamel (Houten, Netherlands: Hed & De Graaf Publishers, 2010), pp. 441-445.
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    Related resource: Edwin Wolf II, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1937), p. 36-37, no. 29.
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    Related resource: Cynthia Johnston, "A Model Community? An Investigation into the Use of Models in the Work of William de Brailes," in The Use of Models in Medieval Book Painting, ed. Monika E. Müller (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Cambridge Scholars, 2014), pp. 90-98 (chapter: 89-110).
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    Provenance: James Tregaskis, bookseller, London (1909); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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    acknowledgements
    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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    date added
    4 December 2023
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    date last updated
    4 December 2023
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