Book of Hours, use of Rome (DS4465) (Q20895)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 111, Lewis E 111)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Rome (DS4465) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 111, Lewis E 111) |
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Le Muet, Claude
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Richardson, Thomas F.
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1485-1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 108; 185 x 125 mm bound to 200 x 137 mm; parchment
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A rubric on fol. 58v suggests that the Hours of the Holy Spirit were once included, but it is now missing
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Fol. 1 (ruled but left blank) has been tipped into the manuscript
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Numerous ornamental inscriptions are found on scrolls in the borders of the manuscript, some of which are readable: "O BEATE LUCA FAC NOS..." (fol. 9r); "MATEE APOSTOLI..." (fol. 10r); "CHORO ETERNALI" (fol. 10r); "O BEATE MARC..." (fol. 11v); "AB OMNIS..." (fol. 11v); "O MATER DEI MEMENTO MEI AMEN" (fol. 12v); "MARIA MATER GRACIE MATER MISERI..." (fol. 12v); "FUIT HOMO MISUS ADEO CUI" (fol...
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Binding: Sixteenth-century brown morocco over wooden boards; gilt stamped decoration on front and back cover; gilt edges; with brown slipcase stamped "BOUND BY H. ZUCKER PHILA."
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Layout: One column of eighteen lines, ruled in red; written area: 100 x 68 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: One full-page miniature (for Terce of the Hours of the Virgin; remaining miniatures missing), marginal images; floral and inhabited borders throughout, some with devotional mottoes in banderoles; red, blue, and gold decorated initials and line fillers throughout
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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. 2038, no. 77.
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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 Free Library, 1937), pp. 122-123, no. 111.
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Related resource: Hourihane, Colum, ed., Time in the Medieval World: Occupations of the Months & Signs of the Zodiac in the Index of Christian Art (Princeton: Index of Christian Art and The Dept. of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University, 2007), pp. 58, 82, 103, 134, 153, 164, 190, 202, 177, 280.
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Provenance: Claude Le Muet (eighteenth century); Thomas F. Richardson, Boston; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; on fol. 2r in an eighteenth-century hand, "A Claude Le Muet Tresorier de l'église d'Auxerre."; on fol. 108r, a note explains the acquisition of the manuscript from his nephew, "His Liber iam nunc ad...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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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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