Biography of Petrarch; Glosse de libris meteororum (Gloss on the Book of Meteors); Glosse de libris meteororum IV (Gloss on the Book of Meteors IV) (DS4417) (Q20751)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 53, Lewis E 53)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Biography of Petrarch; Glosse de libris meteororum (Gloss on the Book of Meteors); Glosse de libris meteororum IV (Gloss on the Book of Meteors IV) (DS4417) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 53, Lewis E 53) |
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Biography of Petrarch; Glosse de libris meteororum (Gloss on the Book of Meteors); Glosse de libris meteororum IV (Gloss on the Book of Meteors IV)
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Breton, John le, -1275
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Adam, of Buckfield, approximately 1220-approximately 1294
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John, de Seccheville, active 13th century
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Linterno, Marchese
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Certosa di Garegnano (Milan, Italy)
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Visconti di Modrone, C., Duke
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Bruschetti, Giuseppe
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Schiepati, Gaetano
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Arrigoni, Luigi
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Rosenthal, Jacques
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1250-1280
13. century
1250Gregorian
1280Gregorian
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Extent: i+85+ii; 340 x 240 mm bound to 336 x 244 mm; parchment
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Texts were identified by J. R. Long in 1990; see his article for an explanation of the authorship of the texts and his reattribution and for an explanation of how Britton was wrongly identified as the author by De Ricci
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Date of manuscript established by James P. Reilly, Jr.
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False Petrarchian bookplate contains the motto "Neutro sed ad interna Linterni ornamenta" and the inscription "Fragmentum Bibliothecae Petrarchae"
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Binding: Re-used parchment over wooden boards; the material is reused from an older, two-columned manuscript and still shows traces of writing; turn ins and front flyleaf also from recycled material; "PHILOSOPHICAE DISCUSSIONES" written in ink on spine
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Layout: Two columns of sixty-five to seventy-nine lines, lead point ruling; corrections and later notes in margins; written area: 260 x 157 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis; single-compartment a
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Decoration: Blank spaces for illuminated initials at chapter headings
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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. 2056, no. 167.
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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. 59-60. no. 53.
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Related resource: Ullman, Berthold L., "Petrarch Manuscripts in the United States," Italia medioevale e umanistica 5 (1962), p. 462, no. 73 (article pp. 443-475).
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Related resource: Dutschke, Dennis, Census of Petrarch Manuscripts in the United States (Padova: Antenore, 1986).
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Related resource: Long, R. James, "Adam of Buckfield and John Sackville: Some Notes on Philadelphia Free Library MS Lewis European 53," Traditio 45 (1989-1990): 364-367.
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Related resource: Long, R. James, Adam of Bockenfield, Glossae super De vegetabilibus et plantis: A Critical Edition with Introduction (Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2013).
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Provenance: Linterno collection, Milan (bought at Padua, 1640); Carthusians of Garegnano, near Milan (ca. 1700); Duca V. Visconti Modrone, Milan (1779); Giuseppe Bruschetti, Milan (1834); Gaetano Schiepati, Milan (1865); Luigi Arrigoni, Milan (1883); sold by J. Rosenthal at Sotheby (April 12, 1889, no. 550) to Dawson; sale by Sotheby (November 23, 1908, no. 539) to Leighton; Maggs (Cat. 246...
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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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