De consolatione philosophiae; De mirabilis mundi; Grammatical treatise ?; Unidentified theological treatise; Miscellany (DS4369) (Q20607)
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English | De consolatione philosophiae; De mirabilis mundi; Grammatical treatise ?; Unidentified theological treatise; Miscellany (DS4369) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 2, Lewis E 2) |
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De consolatione philosophiae; De mirabilis mundi; Grammatical treatise ?; Unidentified theological treatise; Miscellany
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Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
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Lafferde, Henricus
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Mewe, Henricus
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Librairie Tross
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Phillips, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1400-1499
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ii+237+i; 220 x 152 mm bound to 227 x 170 mm; paper
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Front flyleaf foliated as 1 and back flyleaf foliated as 239
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Binding: Contemporary sheepskin over wooden boards, blind-tooled with stamps of fleur-de-lis, rosette, and dragon; remains of two metal clasps, rebacked; two pieces of parchment with writing pasted to upper cover; first is illegible but begins with the number 4 in 15th-century hand; the second inscribed LXXXI; gold-stamped on spine BOETII CONSOLATIO PHILOSOPHIA CUM GLOSSIS 1478.
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Layout: Exposition and main text in two different formats: exposition in 2 columns of 42-47 lines, vertical ruling only in brown ink (textblock width: 108 mm; column width: 50 mm); main text 1 column of 16-27 double-spaced lines, vertical ruling only in brown ink (text block width: 108); interlinear glosses in main text
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Script: Gothic cursive
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Script: Gothic—textualis
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Script: Gothic—textualis semi-quadrata
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Decoration: Three flourished in initials in brown (and red ink on fol. 3r); marginal drawings and notes 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. 2050, no. 136.
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Provenance: Fol. 1r (flyleaf): Ownership note of Henricus Mewe; fol. 2r: Name and notes, giving dates 1476 and 1477, of Henricus Lafferde in margins of unidentified manuscript text; Henricus Lafferde, Germany (ca. 1476-1477); Henricus Mewe (15th-16th century); Tross (dealer), Paris, 1830; Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872), his no. 4738 and 10225; his sale, London, Sotheby's, April 24, 1911, no...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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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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