De consolatione philosophiae; De mirabilis mundi; Grammatical treatise ?; Unidentified theological treatise; Miscellany (DS4369) (Q20607)

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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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    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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