Canon super almanach; De 12 signis et eorum naturis in generali (DS4370) (Q20610)

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Canon super almanach; De 12 signis et eorum naturis in generali (DS4370)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 3, Lewis E 3, https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_003.html)
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      4 December 2023
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      Canon super almanach; De 12 signis et eorum naturis in generali
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      Extent: 19+i; 217 x 145 mm bound to 233 x 160 mm; mixed
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      Fols. 1-2 damaged and badly torn, fol. 7 tear in lower margin with evidence of repair
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      Gothic--textualis: fols. 1-10, fol. 19, fols. 15-18; Gothic--anglicana: fols. 11-14
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      Two contemporary flyleaves (fols. 1-2) are included in the modern foliation; leaves are separated by modern conservation paper, which is not included in the foliation
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      Binding: Full red morocco, blind-tooled, "Manuscript XIV & XV Cent." on the spine
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      Layout: Part I: frame ruled in ink, each line ruled, thirty-nine lines, pricking for each line; written area: 164 x 105 mm
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      Layout: Part II: written in long lines, no evidence of ruling, tables ruled in ink with evidence of pricking
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      Script: Gothic--textualis
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      Script: Gothic--anglicana
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      Decoration: Part 1 (fols. 1-10): red and black ink, manicule (fol. 10v), some annotations; Part II: red paragraphs, two-line initials in red, rubricated headings throughout, annotations throughout, diagram of an astrolabe (fol. 18r)
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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. 2055, no. 164.
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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. 5-6, no. 3.
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      Provenance: Inscription on first page: "Dr Manloves gift to Ralph Thoresby"; Given by John Frederick Lewis' widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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      14 April 2025
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