Antiphonary (DS4378) (Q20634)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 11, Lewis E 11)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Antiphonary (DS4378) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 11, Lewis E 11) |
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Convent of San Paolo
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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Extent: iii+49+ii; 195 x 135 mm bound to 206 x 140 mm; parchment
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Third upper flyleaf is a parchment singleton, with a prominent stub visible against its recto side
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Binding: Seventeenth-century black morocco, blind tooled border around the sides, with clasps
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Layout: Musical notation on red, four-line staves; four staves, with accompanying text, to a page; frame ruled; written area: 149 x 91 mm
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Script: Gothic--semi-textualis
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Decoration: Some penwork capitals with grotesques; capitals in red and blue; rubrication and musical staves in red
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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. 2033, no. 47.
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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), p. 15, no. 11.
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Provenance: Written for the burial service of the nuns of the Convent of San Paolo; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; manuscript dated 1496 on fol. 49v. 1496 was the year when reconstruction on the Ospedale di San Paolo in Florence was completed
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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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