Bible (DS4398) (Q20694)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 33, Lewis E 33)
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Bible (DS4398)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 33, Lewis E 33)

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    Extent: i+339+i; 148 x 98 mm; parchment
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    Very worn inscription on front pastedown tells that the manuscript is from the monastery of Baumberg, near Traunsteinm, in Baveria and last belonged to Abbot von Heselwang
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    Binding: Seventeenth-century Flemish or French black morocco, elaborately tooled; stamp of the crucifixion in center of cover and on spine; clasps; gilt edges
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    Layout: Two columns of fifty-six lines; lead point ruling; written area: 110 x 72 mm
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    Script: Gothic--textualis
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    Decoration: Red and blue flourished initials throughout; marginal decoration and figures 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. 2025-2026, no. 5.
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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. 41, no. 33.
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    Provenance: Abbot von Heselwang, Baumberg; Thomas F. Richardson, Boston (sold in 1919 ) to John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936.
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    Contributor: Allison Freyermuth
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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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