Breviary (DS4413) (Q20739)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 49, Lewis E 49)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Breviary (DS4413) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 49, Lewis E 49) |
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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van Ess, Leander, 1772-1847
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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Extent: 76, with two loose leaves (one original and one a later note); lacking end; 120 x 92 mm bound to 128 x 95 mm; parchment
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Paper reinforcements pasted into gutters at fols. 30v-31r, 40v-41r, 41v-42r, 42v-43r, 43v-44r, 73v-74r, 74v-75r, 75v-76r; later prayers (eighteenth century?) pasted over text at fol. 5r; Inscriptions of similar date on upper and lower pastedowns; loose page fragment consisting of a lower third of a page inserted into book between fols. 29v and 30r
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Binding: Contemporary vellum over wooden boards, remains of clasp
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Layout: One column of nineteen lines; written area: 95 x 65 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: One large initial in gold and colors with foliate decoration within a trilateral border of leafy sprays; several smaller initials in gold and colors; capitals in red and blue; rubrication 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. 2031, no. 39.
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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. 55, no. 49.
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Provenance: Leander van Ess (1772-1847), Darmstadt, no. 108; sold in 1824 to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), no. 493; his sale, Sotheby's, London, June 6, 1910, no. 676; to Albert for John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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Contributor: Caitlin Goodman
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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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