Book of Hours, Use of Rome (DS4453) (Q20859)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 99, Lewis E 99)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, Use of Rome (DS4453) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 99, Lewis E 99) |
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Gold Scrolls Group (active c. 1415-1455)
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Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1814-1906
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Burdett-Coutts, William, 1851-1921
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1430-1439
15. century
1430Gregorian
1439Gregorian
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Extent: i+154+i; 204 x 141 mm bound to 213 x 150 mm; parchment
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Angel's scroll in the miniature of the Annunciation, fol. 24v, reads: "Ave gratia plena dominus tecum"
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Binding: Late-fifteenth-century, possibly Venetian, brown morocco, blind-tooled, gilt gauffered edges, traces of original hinges; slipcase with "LIVRE D'HEURES, ILLUMINATED M.S., ON VELLUM, ABOUT 1450, (ITALIAN BINDING, 1470)" stamped in gold on spine
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Layout: One column of twenty lines, red ink ruling (prickings visible); the last twenty-four leaves are ruled but left blank; written area: 112 x 76 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Fourteen full-page miniatures with foliate (rinceaux type) borders; fourteen six-line illuminated initials; three three-line illuminated initials, and one-to-two-line illuminated initials, line fillers, and foliate borders on nearly every page
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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. 2036, no. 66.
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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 Library, 1937), p. 108, no. 99.
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Related resource: James Douglas Farquhar, "Manuscript Production and Evidence for Localizing and Dating Fifteenth-Century Books of Hours: Walters Ms. 239," The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, vol. 45 (1987), p. 56, note 42.
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Related resource: Lilian M.C. Randall et al., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery, vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530 (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press in association with The Walters Art Gallery, 1997), p. 162.
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Related resource: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections, edited by James R. Tanis (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001), pp. 94-96, no. 27; p. 118, n. 4.
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Related resource: TELMA-Luxury Bound: A corpus of manuscripts illustrated in the Netherlands (1400-1550)
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Provenance: Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), London; her husband, Right Hon. William Burdett-Coutts, M.P. (1851-1921); his sale, Sotheby's, London, May 15-17, 1922, lot 274; Maggs Bros. (booksellers), London; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; two unidentified coats of arms on an altar-cloth...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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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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