Book of Hours, Use of Rome (DS4454) (Q20862)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 100, Lewis E 100)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, Use of Rome (DS4454) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 100, Lewis E 100) |
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Ysermans, Petrus
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Maelens, Jeronimus
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1475-1499
15. century
1475Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: iii+145+iii; 125 x 80 mm bound to 135 x 95 mm; parchment
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Two catalog entries pasted on the verso of the front flyleaf; a cutting from a newspaper with the headline "The highest-priced book" pasted on the recto of the first front endleaf
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Binding: Nineteenth-century diced and blind-tooled Russia leather; stamped in gold on spine: "MISSAL"; marbled paper pastedowns
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Layout: One column of fourteen lines; frame-ruled in purple ink with double upper and lower bounding lines; written area: 66 x 43 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis
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Decoration: Six full-page miniatures with full borders for major text divisions facing text pages with full borders and illuminated initials; four-line illuminated initials for hour divisions within the Hours of the Virgin; red, blue, and gold decorated initials and line fillers throughout; the versos of the miniatures blank and unruled
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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. 64.
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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. 109, no. 100.
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Provenance: Petrus Ysermans and Jeronimus Maelens (17th century); W. J. Gilbert, Saint Louis (his sale, Philadelphia, 7 June 1909); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; pasted on to recto of second end leaf, note written on letterhead of the Diocesan Chancery of Saint Louis, written in the hand of W.J. Gilbert...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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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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