Noels (Christmas carols) (DS4555) (Q21165)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 211, Lewis E 211)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Noels (Christmas carols) (DS4555) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 211, Lewis E 211) |
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Maillard, Olivier, approximately 1430-1502
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1520-1530
16. century
1520Gregorian
1530Gregorian
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Extent: 61; 264 x 185 mm; written area of varying dimensions depending on line length and number of stanzas per page bound to 271 x 194 mm; paper
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Water damage to center of pages in fols. 2r-16v and to upper outside corner throughout; edges of the paper are worn and fragile
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Two scribes, the first responsible for fols. 1r-43v and 48r-51v; a later sixteenth-century hand has copied fols. 44r-47r and fol. 52r to the end; only the folios produced by the first scribe are decorated
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At the top of fol. 9r, a contemporary note indicates a version of "L'Homme armé" as the melody: "Sur Et Robinet tu m'as t'amour donnée"; other melodies are suggested in notes contemporary on fols. 10r, 13r, 18r, 19r, 22r, 23v, 29v
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Inscription in frame on fol. 1r reads: "REGINA CELI LETARE ALLELUYA QUIA QUEM MERUISTI PORTARE ALLILUYA RESURREXIT SICUT DIXIT ALLELUYA ORA PRO NOBIS DEUM ALLELUYA AMEN AMEN"
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Binding: Sixteenth-century limp vellum binding, made from a notary document from Nantes; "Nantes" is inscribed in pencil on the inside front cover; illegible word beginning with B is written in pencil on the back
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Layout: One column with varying number of lines; one frontispiece miniature; twenty-five vignettes in ink and watercolor; sixteen decorated and inhabited initials in ink and watercolor; three decorated ink and watercolor initials; seven initials in paint and gold
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Script: Bâtarde
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Script: Humanistic
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Script: Humanistic Cursive
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Decoration: One frontispiece miniature; twenty-five vignettes in ink and watercolor; sixteen decorated, inhabited initials in ink and watercolor; three decorated ink and watercolor initials; seven initials in paint and gold
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Related resource: Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, originated by C. U. Faye, continued and edited by W. H. Bond (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962), p. 451, no. 22.
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Related resource: M. B. Parkes, ed., The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble College Oxford, a descriptive catalogue with summary descriptions of the Greek and Oriental manuscripts. (London: Scholar Press, 1979), cf. cat. no. 33.
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Provenance: H. P. Kraus (Cat. 75, No. 77) to the Free Library of Philadelphia, June, 1955
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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Cataloger: Judith Weston
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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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