Choir psalter; Hymnal (DS4571) (Q21213)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 231, Lewis E 231)
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Choir psalter; Hymnal (DS4571)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 231, Lewis E 231)

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    Choir psalter; Hymnal
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    Extent: ii+189+vii; 590 x 400 mm bound to 613 x 420 mm; parchment
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    Front cover and top flyleaves detached
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    Some damage from flaking
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    Marginal and interlineal annotations in near-contemporary and later hands
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    Binding: Eighteenth-century stamped dark brown calfskin; metal corner and bosses; remains of clasps; edges stained red
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    Layout: One column of fifteen lines; lead point ruling; written area: 460 x 280 mm
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    Script: Gothic--rotunda
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    Decoration: Seven large decorated initials with partial foliate and geometric borders; numerous colored initials in red, blue, green, and black with pen-work decoration
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    Related resource: J. Thomson, Hither and Thither (Philadelphia, 1905), pp. 135-144.
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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. 452-53, no. 35.
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    Provenance: May have been made for the Jerónimos Monastery near Lisbon; Hiersemann of Leipzig (bookseller); bought by the Free Library in 1900; catalog entry and typed description pasted onto the inside front cover; bookplate of the Free Library of Philadelphia pasted on to inside front cover; Stamped "Geo. S. Pepper Fund" and "3079," bottom of fol. 2r
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    Contributor: Diane Biunno
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    Cataloger: Oliver Mitchell
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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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