Collationes XXIV, incomplete (DS4598) (Q21294)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 63, Lewis E 63, https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_63.html)
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| English | Collationes XXIV, incomplete (DS4598) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 63, Lewis E 63, https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_63.html) |
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4 December 2023
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Cassian, John, approximately 360-approximately 435
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Cope, Anthony, Sir
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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Missing leaves
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1125-1175
12. century
1125Gregorian
1175Gregorian
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Extent: i+143; 244 x 160 mm bound to 250 x 170 mm; parchment
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Binding: Contemporary monastic binding of white leather (torn in places) over boards with one leather clasp; evidence of worn tooling patterns or ink-dyed finishing partially visible on back cover; partially legible inscription written vertically on lower half of upper cover: Lib... de Vr.....
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Layout: One column of thirty-two to thirty-seven lines; frame-ruled in hard point with double horizontal bounding lines (fols. 1-103) and double vertical and horizontal bounding lines (fols. 104-143); prickings visible; text starts above top line throughout; written area: 185 x 100 mm (fols. 1-103), 182 x 100 (fols. 104-143)
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Script: Protogothic
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Script: Written by at least three hands: scribe 1 is responsible for fols. 1r-10v, 13r-102v; scribe 2 for fols. 11r-12v; scribe 3 for fols. 104r-143r (more rounded, possibly English and slightly later)
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Decoration: One nine-line initial in green and red (fol. 1r) and numerous one- to four-line initials in red in the first part of the manuscript (fols. 1r-102v); four four- to ten-line initials in green and red (fols. 104r, 114r, 119r, 135v) and numerous three- or four-line initials in red, green, red and green, or blue in the second part of the manuscript (fols. 104r-143r); rubrication in red...
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Provenance: Cope family at Bramshill Park, Hampshire; Sir Anthony Cope sale, Sotheby's, London, March 4 1913, lot 42; sold to Leighton (dealer); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; gift of Anne Baker Lewis to the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1936
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14 April 2025
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