Book of Hours, use of Paris (DS6339) (Q26517)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Widener 7, Widener 7)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Paris (DS6339) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Widener 7, Widener 7) |
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Boucicaut Master, active 15th century
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Lawrence, Edwin H.
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Thompson, Henry Yates, 1838-1928
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Bement, Clarence S. (Clarence Sweet), 1843-1923
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Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943
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Wichfeld, Josephine Widener
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Widener, Peter Arrell Brown, 1895-1948
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1400-1415
15. century
1400Gregorian
1415Gregorian
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Extent: ii+250+ii; 206 x 145 mm bound to 220 x 165 mm; parchment
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Paper flyleaves are loose; water damage on a number of pages; several leaves missing
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Calendar and prayers on fols. 240r-248v in French
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Two front flyleaves, one eighteenth-century paper followed by one parchment; two end flyleaves, one parchment followed by eighteenth-century paper
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Binding: French, eighteenth century, black morocco, gold tooled, spine stamped in gold: MISS. MA. S.S. SWO VELIN; by Bozerian (?)
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Layout: One column of fifteen lines; ruled in red ink; written area: 60 x 100 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
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Decoration: Twelve large miniatures; illuminated borders throughout; illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout
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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. 2116, no. 7.
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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. 453.
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Related resource: Pächt, Otto, "The Limbourgs and Pisanello," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, ser. 6, 62 (September 1963): 116 (article pp. 110-122).
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Related resource: Free Library of Philadelphia. Saints, Scribes, and Scholars: An Exhibition of Illuminated Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the Collections of the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Compiled by Satoko I. Parker, Walter A. Frankel, and Marie E. Korey (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 17.
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Related resource: Cordellier, Dominique and Paola Marini, Pisanello: le peintre aux sept vertus (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996), p. 227.
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Provenance: Library of Edwin H. Lawrence (sale of 1894); Henry Yates Thompson; his sale London, Sotheby's, May 14, 1902; collection of Clarence S. Bement (1843-1923), Philadelphia (bookplate inside front cover); Joseph E. Widener, Philadelphia (ex-libris inside front cover); given by his children, Josephine Widener Wichfeld and Peter A. B. Widener, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1944...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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Cataloger: Judith Weston
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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5 December 2023
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5 December 2023
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