Armorial (DS4383) (Q20649)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 17, Lewis E 17)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Armorial (DS4383) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 17, Lewis E 17) |
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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1500-1599
16. century
1500Gregorian
1599
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Extent: ii+240+i; 285 x 196 mm bound to 293 x 200 mm; paper
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Manuscript is listed in DeRicci on page 2098 of the 1937 edition under the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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Binding: Vellum
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Layout: Two lines of five or six (fols. 2-4, 214-223) or three lines of twelve (fols. 5-178) heraldic crests and shields; text frame-ruled in lead/hardpoint (fols. 179-213, 238-240) in thirty-one to forty-four lines, written area: 237 x 135 mm; lists ruled in ink (fols. 224-237), written area: 235 x 132 mm
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Script: Secretary
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Decoration: Heraldic crests and shields in various colors; woodcut stamps with hand-coloring and some pen infilling; tipped-in woodcuts, including a portrait of the Emperor Maximilian (fol. 1)
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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. 22, no. 17 (Plate VI).
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Provenance: Two modern pastedowns at the front, "From the Count of Leiders Monastery" and "From the Monastery of Attel, near Wasserburg on the Tun, in Bavaria"; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Erin Connelly
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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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