Prayer book (DS4561) (Q21183)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 217, Lewis E 217)
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Prayer book (DS4561)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 217, Lewis E 217)

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    Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
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    Extent: 195; 136 x 95 mm bound to 140 x 102 mm; paper
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    Localization by P. E. Webber based on dialect
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    Suggested date by P.E. Webber based on watermark
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    Quire 24 (nine leaves, fols. 171-179) is a complex quire in which a bifolium enclosed two quires of four, and the second half of the bifolium has been canceled
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    Binding: Original vellum wrapper containing four cut leaves of musical notation on paper in lieu of boards; two thongs attached to front cover, remnants of thongs on back cover; in ink on spine: MSS 1501-2
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    Layout: One column of eighteen to twenty lines; ruled with a frame (first quire) and lead; written area: 103 x 70 mm
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    Script: Hybrida (fols. 2r-167v)
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    Script: Cursive (fols. 171r-194r)
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    Script: Five hands discernible: A. 2r-4r, 17v-132v, 155r-167v; B. 4v-5r, 6r-7v, 147r-153v; C. 5v, 9v-15v, 133r-146v; D. 171r-187v; E. 188r-194r
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    Decoration: Three- and four-line initials in blue with faded red penwork touched with red and green wash at the beginning of prayers; one- and two-line initials in red throughout; rubrication in red
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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. 2013, no. 4.
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    Related resource: Webber, Philip E., "Medieval Netherlandic Manuscripts in Greater Philadelphia Libraries," Archives et bibliotheques de Belgique 47, no. 3-4 (1976), pp. 506-510 (article pp. 459-513).
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    Provenance: Early twentieth-century catalog entry pasted to inside front cover; at FLP by the 1930s; blue pencil "1502-3" on fol. 1r
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    Contributor: Diane Biunno
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    Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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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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