Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht (DS4594) (Q21282)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 257, Lewis E 257, https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_257.html)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht (DS4594) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 257, Lewis E 257, https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_257.html) |
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4 December 2023
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Lysebet, van Karnehe, Sister
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Krauth, Charles P. (Charles Porterfield), 1823-1883
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Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
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Extent: iii+242+iv; 143 x 103 mm bound to 144 x 104 mm; mixed
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Small finding tabs of leather on fore edge
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Binding: Blind-stamped sheep, circa 1500, with stamps of the Agnus Dei, fleur-de-lis, and Virgin and Child; damage in location of former clasps on front cover; twentieth-century rebacking by Fritz Eberhardt with gilt spine title Deutsches Offizienbuch
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Layout: One column of twenty to twenty-two lines; frame-ruled in lead with double horizontal bounding lines, mostly erased; written area: 88 x 62 mm
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Script: Hybrida
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Decoration: One full-page miniature with a metal-cut border (page 28); one illuminated initial with a border of foliage and drolleries (page 29); eleven large blue and red pen-flourished initials; two-line initials, one-line initials, and paragraph marks alternating between red and blue throughout
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Related resource: Dutschke, Consuelo Wager, and Tanis, James R, Leaves of gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001) no. 29, pp. 98-99
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Provenance: Early sixteenth-century ownership inscription of Sister Lysebet van Karnehe (fol. 242v and possibly front flyleaf iii verso); nineteenth-century inscription in pencil of T. L. Hartung (front flyleaf iii verso); German catalog clipping pasted in (end flyleaf ii recto); Lutheran pastor and editor Charles Porterfield Krauth (seminary library bookplate, inside front cover); gift of...
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14 April 2025
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