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This manuscript is a Book of Hours from the early 15th century.
Support: Parchment; Extent: i+188+i; 133 x 90 mm bound to 139 x 90 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil upper corner recto; inconsistent, mostly erased modern foliation in pencil lower center margin recto; Collation: 1 (12), 2-12 (8), 13 (2), 14-23 (8), 24 (6); Catchwords: Horizontal lower margin center verso: fols. 28, 36, 44, 52, 60, 68, 76, 84, 92, 100, 110, 118, 126, 142, 150, 158, 166, 174, 182
Frame-ruled in red ink, every line ruled in one column of twelve lines; written area: 75 x 47 mm
Gothic--textualis
Ten full-page miniatures, two small miniatures; floral and inhabited borders throughout; one-, two-, and three-line initials decorated in red, blue, and gold and decorated line fillers throughout
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
On recto of front flyleaf: signed "John F. Lewis 1919" in pen, stamp of Thomas F. Richardson of Boston and pencil notes in Lewis's hand: "XIV century/Paris use/190 ff/12 miniatures/1360-1380/covers 100 years later." Written in pencil on fol. 120r: "T. F. Richardson manuscript written between 1360 and 1380 A.D. The covers are 100 years later. Lfs 190 and 12 miniatures. Style Parisian."
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Northern France
Early 15th century
Flemish, early sixteenth-century stamped calf; panel with Saint Roch (1295-1327) dressed as a pilgrim accompanied by an angel and a dog repeated twice on the front cover and twice on the back, other stamps of a dog, a wyvern, a dragon, and a deer; edges gilded and gauffered; leather has been repaired and the spine rebacked
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Thomas F. Richardson, Boston; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Northern France
Early 15th century
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Thomas F. Richardson, Boston; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
This manuscript is a Book of Hours from the early 15th century.
On recto of front flyleaf: signed "John F. Lewis 1919" in pen, stamp of Thomas F. Richardson of Boston and pencil notes in Lewis's hand: "XIV century/Paris use/190 ff/12 miniatures/1360-1380/covers 100 years later." Written in pencil on fol. 120r: "T. F. Richardson manuscript written between 1360 and 1380 A.D. The covers are 100 years later. Lfs 190 and 12 miniatures. Style Parisian."
Gothic--textualis
Ten full-page miniatures, two small miniatures; floral and inhabited borders throughout; one-, two-, and three-line initials decorated in red, blue, and gold and decorated line fillers throughout
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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