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This manuscript contains a Book of Hours, Use of Rome. Leaves have been excised throughout.
Support: Parchment; Extent: i+260+i; 110x75 mm bound to 100x70mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in crayon, upper corner recto; Collation: 1 (12), 2 (2), 3-6 (10), 7 (10, -5), 8 (9, -8 +8), 9 (10, -6), 10 (10), 11 (10, -7), 12 (10), 13 (10, -2 -3), 14 (10, -4 -9), 15 (10, -5), 16-21 (10), 22 (10, -5), 23-25 (10), 26 (10, -2), 27 (10), 28 (8); Catchwords: Horizontal center of margin verso: fols. 24v, 34v, 44v, 54v, 63v, 71v, 80v, 90v, 99v, 109v, 117v, 125v, 134v, 144v, 154v, 164v, 174v, 184v, 203v, 213, 223v, 233v, 242v, 252v
Frame-ruled in ink; one column of eleven lines; written area: 51x40 mm
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
Seven four-line illuminated initials; six historiated illuminated initials with full-page borders; one-line and two-line initials in red and blue throughout; two-line initials decorated with pen flourishes in red or blue; rubrication throughout; one full-page illuminated miniature of the Virgin and Child enthroned
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.
Some headings in Italian
Leaves have been excised throughout; very small stubs remain
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.
Italy
Circa 1460
Early nineteenth-century black morocco, in blue morocco case
Latin; Italian
John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Italy
Circa 1460
Latin; Italian
John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
This manuscript contains a Book of Hours, Use of Rome. Leaves have been excised throughout.
Some headings in Italian
Leaves have been excised throughout; very small stubs remain
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
Seven four-line illuminated initials; six historiated illuminated initials with full-page borders; one-line and two-line initials in red and blue throughout; two-line initials decorated with pen flourishes in red or blue; rubrication throughout; one full-page illuminated miniature of the Virgin and Child enthroned
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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