Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 2

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DS ID:

DS4369

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 2

Title:

De consolatione philosophiae; De mirabilis mundi; Grammatical treatise ?; Unidentified theological treatise; Miscellany

Author:

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280

Albertus Magnus WIKIDATA

Boethius, -524

Boethius WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

1400-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii+237+i; 220 x 152 mm bound to 227 x 170 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lafferde, Henricus

Henricus Lafferde WIKIDATA

Mewe, Henricus

Henricus Mewe WIKIDATA

Librairie Tross

Librairie Tross WIKIDATA

Phillips, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Lewis, Anne Baker

Anne Baker Lewis WIKIDATA

Note:

Front flyleaf foliated as 1 and back flyleaf foliated as 239
Binding: Contemporary sheepskin over wooden boards, blind-tooled with stamps of fleur-de-lis, rosette, and dragon; remains of two metal clasps, rebacked; two pieces of parchment with writing pasted to upper cover; first is illegible but begins with the number 4 in 15th-century hand; the second inscribed LXXXI; gold-stamped on spine BOETII CONSOLATIO PHILOSOPHIA CUM GLOSSIS 1478.
Layout: Exposition and main text in two different formats: exposition in 2 columns of 42-47 lines, vertical ruling only in brown ink (textblock width: 108 mm; column width: 50 mm); main text 1 column of 16-27 double-spaced lines, vertical ruling only in brown ink (text block width: 108); interlinear glosses in main text
Script: Gothic cursive
Script: Gothic—textualis
Script: Gothic—textualis semi-quadrata
Decoration: Three flourished in initials in brown (and red ink on fol. 3r); marginal drawings and notes throughout
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. 2050, no. 136.
Provenance: Fol. 1r (flyleaf): Ownership note of Henricus Mewe; fol. 2r: Name and notes, giving dates 1476 and 1477, of Henricus Lafferde in margins of unidentified manuscript text; Henricus Lafferde, Germany (ca. 1476-1477); Henricus Mewe (15th-16th century); Tross (dealer), Paris, 1830; Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872), his no. 4738 and 10225; his sale, London, Sotheby's, April 24, 1911, no...

Keyword:

Germany

fragments (object portions)

Gothic (Medieval)

Philosophy

Theology

Paper

Grammar, Comparative and general

Fifteenth century

glosses (annotations)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_002.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_002/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia