Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 3

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DS ID:

DS4370

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 3

Title:

Canon super almanach; De 12 signis et eorum naturis in generali

Author:

Jean de Lignières

Jean de Lignieres WIKIDATA

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

1340-1599

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin; English

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 19+i; 217 x 145 mm bound to 233 x 160 mm; mixed

Former Owner(s):

Manlove, Timothy, -1699

Timothy Manlove WIKIDATA

Thoresby, Ralph, 1658-1725

Ralph Thoresby WIKIDATA

Rev. J. C. Jackson

Jeremy C. Jackson WIKIDATA

Wake, Henry T.

Henry Thomas Wake WIKIDATA

Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916

Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker WIKIDATA

Gunther, Charles Frederick, 1837-1920

Charles F. Gunther WIKIDATA

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Lewis, Anne Baker

Anne Baker Lewis WIKIDATA

Note:

Fols. 1-2 damaged and badly torn, fol. 7 tear in lower margin with evidence of repair
Gothic--textualis: fols. 1-10, fol. 19, fols. 15-18; Gothic--anglicana: fols. 11-14
Two contemporary flyleaves (fols. 1-2) are included in the modern foliation; leaves are separated by modern conservation paper, which is not included in the foliation
Binding: Full red morocco, blind-tooled, "Manuscript XIV & XV Cent." on the spine
Layout: Part I: frame ruled in ink, each line ruled, thirty-nine lines, pricking for each line; written area: 164 x 105 mm
Layout: Part II: written in long lines, no evidence of ruling, tables ruled in ink with evidence of pricking
Script: Gothic--textualis
Script: Gothic--anglicana
Decoration: Part 1 (fols. 1-10): red and black ink, manicule (fol. 10v), some annotations; Part II: red paragraphs, two-line initials in red, rubricated headings throughout, annotations throughout, diagram of an astrolabe (fol. 18r)
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. 2055, no. 164.
Related resource: Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Free Library, 1937), pp. 5-6, no. 3.
Provenance: Inscription on first page: "Dr Manloves gift to Ralph Thoresby"; Given by John Frederick Lewis' widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936

Keyword:

English (culture or style)

Science

Tables

England

Charts, diagrams, etc.

damage (condition)

Gothic (Medieval)

Astrology

Paper

Fifteenth century

glosses (annotations)

Fourteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_003.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_003/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia