Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 27

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4392

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 27

Title:

Flores; religious miscellany

Author:

Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153

Bernard of Clairvaux WIKIDATA

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo WIKIDATA

Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394

Gregory of Nyssa WIKIDATA

Richard, of St. Victor, -1173

Richard of Saint Victor WIKIDATA

Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109

Anselm of Canterbury WIKIDATA

Place:

Flanders

Flanders TGN

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii+161+ii; 315 x 210 mm bound to 323 x 218 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Ashworth, Benjamin

Benjamin Ashworth WIKIDATA

Kelker, Rudolph Frederick

Rudolph Frederick Kelker WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf, gilt back, in cloth case
Layout: Two columns of forty-nine to sixty-one lines; written area 227 x 146 mm
Script: Gothic
Decoration: Some initials in red and blue with penwork extensions and tracery; plain initials and chapter headings in red and blue; underlining and rubrication in red
Provenance: Sold by Benjamin Ashworth, Philadelphia, to Rudolph Frederick Kelker, Harrisburg, Oct. 14, 1873; sale, Luther R. Kelker, Esq., June 11, 1908, no. 45; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; sale from Ashworth to Kelker is noted on an inscription at the bottom of folio 1

Keyword:

Europe--Flanders

Christianity

Fathers of the church

Theology

Gothic (Medieval)

Fifteenth century

Miscellanea

Flemish (culture or style)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_027.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_027/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia