Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 50

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DS ID:

DS4414

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 50

Title:

Breviary, Use of Ghent

Place:

Ghent?, Belgium

Ghent TGN

Date:

1485-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: iiii+329+iii; 148 x 106 mm bound to 155 x 117 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Lewis, Anne Baker

Anne Baker Lewis WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Brown morocco with gold edges, in a case
Layout: Thirty-two lines per page in two columns, ruled in ink; written area: 106 x 74 mm
Script: Gothic--textualis
Decoration: The major textual divisions are marked by illuminated letters two-to-five lines high and three- or four-sided panels of acanthus leaf sprays

Keyword:

Books of hours

Christianity

Devotional literature

illuminations (paintings)

Liturgics

Fifteenth century

Belgium

Prayers and devotions

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_050.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_050/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia