Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 64

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DS ID:

DS4422

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 64

Title:

Golden Bull of Charles IV

Author:

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316-1378

Charles IV WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Language:

Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)

Middle High German WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i+36+i; 305 x 210 mm bound to 315 x 222 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Davis & Harvey

Davis & Harvey WIKIDATA

Wright, Harrison

Harrison Wright WIKIDATA

Lewis, Anne Baker

Anne Baker Lewis WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Boards
Layout: Ruled in hard point; one column of twenty-seven to thirty-four lines; written area: 200 x 125 mm
Script: Gothic cursive
Decoration: Initials with some decorative pen flourishing and extension of ascenders and descenders
Provenance: Harrison Wright, Wilkes-Barre, PA; his sale, Davis & Harvey, Philadelphia, June 11, 1908, no. 237; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936

Keyword:

Law

German (culture, style, period)

Charters

Germany

Pontificals

Fifteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_064.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_064/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia