Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 71
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4428
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E 71
- Title:
- Excerpta orationum Demosthenis et Aeschini (Excerpts of the Orations of Demosthenes and Aeschines); Historia Romana (History of Rome)
- Eutropius, active 4th century
Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
- Place:
- Italy
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i+54+ii; 240 x 165 mm bound to 245 x 170 mm; parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- Richardson, Thomas F.
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
- Note:
- Binding: Old calf with gilt floral stamps at the corners and in the centers of the sides, in cloth case
Layout: One column of thirty-two lines; very lightly lined and frame-ruled; written area: 173 x 110 mm
Script: Humanistic
Decoration: Five ornamental initials in gold and colors with marginal tracery; the coat-of-arms of the original owner in red and gold at the foot of the first page; capitals in red and blue; paragraph marks in red
Provenance: Unidentified arms of the original owner on the first page (barry of six gules and or); Thomas F. Richardson, Boston, his sale, June 11, 1919; to John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_071.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_071/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
