Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 85
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4439
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E 85
- Title:
- Book of Hours, Use of Besançon?
- Place:
- Besançon?, France
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: iii+162+iii; 132 x 92 mm bound to 138 x 101 mm; parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- Richardson, Thomas F.
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Lewis, Anne Baker
- Note:
- The text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupt; it follows Besançon use in Matins, Lauds, Nones, Vespers, and Compline with slight variation; there are, however, only seven hours: Matins, Lauds, Vespers, and Compline have rubrics; Nones is complete according to Besançon use; the remaining three hours are combined into two hours which share antiphons, capitula, and prayers usually found...
In the calendar and Litany local Besançon saints predominate, including Maimbodus, Prothadius, Ferreolus and Ferrucius, Antidius, Claudius, Desideratus, and Agapitus
Binding: Modern dark red morocco stamped in black, all edges gilt, decorated clasps
Layout: One column of eleven lines, frame ruled in purple ink; calendar ruled in red; written area: 72 x 49 mm
Script: Gothic--textualis
Decoration: Nine large illuminated miniatures, some with natural backgrounds, others with grounds checkered in red, blue, and gold, all with decorative initials and within full-page borders; ornamental initials and line-fillers in red, gold, and blue; rubrication in red
Provenance: Given by John Frederick Lewis's 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_085.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_085/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
