Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 89
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4443
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E 89
- Title:
- Book of Hours, Use of Châlons
- Place:
- Mons?, Belgium
Châlons, France
- Language:
- Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i+166+i; 135 x 92 mm bound to 150 x 108 mm; parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- Wright, Harrison
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Lewis, Anne Baker
- Note:
- On the lower margin of fol. 1r is the seventeenth-century ownership inscription of the Jesuit College at Louvain, "Collegii Soctis Jesu Lov. M.B."; written in pencil on fol. 166r: "6/11/1908"; printed catalog entry pasted onto fol. 166r; parchment is stiff and discolored
Prayers on fols. 144r-160v are in French
Binding: Contemporary stamped calf over wooden boards; remains of clasp visible on top cover; rebacked; stamped in gold on spine: "LATIN BREVIARY MS. XV. CENTURY"
Layout: One column of thirteen lines; frame-ruled in faint brown ink (text often crosses over right-hand margin); some prickings are visible on outer edges of pages (the fore-edge); written area: 80 x 55 mm
Script: Gothic--textualis
Decoration: Four four-line illuminated initials with floral spray extensions; one five-line red and blue initial; seven four-line red and blue initials; alternating red and blue one- or two-line initials throughout
Provenance: Jesuit College at Louvain (17th century); Collection of Harrison Wright, of Wilkes-Barre (sold Philadelphia, 11 June 1908, no. 240, as "Breviary"; written in pencil on fol. 166r: "6/11/1908," printed catalog entry pasted onto fol. 166r.); 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_089.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_089/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
