Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 140
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4494
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E 140
- Title:
- Rule of the order of the Jesuati of San Giusto alle mura, Florence
- Place:
- Florence, Italy
- Language:
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i+62+i; 210 x 140 mm bound to 223 x 150 mm; parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- Poveri Ingesuati of San Giusto, Florence
Richardson, Thomas F.
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Lewis, Anne Baker
- Note:
- Binding: Contemporary brown morocco over wooden boards, paneled sides with two blind tooled arabesque borders, in the center the sacred monogram YHS gilt; impressions of former clasps and bosses; paper label on spine with title in ink, Costumi e vita de' Poveri [?] Gesuati
Layout: Written in one column of twenty-two lines; ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines; written area: 145 x 90 mm
Script: Humanistic
Script: Scribe: Piero di Simon Bartholi, of Florence
Decoration: Trilateral border in gold and colors, of formalized floral design with medallions at the top and bottom containing the sacred monogram within gold lines (fol. 1r); floral borders along the inner margins of two other pages (fols. 53r, 60r); an historiated L on the first page showing a brother of the Jesuati (fol. 1r); decorative initials in gold on red, blue, and green grounds at...
Provenance: Originally owned by the Ingesuati at the monastery of San Giusto, outside the walls of Florence at the Porta Pinti (fol. 50r); Thomas F. Richardson, Boston (stamp, front flyleaf recto); obtained by John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia, 1919 (signature and date in ink, front flyleaf recto); 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_140.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_140/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
