Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 150

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DS ID:

DS4501

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 150

Title:

Periochae

Author:

Livy

Titus Livius WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1460-1470

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i+36+i; 266 x 184 mm bound to 275 x 187 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Lewis, Anne Baker

Anne Baker Lewis WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Original gold tooled Milanese morocco over wooden boards
Layout: Frame-ruled in hard point; one column of thirty-two lines; written area: 170 x 104 mm
Script: Humanistic
Decoration: One large initial in colors formed of an intricate vine pattern on a gold ground (fol. 1r); thirteen small initials in gold on colored ground with white foliage; two-line capitals in red and blue throughout
Provenance: Owned early by Domini Bartholomei de co(?)lumbiis (circa 1500); ex libris Johannis Francisci et Gregorii Sanctiiermani Corbi Fratruum, 1709; Collections of the Dukes of Altemps; Marchese Patrizi sale, Sotheby's, London, July 8, 1907, no. 96; to Leighton; described in an English bookseller's catalogue (Tregaskis?); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker...

Keyword:

Italian (culture or style)

History

Italy

Fifteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_150.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_150/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia