Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 202
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4546
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E 202
- Title:
- Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi (Historical Compendium of the Genealogy of Christ)
- Peter, of Poitiers, approximately 1130-1205
- Place:
- England
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- J. and J. Leighton
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Lewis, Anne Baker
- Note:
- The initials in the top medallion of membrane 1 may refer to Henry VII, King of England (r. 1485-1509)
Layout: Double columns in the form of a genealogical tree; pricking visible on both sides of the roll; blind ruled
Script: Gothic
Decoration: Burnished gold initials with sprays of stylized foliage extending into upper and left borders at the top of membrane 1; genealogical tree in red and green; blue and red initials throughout
Related resource: Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, originated by C. U. Faye, continued and edited by W. H. Bond (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962), p. 450, no. 13.
Related resource: Monroe, William H. "A Roll-Manuscript of Peter of Poitiers' Compendium." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 3 (March 1978): 92-107.
Provenance: J. and J. Leighton, London (cat. 19, no. 344, plate IV); 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_202.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_202/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
