Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 203

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DS ID:

DS4547

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 203

Title:

Harmony of the Bible

Author:

Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612

Hugh Broughton WIKIDATA

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

1585-1599

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

English

English WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 500 mm x 7435 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

J. & J. Leighton

J. & J. Leighton WIKIDATA

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Lewis, Anne Baker

Anne Baker Lewis WIKIDATA

Note:

Layout: Multiple columns, blind ruled on most membranes
Script: Bâtarde
Decoration: Large penwork drawings illustrating the Book of Daniel and the apocalyptic beast, surmounted by the bicephalous eagle (membrane 8)
Provenance: J. and J. Leighton, London (cat. 14, no. 422); purchased May 23, 1930 by John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936

Keyword:

scrolls (information artifacts)

English (culture or style)

Sixteenth century

England

biblical

damage (condition)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_203.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_203/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia