Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 207

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4551

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 207

Title:

Prayer book

Place:

Milan, Italy

Milan TGN

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: iv+52+iv; 194 x 132 mm bound to 198 x 138 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Gratz, Simon, 1840-1925

Simon Gratz WIKIDATA

Strong, George T.

George Templeton Strong WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Modern blue morocco, bound by the Lakeside Press
Layout: Frame-ruled, every line ruled; one column of six to twelve lines; written area: 113 x 77 mm
Script: Gothic--textualis
Decoration: Four half-page miniatures; two historiated initials; decorated two and one-line initials throughout; rubrication throughout; floral line fillers
Provenance: George T. Strong (no. 12, sale, New York, 1878, lot 829); presented in 1925 by Simon Gratz

Keyword:

Prayer books

Sixteenth century

Christianity

illustrations (layout features)

Historiated initials

Italy

Prayers and devotions

miniatures (paintings)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_207.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_207/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia