Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 220
Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4565
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E 220
- Title:
- Gradual
- Place:
- Siena?, Italy
- Date:
- 1485-1499
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 556 x 400mm bound to 600 x 426 mm; parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- Davis & Harvey
- Note:
- Text and musical notation partially erased in places
Text damaged by flaking
Occasional marginal notes in near-contemporary and later hands
Staves and text added in a later hand to fols. 219v and 239v
Binding: Original stamped brown calfskin; metal bosses and fittings stamped with various religious motifs including Saint Catherine, Saint Bernardino of Siena, etc.; evidence of clasps
Layout: One column of six lines; five-line staves in red, black, and yellow ink; written area: 397 x 271 mm
Script: Gothic--rotunda
Decoration: One illuminated initial (fol. 1r); numerous colored initials, some with pen-work decoration
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. 452, no. 25.
Provenance: Davis and Harvey Sale (Stan V. Henkel's Cat. 820 Jan. 30-31, 1899); bought by the Free Library in 1900; catalogue entry and typed description pasted onto the inside front cover - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_220.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_220/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
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