Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 253

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DS ID:

DS4591

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 253

Title:

Manuscript of an evangelist and prebendary of the minor orders

Author:

Franciscans

Franciscans WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy?

Italy TGN

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: iii+55+ii; 193 x 130 mm bound to 195 x 140 mm; mixed

Former Owner(s):

Christ, Victor

Victor Christ WIKIDATA

Note:

The manuscript has been conserved and many of the leaves have been attached to supplied stubs
Manuscript on paper except for the outer two bifolia of the first gathering (front flyleaf 3, fols. 1, 6, 7)
Flyleaves of modern paper except for the third front flyleaf, which is parchment and the first leaf of the first gathering
Binding: Twentieth-century binding, paper over boards
Layout: Written in one column of twenty-four to twenty-five lines; frame-ruled in ink with double horizontal bounding lines; prickings visible; written area: 135 x 90 mm
Script: Gothic--cursiva
Decoration: Rubrication in red; two- and three-line initials in red
Provenance: Victor Christ Library; Purchased by the Free Library through the George S. Pepper Fund

Keyword:

Law

documents (object genre)

Fathers of the church

Gothic (Medieval)

Italian (culture or style)

History

Italy

Fourteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_253.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_253/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia