Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 25:8

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5084

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 25:8

Title:

Laudario (Hymnal)

Place:

Florence, Italy

Florence TGN

Date:

1325-1350

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 107 x 103 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial G with St. John on Patmos
This cutting and Lewis E M 25:7a are from a codex known as the Laudario of the Compagnia di Sant'Agnese. The codex survives only in fragments now dispersed among European and American libraries and museums. A laudario contains hymns in the vernacular language to be sung by members of a lay religious community, in this case the community known as the Compagnia di Sant'Agnese of Santa Maria del...
This cutting can be dated to ca. 1340.
Script: Rotunda

Keyword:

Historiated initials

fragments (object portions)

Hymnals

Italian (culture or style)

Italy

illuminations (paintings)

Liturgics

Fourteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_025_008.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia