Lewis E 199 Legenda aurea (Golden Legend)
Title
Legenda aurea (Golden Legend)Authors
- Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298 (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50082383.html)
Other related names
- Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97040610.html)
- Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, earl of, 1797-1878, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/59453999)
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/63874811/)
- Lewis, Anne Baker, former owner
Funders
- Council on Library and Information Resources
Call number
Lewis E 199(Philadelphia, United States, Free Library of Philadelphia)
Alternate identifiers
- deRicci: 183
Publisher
Free Library of PhiladelphiaLanguage
LatinOrigin
Circa 1340
- Place
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Flanders
Summary
This manuscript contains seven leaves of the text Legenda aurea (Golden Legend).
Extent
I+7+i; 250 x 173 mm bound to 260 x 185 mmFoliation
Fragment of seven leaves numbered 100-106 in contemporary ink upper right rectoCollation
1 (5, +1), 2 (2, +1 +2)Support
ParchmentBinding
19th century French paper boardsLayout
Decoration
Marginalia throughout
Script
Provenance
- Joseph Barrois (1784-1855), no. 410; sold in 1849 to the Earl of Ashburnham; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 1901, no. 188; to Ellis; C. W. Dyson Perrins sale, Sotheby's, London, June 17, 1907, no. 180; to Dobell; no. 444 in an English bookseller's catalogue; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Keywords
- Saint's Life
- 14th century
- Flanders
- Flemish
- Fragment
- Gloss
- Gothic
Licenses
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- Text
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- URL
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- Text
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Decorations
- Inside front cover — Bookplate, John Frederick Lewis
- Flyleaf 1 recto — Print catalog entry
- Flyleaf 1 recto — Print catalog entry
Images
Inside front cover
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Decoration: Bookplate, John Frederick Lewis
Flyleaf 1 recto
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Decoration: Print catalog entry
fol. 1r
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Section: Legenda aurea (Golden Legend)
Flyleaf 1 recto
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Decoration: Print catalog entry
Inside back cover
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