Lewis E 226 Gradual
Title
GradualOther related names
- Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Lisbon, Portugal), former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/168781211)
- Karl W. Hiersemann (Firm), former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/147835641)
Funders
- Council on Library and Information Resources
Call number
Lewis E 226(Philadelphia, United States, Free Library of Philadelphia, John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- https://know.freelibrary.org/Record/1597603
- deRicci: 31
Publisher
Free Library of PhiladelphiaLanguage
LatinOrigin
- Place
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Belém, Portugal
Summary
Along with Free Library MSS Lewis E 221-234, this manuscript is associated with the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém, Portugal, (see colophons in 221 and 222) which was a royal foundation still under construction at the time this manuscript was produced in the mid-sixteenth century. The monastery was dedicated to Saint Jerome, whose Introit in this manuscript is marked with an exceptionally large initial (fol. 86r). This book contains the hymns and their musical settings for part of the sanctorale cycle from Saint Andrew (shown in an historiated initial on fol. 1r) to Saint Clement (fols. 1r-102v), as well as the common of the apostles (fols. 103r-190r). A later hand has added an index on fol. 190v. There is also early foliation in red ink and remains of parchment tabs on fols. 37 and 121. Later hands have also added supplementary musical notation on fols. 106v, 169v, and 186r. In addition to the two initials mentioned above, there are hundreds of large, colored initials with pen-work decoration. Occasionally, this extends into marginal flourishes inhabited by birds and other beasts (fols. 34v, 40v, and 47v). This manuscript's eighteenth-century binding retains its original metal bosses, corners, and clasps.
Notes
- Bottom half of fol. 184 excised
- Fragmentary remains of parchment tabs sewn into outer edges of fols. 37 and 121
- Additional musical notation added by later hands to fols. 106v, 169v, 186r, and inside back cover
- Evidence of early damage and repairs to parchment
- Some text and musical notation flaked
- Folios excised between fols. 120-121, 122-123, and 188-189
Extent
I+190+i; 508 x 351 mm bound to 540 x 367 mmFoliation
Early foliation in red ink, upper right recto (defective after fol. 122); modern foliation in pencil, upper right rectoCollation
1-6 (8), 7-8 (6), 9-12 (8), 13 (6), 14-15 (8), 16 (6), 17 (7, +3 +6 +7), 18-20 (8), 21 (6), 22 (8), 23 (4), 24-25 (8), 26 (5, +3)Support
ParchmentCatchwords
Original catchwords on fols. 8v, 16v, 32v, 40v, 48v, 60v, 68v, 76v, 84v, 98v, 106v, 114v, 127v, 143v, 157v, 165v, and 177vBinding
Eighteenth-century stamped dark brown calfskin; metal corners, bosses and clasps; edges stained redLayout
Decoration
One illuminated initial (fol. 1r); numerous black and colored initials with pen-work decoration, some with marginal flourishes and birds or dragons
Script
Provenance
- Probably gift of King John III to the College of St. Jerome in 1548 (along with Free Library MSS Lewis E 212-234, see colophons in first two volumes); Hiersemann of Leipzig (bookseller); bought by the Free Library in 1900; catalog entry and typed description pasted onto the inside front cover; bookplate of the Free Library of Philadelphia pasted on to inside front cover; Stamped "Geo. S. Pepper Fund" and "3079," bottom of fol. 1r
Related resources
- J. Thomson, Hither and Thither (Philadelphia, 1905), pp. 135-144.
- 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. 31.
Keywords
- Gradual
- 16th century
- Historiated initial
- Missing leaves
- Musical notation
- Notable binding
- Liturgy
- Portugal
- Portuguese
Licenses
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Decorations
- Inside front cover [insert recto — Type-written description
- fol. 1r — Historiated initial M, Saint Andrew
- fol. 34v — Marginal drawing, bird
- fol. 40v — Marginal drawings, bird and dragon
- fol. 47v — Marginal drawing, bird
- fol. 86r — Illuminated initial G
- fol. 103r — Decorated initial M
- fol. 121r — Decorated initial I
- fol. 153v — Large red initial I
- fol. 169v — Large red initial I
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Inside front cover [insert recto
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fol. 1r
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Section: Sanctorale, beginning with Saint Andrew and ending with Saint Clement
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fol. 34v
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fol. 40v
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fol. 47v
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fol. 86r
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Decoration: Illuminated initial G
fol. 103r
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Section: Common of Saints
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fol. 121r
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fol. 153v
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fol. 169v
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Decoration: Large red initial I
fol. 190v
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Section: Index
Inside back cover
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