Description of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 138: Historia hierosolymitana (History of Jerusalem)contributorDiane BiunnocatalogerAmey HutchinsCouncil on Library and Information ResourcesFree Library of PhiladelphiaThese images and the content of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 138: Historia hierosolymitana (History of Jerusalem) are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 138: Historia hierosolymitana (History of Jerusalem). This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.Flyleaves are eighteenth-century parchmentFlyleaves foliated as f. 1 and f. 141De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2059, no. 185.Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Free Library, 1937), p. 151-152, no. 138.Kristeller, Paul Oskar. Iter Italicum, Volume 5 (Brill, 1990), p. 366, ms. 138.Zaggia, Massimo, "Copisti e committenti di codici a Milano nella prima meta del Quarttrocento," Libri & Documenti 21, no. 3 (1995), p. 30.PhiladelphiaFree Library of PhiladelphiaJohn Frederick Lewis Collection of European ManuscriptsLewis E 138https://know.freelibrary.org/Record/1611342185This manuscript is a humanist copy of the first book of Jacques de Vitry's thirteenth-century history, on Jerusalem or the Orient. The manuscript is written in one hundred chapters whose titles are listed in a table of contents at the beginning of the volume. The colophon at the end of the table of contents (fol. 5r) records that Johannes de Camenago copied the manuscript in 1459 in Milan. At least one leaf of the preface (before fol. 6) is missing, perhaps taken for its decoration. Occasional corrections and notes appear in the margins.LatinHistoria hierosolymitana (History of Jerusalem)Jacques, de Vitry, approximately 1170-1240former ownerCount Archinto, of Milanformer ownerPhillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872former ownerLewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932Scriptum opus p[raese]ns fuit per me Johannem de Camenago M[edio]l[an]en[sem] 1459 (fol. 5r)2rTable of Contents6rDedication [lacking first leaf]7vHistoria HierosolymitanaTerra sancta promissionis deo amabi ... [fol. 7v]… et subsidium de die in diem expectantes. Laus altissimo deo. [fol. 140v]
Parchment
i+139+i; 213 x 152 mm bound to 220 x 165 mmModern foliation in pencil, upper right recto
1 (4), 2 (2, -1), 3 (6, +5 +6), 4-19 (8)
Vertical catchwords by the scribe in quires 3-18, lower right last verso
One column of twenty-eight lines, ruled in hard point and lead with double vertical bounding lines; lacking first leaf of text (between extant fols. 5 and 6); written area: 122 x 75 mmHumanisticScribe: Johannes de CamenagoThree-line initials in red with purple flourishes or blue with red flourishes at the beginning of each chapter; rubrication in redInside front coverBookplate, Count Archinto of Milan
Eighteenth-century green vellum; gilt spine; spine label "HISTORIA IEROSOLIMITANA"; edges sprinkled with red; joints cracked, front joint almost completely broken
1459
Milan, ItalyCount Archinto, of Milan (bookplate with "Archineata" on the scroll at the top, "Count Archinti" in pencil below, inside front cover); Thomas Phillipps, MS 24276 (number in ink, fol. 1r); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936Book TypeAccountsAntiphonaryArmorialBibleBiographyBook of HoursBreviaryChronicleCollection of SermonsCommentaryDocumentDogaleFriendship bookGenealogyGlossaryGospel LectionaryGospelsGradualHaggadahHomilaryHorologionHymnalKoranLectionaryMass bookMiscellanyMissalPontificalPortolan chartPrayer bookPrivate devotional textProcessionalProtective scrollPsalterPsalter-HoursQur`anRecipe bookSaint's LifeScribal manualTorahTreatiseCentury6th century7th century8th century9th century10th century11th century12th century13th century14th century15th century16th century17th century18th century19th century20th centuryCultureAbbasidArabicArmenianAshkenaziAustrianByzantineCarolingianChineseChristianCopticDutchEgyptianEnglishEthiopianFatimidFlemishFrenchGermanIndianIslamicItalianJewishMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianPersianPortugueseQajarRajputRussianSafavidSephardiSpanishTimuridTurkishYemeniteDescriptive termAccordion bookAlbumAnnotatedBindingCalligraphyCaroline minusculeChartCharterColophonDamageDiagramsDrawingEarly Abbasid scriptFragmentGlossGothicGothic book handGrisailleGrotesquesHeadpieceHeraldryHistoriated initialHumanisticIlluminationIllustrationInhabited initialKuficManiculesMedallionMicrographyMiniatureMissing leavesMusical notationNew Abbasid styleNotable bindingOriginal bindingOrnamentPaintingPalimpsestPaperPenwork initialPuzzle initialRaginiRomanesqueScrapbookScrollScroll-work initialSealsTablesTexturaTreasure bindingWatermarkWhite-vine letteringWoodcutsGeographyAfghanistanArmeniaAustriaBelgiumCentral Arab lands (Near East)Central AsiaChinaEgyptEnglandEthiopiaFlandersFranceGermanyGreeceIndiaIranIraqIsraelItalyMaghrebMoroccoNetherlandsPakistanPortugalRomaniaRussiaSpainSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyYemenOtherAlchemyAllegoryAstrologyAstronomyBiblicalCartographyChurch FathersCosmologyDevotionFinancial recordsFortune-tellingFriendshipGamesGeographyGeomancyGrammarHistoryKabbalahLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyLogicMagicMaritimeMathematicsMineralogyPhilosophyPiyutimResponsaScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyHistory15th centuryItalianItalyHumanisticJewishNotable binding