Description of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 160: Gospel lectionarycontributorDiane BiunnocatalogerAmey HutchinsCouncil on Library and Information ResourcesFree Library of PhiladelphiaThese images and the content of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 160: Gospel lectionary 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 160: Gospel lectionary. 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.Some discoloration and moisture damage to top edges of fols. 75r-77r. A piece of the vellum endpaper has been cut awayGrolier Club, Catalogue of an exhibition of illuminated and painted manuscripts, together with a few early printed books with illuminations-also some examples of Persian manuscripts-with plates in facsimile and an introductory essay (New York: The Grolier Club, 1892), p. 27, no. 62.Hoe, Robert, A Catalogue of Manuscripts Forming a Portion of the Library of Robert Hoe (New York, 1909), pp. 17-18.Anderson Auction Company, A Catalogue of the Library of Robert Hoe of New York (New York: Anderson Auction Company, 1912), p. 378, no. 2450.De 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. 2031, no. 35.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), pp. 174-5, no. 160.Forgeur, Richard, "Note sur deux manuscrits Cistercians du diocèse de Liège datant du XVI siècle," Scriptorium XL/1 (1986): pp. 100-107.United StatesPhiladelphiaFree Library of PhiladelphiaJohn Frederick Lewis Collection of European ManuscriptsLewis E 160https://know.freelibrary.org/Record/161043135This large manuscript is a Gospel lectionary, a compilation of the Gospel readings for the mass throughout the year and for special occasions. The readings for the Temporale (Advent through the Sundays after Pentecost) are followed by the readings for the Sanctorale, including the feasts of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Benedict, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and Saint Lambert, patron saint of Liège. At the end of the volume are the Gospel readings for masses for particular purposes, such as for the dedication of a church, for peace, for the sick, or for the dead, and an alphabetical index of incipits with folio numbers. The manuscript was commissioned, circa 1525, by Jean de Falloize of Liège. It is written on parchment in two columns of textualis quadrata and illustrated with six large illuminations with full borders and sixteen single-column miniatures. A bifolium with the coats of arms of Jean de Falloize and the Krickenbeek family of Coninxheim (fols. 1v-2r) was added to the front of the volume later in the sixteenth century, when a descendant of those families entered the Cistercian convent of Kuringen at Herkenrode.LatinGospel lectionaryCatholic Churchformer ownerFalloize, Jean de, 16th centuryformer ownerKloster Kuringenformer ownerRenesse-Breidbach, Clément Wenceslas de 1776-1833former ownerHoe, Robert, 1839-1909former ownerLewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932former ownerLewis, Anne Baker3rEvangelia per annum de tempore (first Sunday of Advent through the 25th Sunday after Pentecost)131rEvangelia de sanctis (Saint Stephen through Saint Thomas the Apostle)178vIn nova dedicatione templi post benedictionem altaris179rIn anniversaria templi dedicatione evangelium180rEvangelia in missis peculiaribus186rIndex omnium evangeliorum
Parchment
192+i; 345 x 240 mm bound to 360 x 255 mmModern foliation in pencil, 1-192, upper right recto; folios 3-192 have original foliation in roman numerals in ink, i-cxc, upper right recto; references in this record are to modern foliation
1 (2), 2-24 (8), 25 (6)
Two columns of twenty-four lines of text; vertical bounding lines in red ink, horizontal ruling in lead; written area: 240 x 145 mmGothic--textualis quadrataTwo full-page coats of arms (fols. 1v-2r); six half-page miniatures with full, inhabited borders (Nativity, fol. 9r; Resurrection, fol. 91v; Pentecost, fol. 105r; Veneration of the Sacrament, fol. 110v; Assumption of the Virgin, fol. 164r; All Saints, fol. 174v); sixteen single-column miniatures with borders (John the Baptist, fol. 3r; Circumcision, fol. 10v; Adoration of the Magi, fol. 11r; Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, fol. 57r; Ascension, fol. 102v; Saint Stephen, fol. 131r; Purification, fol. 138r; Annunciation, fol. 141r; Saint George, fol. 142v; John the Baptist, fol. 153v; Saints Peter and Paul, fol. 155r; Visitation, fol. 156r; Infant Christ blessing St. Bernard of Clairvaux, fol. 165v; Nativity of Mary, fol. 167v; Joachim and Anna, fol. 177v; Dedication of a Church, fol. 179r); seventeen decorated initials; decorated initials in gold, paint, and ink follow most of the twenty-two miniatures (six half-page, sixteen column); rubrics and running heads are in red are marked with blue paraphs; capital I initials beginning each pericope alternate blue and red, with red marks distinguishing verses within the text blockInside front coverBookplate, Ex libris Robert HoeInside front coverBookplate, Ex bibliotheca RenessianaInside front coverBookplate, John Frederick Lewis1rPrint catalog entry1vCoat of arms, Jean de Falloize2rCoat of arms, Krickenbeek family3rSmall miniature, John the Baptist3rIlluminated letter I9rLarge miniature, Nativity10vSmall miniature, Circumcision11rSmall miniature, Adoration of the Magi11rIlluminated initial D57rSmall miniature, Christ's entry into Jerusalem91vLarge miniature, Resurrection91vIlluminated initial I102vSmall miniature, Ascension105rLarge miniature, Pentecost105vIlluminated initial I110rIlluminated initial I110vLarge miniature, Veneration of the Sacrament131rSmall miniature, Saint Stephen138rSmall miniature, Purification138rIlluminated initial I141rSmall miniature, Annunciation142vSmall miniature, Saint George142vIlluminated initial I153vSmall miniature, Saint John the Baptist153vIlluminated initial I155rSmall miniature, Saints Peter and Paul155rIlluminated initial I156rSmall miniature, Visitation156rIlluminated initial I164rLarge miniature, Assumption164vIlluminated initial I165vSmall miniature, Infant Christ blessing Saint Bernard of Clairvaux165vIlluminated initial I167vSmall miniature, Nativity of Mary167vIlluminated initial L174vLarge miniature, Jesus, God the Father, the Virgin Mary, and all saints175rIlluminated initial I177vSmall miniature, Joachim and Anna179rSmall miniature, Bishop at altar with thurifer179rIlluminated initial I
Eighteenth-century black morocco, gilt back and edges, textblock encased in orphan binding
Commissioned by Jean de Falloize, a Burgomaster of Liège and deacon; 1525
Liège, BelgiumJean de Falloize of Liège, ca. 1525 (coat of arms, fol. 1v); Krickenbeek family of Coninxheim (coat of arms, fol. 2r); gift to the Abbaye des Dames Nobles at Herkenrode near Hasselt, province of Liège, on the entrance of Catherine, daughter of descendants of Jean de Falloize and the Krickenbeek family, into the convent in the mid-sixteenth century; Comte Clement-Wenceslas de Renesse-Briedbach (bookplate, Ex bibliotheca Renessiana, no. 16), sold Antwerp, October 1, 1835, no. 16; Robert Hoe (bookplate, inside front cover), sold Anderson Auction Co., New York, January 15, 1912, to Rosenbach (note in pencil inside front cover, "Sale Robert Hoe New York 1912 No. 2450 $290"); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia (bookplate, front flyleaf); given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; in pencil inside front cover, "Exhibited at Grolier Club April 1892. No. 62 of the Published Catalogue"; in pencil inside back cover, "192" and "523," erasedBook 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) AfricaTurkeyYemenOtherAlchemyAllegoryAstrologyAstronomyBiblicalBinding wasteCartographyChurch FathersCosmologyDevotionFinancial recordsFortune-tellingFriendshipGamesGeographyGeomancyGrammarHistoryKabbalahLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyLogicMagicMaritimeMathematicsMineralogyPhilosophyPiyutimResponsaScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyGospel Lectionary16th centuryIlluminationBelgiumLiturgyHeraldry