Description of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 151: Religious manualcontributorDiane BiunnocatalogerDot PorterCouncil on Library and Information ResourcesFree Library of PhiladelphiaThese images and the content of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 151: Religious manual 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 151: Religious manual. 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.United StatesPhiladelphiaFree Library of PhiladelphiaJohn Frederick Lewis Collection of European ManuscriptsLewis E 151105This is a collection of offices, followed by seven short unidentified texts.LatinReligious manualformer ownerDominican Nunnery Holy Cross (Asperg, Wurtemberg)former ownerHawkins, Rush Cformer ownerBirch & Sonformer ownerGilbert, W. Jformer ownerLewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932former ownerLewis, Anne Baker
Parchment
ii+101+i; 142 x 105 mm bound to 149 x 103 mmFoliation in Roman numerals, red ink, upper center; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; references in this record are to the modern foliation in pencil; one insert not included in foliation, between folios 69 and 70
One added leaf in front, eleven at the end; some musical notation on 4 occasionally 5 line staves; 1 column of 16 lines; prickings visible on some foliosGothicCapitals in red and blue; musical staves and rubrication in red[Flyleaf 2 recto]Prayer1rSix line decorated initial H26vThree line decorated initial D32vThree line decorated initial D85vMusical notation86rMusical notation86vMusical notation87rMusical notation87vMusical notation88rMusical notation95vMusical notation98rMusical notation[Flyleaf 1 verso]Catalog entry
Original blind stamped calf over wooden boards, with unusual stamps of a running hound and the evangelical lion of Saint Mark on the top cover, with clasp, in maroon morocco case
Circa 1450
GermanyBelonged to a Dominican nunnery of the Holy Cross, possibly at Asperg, Württemberg; note dated 1498 concerning two nuns: Maria Holtzschüchin and Agnes Rüdolfin; note dated 1591 by the nunnery's confessor, Fr. Mathias Dillinganus, and another early 17th century note by his successor, Fr. R. Han; later in a South German nunnery; Rush C. Hawkins sale, New York, March 21, 1887, no. 1548; sale by Thomas Birch's sons, Philadelphia, Oct. 12, 1887, no. 401; W. J. Gilbert, St. Louis; his sale, Philadelphia, June 7, 1910, no. 244; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936.Book 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 -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheology15th centuryGermanGermanyMiscellanyLiturgyMusical notation