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Lewis E 258 Life of Holy Francis and his companions
Title
Life of Holy Francis and his companions
Other related names
- Christ, Victor, former owner
Funders
- Council on Library and Information Resources
Call number
Lewis E 258
(Philadelphia, United States, Free Library of Philadelphia, John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts)Publisher
Free Library of Philadelphia
Language
ItalianOrigin
14th century
- Place
- Italy?
Summary
This manuscript is a fourteenth-century Italian copy of Life of Holy Francis and his companions.
Notes
- Catchword on 48v does not match the first words on 49r
- Script and written area changes slightly after quire 7 (fol. 88), which may indicate the manuscript was two separate manuscripts bound together
Extent
I+120+i; 206 x 142 mm bound to 216 x 144 mmFoliation
Modern foliation in pencil, upper right rectoCollation
Four quires of twelve leaves, one quire of sixteen, uncertain after thatSupport
PaperCatchwords
Bottom center; 12v; 24v; 36v; 48v; 60v; 76vLayout
Rubrication in red; prickings visible; three-line initials in red; written area: 130 x 98 mmProvenance
- Victor Christ Library; Purchased by the Free Library through the George S. Pepper Fund
Keywords
- Biography
- 14th century
- Christian
- Italy
- History
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