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Corporate Author:
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Catholic Church.
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Uniform Title:
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Breviary (Ms. Free Library of Philadelphia. Lewis E 236)
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Title:
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[Breviary : use of Rome, Franciscan order].
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Publication Information:
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[Paris, ca. 1310].
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Physical Description:
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621 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 70 x 50 mm.
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General Note:
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, fol. iii (i paper, ii-iii parchment) + 621 + iii (i-ii parchment, iii paper)
Layout: Written in 1 column of 17 lines, ruled in brown ink; text block: 45 x 30 mm.
Script: Written in gothic bookhand (textura)
Decoration: The illumination work has been attributed to a follower of Jean Pucelle. 15 historiated initials with foliate border bars (4 folios containing historiated initials have been excised), 25 decorated initials with foliate border bars; small illuminated initials with foliate extensions throughout; gold, red, and blue litterae notabiliores throughout.
Shelfmark: Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia , MS Lewis E 236.
Obituaries in calendar indicate possible use in Alençon: Jeanne de Chatîllon, countess of Alençon and Blois (January 30); Margaret of Namur(?) (February 7); Pierre, count of Alençon (April 13), St. Louis, king of France (August 25); and Phillip III, king of France (October 6).
Rubric in Temporale identifying Franciscan use: "In nomine domine incipit ordo collectarum fratrum minorum s[e]c[un]d[u]m consuetudinem romane ecc[lesi]e in p[ri]mo sabbato adventus domini. . ."
The obituary of Jean of Navarre, queen of Philip IV, d. 1304 and the absence of an obit for Philip IV, d. 1314, suggests that this manuscript was made between these dates.
Folios are inconsistently paginated, with some numbers written only on versos. On recto of last folio, the leaf has been incorrectly identified as 623 in upper right corner and 599 in lower left corner.
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Summary:
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This manuscript is a breviary that contains the texts for the Divine Office. The contents of this breviary consist of the following: Parisian Table of the Ferial Antiphons before Christmas; Lists for duplex and semi-duplex feasts; Absolutions and blessings for the year; Calendar; Liturgical Psalter, including antiphons, versicles, responses, and capitularies, with Canticles and Litany; Temporale, from first Sunday in Advent through last Sunday in November; Sanctorale; Little Office of the Virgin; Office of the Dead and Common of Saints.
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Corporate Subject:
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Catholic Church Prayer-books and devotions Latin.
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Subject Term:
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Breviaries France Paris.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic France Paris.
Manuscripts, Latin Medieval and modern Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
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Added Author:
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Pucelle, Jean, Follower of,
Lewis, John Frederick,
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Added Author:
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Free Library of Philadelphia.
Free Library of Philadelphia.
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