BiblioPhilly… Louis + Anne Forever 20 Mar 20203 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 52/52 Illuminated Initial and Partial Border with Emblems of Anne of Brittany and Louis XII, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis T 659, front…
BiblioPhilly… Staring at the (Sistine) Ceiling 13 Mar 20203 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 51/52 Attavante degli Attavanti, Historiated initial T from a Missal showing the Lamentation, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 25:9, front…
BiblioPhilly… From Treviso to TEI: Sister Manuscripts from Montello? 6 Mar 202018 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 50/52 Ambrose of Milan, Hexameron, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 4, fol. 1r; Moral and didactic writings, Bethlehem, Lehigh University,…
BiblioPhilly… Italian with a French Accent (Part II): Attributing the Illuminations of Lewis E 207 10 Jan 20203 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 42/52 Prayer Book, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 207, fol. 1r (miniature of the Presentation in the Temple); Gian Giacomo…
BiblioPhilly… Overlooked Texts, Overlooked Images (Part II): Mystery Engravings 3 Jan 20203 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 41/52 A guest post by National Gallery of Art Associate Curator of Old Master Prints, Brooks Rich Album of Engravings and Devotional…
BiblioPhilly… Overlooked Texts, Overlooked Images (Part I): An Erasmian Album 27 Dec 20193 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 40/52 Album of Engravings and Devotional Texts by Erasmus, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Prudentius, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 179,…
BiblioPhilly… Nau, Naulet, Noël: Part II (a fragment of the Chanson de la Grue) 6 Dec 20193 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 37/52 Noels (Book of Christmas Carols in French), Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 211, fol. 5r (detail) Last week, we looked…
BiblioPhilly… Nau, Naulet, Noël: Part I (a poem by Olivier Maillard) 29 Nov 20193 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 36/52 Noels (Book of Christmas Carols in French), Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 211, fols. 17v (detail). As the holiday season…
BiblioPhilly… A Quire of “Better” Angels (No Pun Intended) 1 Nov 20193 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 32/52 Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 87, fol. 9r (detail) A few weeks ago, we…
BiblioPhilly… A Book of Hours Fifty Years Older than Previously Thought 18 Oct 20193 Sep 2021 Fifty-two discoveries from the BiblioPhilly project, No. 30/52 Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 87, fols. 6v–7r (end of Calendar and beginning…
