Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, MS Lewis E 221

Cantus Siglum

US-PHff MS Lewis E 221

Holding Institution

Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia (US-PHff)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Physical Status

Complete (or mostly complete)

Description

Material: Parchment
Source type: Antiphonal
Chant type: Franco-Roman
Leaves/pages: 182
Staves per side: 6
Staff lines: 5
Owners/dedicatees: College of S. Jerome, Belem; Paid for by King John III of Portugal and for the Jéronimos Monastery in Belém, Portugal
Text script: gothic rotunda
Notation: square
Binding: Bound in 18th c. stamped calf, metal corners and bosses.
Notes: Associated with the College of S. Jerome, Belém, and all were purchased in 1900 from Hiersemann of Leipzig; because of this close relationship all are listed, although several are early 17th c. The present ms. was a gift of King John II to the College, Fr. Blasio D’Olivença, rector. The series is described by John Thomson, Hither and thither (Philadelphia, 1905) 137-144.

Notes on the Inventory

Source of data: "Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the US and Canada" by Ricci and Wilson