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Hymnarium

Purificatio Mariae, Dominica I (?) Quadragesimae, Dominica V Quadragesimae, Octava Paschae, Pentecostes, Iohannis Baptistae, Petri et Pauli, Mariae Magdalenae

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Budapest, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtár és Információs Központ, T 608

Fanni Hende, HAS-NSZL Res Libraria Hungariae Research Group, ELRN, 2021 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Hymnarium
Shelfmarks T 608
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Unknown
Date of Origin End of the 12th century
Script, Hands

1, praegothica, e-caudata

Original Condition

Page Height 285 mm
Page Width at least 140 mm
Height of Written Area 225 mm
Width of Written Area 140 – 150 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 60 – 70 mm
Number of Lines 32
Line Height 7 mm
Ruling Ruled in hardpoint
Collation

F. 1-2 and f. 3 must have belonged to the same quire, the former being its third bifolium, the latter its last leaf.

Current Condition

Extent One piece from the middle of a bifolium and two pieces from a leaf.
Dimensions F. 1-2: 40×100 mm; f. 3: 285×80 mm
More about the Current Condition

Two vertical cuttings from a leaf and one piece from the middle of a bifolium. They are brown and mildly worn. There are worm-holes on the fragments. Around 14 letters are missing from the inner column on the f. 3. Around 10-15 letters have remained from both inner columns of this piece of a bifolium. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

2-line red initials, red majuscules, rubrics.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Hymnarium. Purificatio Beatae Mariae Virginis, Dominica I (?) Quadragesimae, Dominica V Quadragesimae, Octava Paschae, Pentecostes, Iohannis Baptistae, Petri et Pauli, Mariae Magdalenae
    • Content Description

      f. 1r Purificatio Mariae F[it por]ta Christi perv[ia omni referta] gracia trans[itque rex et permanet] clausa ut fui[t per secula. Genus superni] luminis pro[cessit aula virginis] sponsus redem[ptor(sic) sue gigas] ecclesie; Hono[r matris …] (Chevalier 6346).

      f. 1v Dca I (?) Quadragesimae [Audi benigne conditor … conteri] dona per absti[nenciam ieiunet ut] mens sobria [a labe prorsus crimin]um. Presta be[ata Trinitas …] (AH 51,53); Noct. [Nunc tempus acce]ptabile ful[get datum div]initus ut sa[net orbem …] (AH 51,56).

      One bifolium is missing between the two leaves.

      f. 2r Dca V Quadragesimae ad Vesp. [Vexilla regis prodeunt … myste]rium quo carne [carnis condi]tor suspensus est p[atibulo quo] vulneratus insup[er mucrone diro] lancee ut nos l[avaret crimine] manavit unda [sanguine im]pleta sunt que con[cinit …] (AH 50,74).

      f. 2v Oct. Paschae [Chorus nove Ierusalem … Patri] supremo gloria [Honorque sit cum filio] et Spiritu para[clito.] (AH 2,93); Ad laudes [Ad cenam agni pro]vidi et stolis [albis cand]idi post transitum [maris Rubri] Christo canamus princi[pi …] (AH 51,87).

      One leaf is missing between the two leaves.

      f. 3r–v Pent. ad Noct. [Iam Christus astra ascenderat regres]sus [unde venerat promissa] patris … (AH 2,49–50); ad laudes [Beata nobis gau]dia anni re[duxit … orbita c]um Spiritus … (AH 2,50) – In nativ. Iohannis Bapt. Ut queant laxis … (AH 2,50); ad noct. Antra deserti teneris … (AH 2,50–51); ad laud. O nimis felix … (AH 2,51) – Petri et Pauli ap. ad vesp. Aurea luce et decore … Sit Trinita[ti sempiterna gloria …] (AH 2,54) – Marie Magdalene ad laud. Iesu Christe auctor … (AH 51,196–197); Votiva [cunctis] orbita … fu[lgida calceans bea]ta lurida[m secli …] (AH 51,197).
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History

Remarks

The fragments were used for bookbinding in Leipzig in the 15th century. (Rozsondai 2013, nr. 893)

On the fragments: 

  1. Shelfmark of the fragments: T 608
  2. Owner's stamp of the Library: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtára (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Host Volume

Title Speculum exemplorum. [Collegit Aegidius Aurifaber] (GW M4295210; ISTC is00653000)
Date of Origin/Publication 4 Mar. 1487.
Place of Origin/Publication Strassburg
Shelfmark Inc. 921
Persons Printer: Iordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)
Remarks

Binding: New blind‑ruled leather binding. The original binding: 15th -century blind-tooled leather binding (the surviving piece of this binding was pasted on the upper cover). (Rozsondai 2013, nr. 893)

Ownership marks: 

  1. Barbare Dornis (?) (16th century)
  2. Conventus Nitriensis (17th century, owner mark of the Franciscan Friars in Nitra)
  3. N 39 (the old shelfmark used in the library of the Franciscan convent in Nitra (?)) (Rozsondai 2013, nr. 893)

Bibliography

  • Rozsondai, Marianne - Rozsondai, Béla: Catalogue of Incunables in the Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Budapest, 2013. nr. 893.
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