Missal

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 523

Remarks by the Editor

The digitisation and analysis of this fragment was generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

General Information

Title Missal
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 523
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 12th century
Script, Hands

A proto-Gothic script written in two sizes a single hand. 

Original Condition

Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 27 – 28
Line Height 8 – 9 mm
Ruling drypoint

Current Condition

Extent 3 partial leaves
Dimensions 319 x 200 mm
More about the Current Condition

Two leaves from the same parent manuscript have been detached and repurposed as flyleaves, or perhaps pastedowns that are now lifted, at the front and back of the host volume. A third leaf is loose, but may have once been part of the binding.  

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

One-, two-, and three-line penwork initial in red. 

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Rubrics in red. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Missal

Host Volume

Title Missale Praemonstratense
Date of Origin/Publication before 1500
Place of Origin/Publication Strasbourg
Shelfmark Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 523
Persons Johann Prüss d. Ä?
Remarks

16th-century stamped light-coloured leather binding over wooden boards. 

Bibliography

  • On the host volume:

    Luginbühl, Marianne and Heinz Bothien. Meisterwerke des Frühen Buchdrucks: Die Inkunabel-Schätze der Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau aus den Klöstern von Ittingen, Fischingen und Kreuzlingen. Frauenfeld: Verlag Huber, 2011, p. 380.