Chapter book
Rule of St Benedict; list of anniversaries
F-17z4
Gent, Rijksarchief te Gent, Archief Sint-Baafs en bisdom Gent, R 20bis
Godfried Croenen, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Chapter book
Shelfmarks Gent, Rijksarchief, Archief Sint-Baafs en bisdom Gent, R 20bis
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Ghent
Date of Origin 12th century, with later additions
Script, Hands
Praecarolina, with later additions by different documentary hands.
Original Condition
Page Height 315 – 318 mm
Page Width 221 – 225 mm
Height of Written Area 232 – 233 mm
Width of Written Area 145 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 145 mm
Number of Lines 23
Ruling Blindpoint ruling.
Numbering
Modern page numbering, medieval quire numbers on p. 4 ('XVII') and p. 8 ('XVIII').
More about the Condition
The medieval quire numbers on p. 4 and p. 8 indicate that the first four leaves form two bifolia that were originally the outer bifolia of consecutive quires. The original position of the last two leaves is unclear.
Current Condition
Extent 6 leaves (bound)
Dimensions 315 x 225 mm
More about the Current Condition
The leaves are bound in a 19th-century volume with paper leaves.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Red plain initial (p. 1); red rubrication (p. 3 with added silver); red colour stroking.
Content
- Content Item
- Persons Benedictus de Nursia
- Text Language Latin
- Title Regula sancti Benedicti
- Content Description
The end of caput 62, most of caput 63 and the end of caput 73.
- Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Obituary of St Bavo's Abbey, Ghent