Instructions for understanding the calendar
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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/076
Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Dutch instruction for understanding the calendar
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/076
Former Shelfmarks Qc39
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin 1448
Script, Hands
1 hand. Northern gothica textualis libraria.
Original Condition
Page Height at least 87 mm
Page Width 126 – 128 mm
Height of Written Area at least 72 mm
Width of Written Area 64 – 65 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 64 – 65 mm
Number of Lines at least 15
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full ruling in red ink
More about the Condition
Strips were originally part of the same page. Together they provide a continuous text.
Current Condition
Extent 2 strips
Dimensions 87 x 128 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Pen-flourished initial with marginal extensions; red colour stroking and red underlined rubrics.
Content
- Content Item
- Text Language Middle Dutch
- Title Instruction for understanding the calendar
- Remarks
According to additional note (HS.2582/076A), the text was perhaps an introductory text to a larger book on (church) liturgy.
Host Volume
Title <i>D'Leven van den H. Dominicus fundateur der predick-heeren oorden</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1622
Place of Origin/Publication Antwerp (printing house 'De Witte Lelie')
Shelfmark Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, BIB.ACC.000324
Persons Nicolaus Janssenius (author); Hendrick Aertssens (printer)
Remarks
Fragments were used as quire guards. They were taken out of the original binding in the nineteenth century when the book was being rebound.