Sacramentary

F-24l3

Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, ALT FRG 107

Remarks by the Editor

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

We are grateful to Laura Glöckler for her help identifying the fragment. 

General Information

Title Sacramentary
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, ALT FRG 107 from X 787
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Germany
Date of Origin first half, 12th century
Script, Hands

A Northern Gothic Textualis written in a single hand. 

Original Condition

Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 22
Line Height 9 – 10 mm
More about the Condition

The side of the leaf 'comb fragment front' is the true recto. 

Current Condition

Extent 1 partial leaf + 3 pieces
Dimensions 200 x 180 mm (larger piece)
More about the Current Condition

Four fragments from the same parent manuscript used to reinforce the spine of the host volume, from which they are now detached.

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The larger piece has been fashioned into a comb fragment that was once pasted onto the front board. Traces of the dark brown leather binding are visible on the front of the four fingers of the comb fragment that would have surrounded the sewing stations of the host volume. 

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The three other squares of parchment appear to have been inserted into the spine for further strengthening. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

One-line and three-line penwork initials in red. 

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Rubrics in red. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Sacramentary
    • comb fragment front

History

Persons and Institutions Previously in a volume owned by the Augustinian canons at Kreuzlingen.

Host Volume

Title Host volume unknown at the time of writing.
Remarks

Two volumes are listed under the X 787 shelfmark in the catalogue listed below: Johannes Melber, Vocabularius praedicantium, sive Variloquus, 1488; and Vocabularius incipiens teutonicum ante latinum, c. 1495. It is not clear which volume the fragment originated from.

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. 372 or p. 610.