Vitae patrum

F-2bzs

Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Vit.MF.2021.18.09

General Information

Title Vitae patrum
Shelfmarks Vit.MF.2021.18.09
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Germany (East Frankia?, as per Scott Gwara)
Date of Origin 951-1000
Script, Hands

Uncial and Carolingian minuscule, with integral "et" ligature, as well as "ger", "rt", and "st" ligatures

Original Condition

Page Height at least 220 mm
Page Width at least 170 mm
Height of Written Area at least 210 mm
Width of Written Area 135 – 150 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 135 – 150 mm
Number of Lines 21

Current Condition

Dimensions 220 x 170 mm
More about the Current Condition

Two noncontiguous fragments of one leaf: upper half measures 100 x 170 mm; lower half measures 120 mm x 150 mm. There is a lacunae of perhaps three lines of text between the two fragments; presumably the missing bit covered the host volume's spine.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Uncials highlighted in albumen wash

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Vitae patrum: Verba seniorum.
    • Content Description

      Text: Vitae patrum, Book III -- Verba seniorum

      Recto: 

      • Begins, Line 1: “adoblationem sacrandu[m] nu[m]qua[m] acce/derint”
      • Ends: "[et] eundem sermon[m] orar[et]”

      Verso:

      • Begins, Line 1: "rursus audiuit sibi uocem dicente[m]"
      • Ends: "[in]uicem p[er] occasionem beat[um]”

      For text, cf. Rosweyde, Heribert (ed.) Vitae patrvm. De vita et verbis seniorvm libri x. Antwerp: Plantin Press, 1615. Page 528.