Missal

F-2wzl

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 294 a-b

Remarks by the Editor

Additional remarks by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Missal
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 294 a-b
Material Parchment
Date of Origin mid 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata, in two different sizes.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 216 mm
Page Width at least 173 mm
Width of Written Area at least 160 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 75 mm
Number of Lines at least 6
Line Height 7 – 8 mm
Ruling Full ink and lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

The original height is estimated with the procedure of J.P. Gumbert’s statistical research on page dimensions of manuscripts. He has shown that the ratio of height to width generally lies between 0.60 and 0.80. The estimated minimum height is 216 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips
Dimensions 37-39 x 173 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished blue plain initials with red penwork (interior reserved foliate shapes and marginal extensions). Versals with red colour stroking, red rubrics.

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation on four red staves.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Missal
      • Content Description

        Fol. [1] contains the text of Matthew 6, 26-28, Luke 20,1-3 and a prayer for the vespers on the 15th Sunday after Pentecost. Fol. [2] contains the text of Thessalonians 2, 15-16 and Matthew 22, 2-4.

      • fol. [1]r

    Host Volume

    Title Marco Giralomo Vida, <i>Hymni de rebus divinis</i>
    Date of Origin/Publication 1552
    Place of Origin/Publication Leuven
    Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 1557
    Persons Marco Giralomo Vida (author of host volume); Anthoni Marie Bergaigne (printer of host volume)
    Remarks

    The fragments were used as quire guards.