Noted breviary

Readings from the Bible; Antiphons and verses for the Common of one Martyr

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Brussel/Bruxelles, Bibliotheek Koninklijke Conservatoria Brussel/Bibliothèque des Conservatoires royaux de Bruxelles, P-2-01800-(27)

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Noted breviary
Shelfmarks Brussel/Bruxelles, Bibliotheek Koninklijke Conservatoria Brussel/Bibliothèque des Conservatoires royaux de Bruxelles, P-2-01800-(27)
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata, in two different sizes (chants written in a smaller modules than the main text).

Original Condition

Page Height 339 mm
Page Width 244 mm
Height of Written Area 247 mm
Width of Written Area 161 – 163 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 74 – 76 mm
Number of Lines 34
Line Height 7 – 8 mm
Ruling Full ink ruling
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in outer margin.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 339 x 244 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fol. [1]v still contains traces of glue, while the imprint of the host volume's spine is still visible across the middle of the fragment.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials, cadels with figured pen drawings (fol. [1]v), red colour stroking, red rubrication, red line fillers. 

  • Musical Notation

    Neumatic notation on staves of four red lines. C and F clefs.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Noted breviary
      • Content Description
        • Fol. [1]r:
          • Reading from Wisdom 10:14.
          • Reading from Ecclesiasticus 14: 22-27, 15: 1-6.
          • Reading from Ecclesiasticus 31:8-11.
          • Reading from Proverbs 3: 14-20.
          • Reading from 2 Timothy 4: 1-12 (continues on fol. [1]v).
        • Fol. [1]v:
          • Reading from 2 Timothy 2: 4-10.
          • Reading from 2 Timothy 2: 8-10, 3: 10-12.
          • Chants on the Common of one Martyr:
            • Antiphon 'Posuisti domine super caput' (CantusID 004344).
            • Responsory verse 'Desiderium animae ejus tribuisti' (CantusID 007414a).
            • Antiphon 'Beatus vir qui timet dominum' (CantusID 001678).
            • Responsory verse 'Potens in terra erit semen' (CantusID 006831zf). 
      • fol. [1]r

    Host Volume

    Title Register for the hospital of the abbey of Munsterbilzen
    Date of Origin/Publication 1570
    Place of Origin/Publication Munsterbilzen (Limburg)
    Remarks

    Fragment was used as cover for a register for the hospital of the abbey of Munsterbilzen in 1570; the exact register is unknown. It was removed from this binding at an unknown date.