Breviary

F-56f7

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 316 a-b

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 316 a-b
Material Parchment
Date of Origin first half 14th century
Script, Hands

Large Northern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 124 mm
Page Width at least 37 mm
Height of Written Area at least 84 mm
Width of Written Area at least 27 mm
Width of Columns at least 27 mm
Number of Lines at least 8
Line Height 11 – 12 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips
Dimensions 124 x 38 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fol. [1] measures 124 x 32 mm, fol. [2] 120 x 38 mm.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished plain initial with ornamental interior shapes and marginal extensions (fol. [2]v). Red rubrics, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Breviary
    • fol. [1]r

Host Volume

Title Joannes Soterus, <i>Epigrammata Graeca veterum elegantissima, eademque latina versa</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1544
Place of Origin/Publication Freiburg im Breisgau
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 1297
Persons Joannes Soterus (compiler of host volume); Stephanus Melechus Gravius (publisher of host volume).
Remarks

The fragments were used as quire guards.