Missal

F-5zmj

Exeter, Exeter Cathedral Library, F/15

General Information

Title Missal
Shelfmarks F/15
Material Parchment
Place of Origin England
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands

Missal (Sarum?) in an angular form of northern textualis from the late 14th century.

Two-compartment a; uncial d only; g has a very short tail which often remains open; angular bowls of b, d, o and q. The shaft of t cuts across the horizontal bar, which finishes with a vertical hairline at word-end. v often used at beginning of the word. Narrow tironian nota has a very short horizontal bar and is always crossed, as is x. Biting and round r used consistently.

Capitals include extra, decorative strokes.

Original Condition

Page Height 309 mm
Height of Written Area 266 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 80 mm
Number of Lines 39
Line Height 6 – 7 mm

Current Condition

Dimensions Page size, 309 x 195/197 mm; written area, 266 x 166/168 mm

Content

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

Host Volume

Title Controversiarum praecipuarum in Comitiis Ratisponensibus tractatar[um]
Date of Origin/Publication 1545
Place of Origin/Publication Cologne
Shelfmark DR/PIG/X
Persons Pighius, Albertus