Book of hours

F-65po

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 338 a-b

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Book of hours
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 338 a-b
Material Parchment
Date of Origin first half 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 155 mm
Page Width at least 124 mm
Height of Written Area at least 87 mm
Width of Written Area at least 45 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 40 mm
Number of Lines at least 18
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full ink ruling
More about the Condition

The original width is estimated based on the column width and the width of the outer margin. Both widths were multiplied by 2 and then the sum lead to a minimum width of 124 mm. The original height is then 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 155 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips (parts of a leaf)
Dimensions 133 x 65 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fol. [1] measures 127 x 63 mm, fol. [2] 133 x 65 mm.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials with interior reserved shapes and marginal extensions, alternately in red and blue ink. Red plain versals, red rubrication, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Book of Hours
    • fol. [1]r

Host Volume

Title Euthymius Zigabonus, <i>Commentarii in omnes psalmos</i>, translated by Philippus Saulus
Date of Origin/Publication 1543
Place of Origin/Publication Paris
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, F 3936
Persons Euthymius Zigabonus (author of host volume); Philippus Saulus (translator); Charlotte Guillard (printer of host volume)