Breviary

F-77lv

Exeter, Exeter Cathedral Library, F/06

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks F/06
Material Parchment
Script, Hands

Horizontal strip from a liturgical MS from the first half of the 15th century. The text is in two columns written in an angular form of northern Gothic textualis. Two forms of a are used. The most common is a two-compartment letterform whose lower section remains open at the bottom. Whenever found after c, f, g, t and standing r uncial a is used. In this second case, the top half of the form is closed with a curling hairline. The shaft of t cuts across the horizontal bar which, in turn, ends on a vertical, downward hairline when found at the end of a word. Short ascenders and descenders.

Capitals include decorative strokes and hairlines. On the recto, text is in dark brown ink with traces of a decorated initial in red ink on the right column. On the verso, there is musical notation. Staves in red ink. Also, evidence of a decorated initial in blue ink with red foliate decorations.

Original Condition

Page Width 318 mm
Width of Written Area 230 – 233 mm
Number of Columns 2
Line Height 7 mm
Ruling Dry point and pencil.

Current Condition

Dimensions Page size, 36x318 mm; written area, 36x230/233 mm.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

On the recto, text is in dark brown ink with traces of a decorated initial in red ink in the right column. On the verso, there is musical notation. Staves in red ink, just like part of the text. Also, evidence of a decorated initial in blue ink with red foliate decorations.

Content

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

      Recto: a) Apocalipsis, Io, ix. 14-16; b) ix. 9-11.

      Verso: b) Epi. Pet. 1. ii. 15.

    • verso