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Liturgical calendar for the Dominican order

May-December

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1492

Birthe Verscuren, KU Leuven, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Liturgical calendar for the Dominican order
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1492
Former Shelfmarks Fragm. 605
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Southern Low Countries, possibly Brabant
Date of Origin second half of the 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata. Main text in one hand, additions to text in other hands.
General Remarks

The fragment was transmitted together with MSS 1490-1494.

Original Condition

Page Height 205 – 210 mm
Page Width 153 mm
Height of Written Area 160 mm
Width of Written Area 120 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 32 – 33
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full ink ruling

Current Condition

Extent 2 bifolia
Dimensions 210 x 153 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragments underwent conservation in June 2010.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description
At the beginning of each month (= page), there is a pen-flourished initial 'KL', alternately in red and blue ink.
Small versals (A-G) are used to signify the days of the week, alternately in red and blue ink.
Red rubrication and colour stroking are used for calendar markings, titles and several names.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Liturgical calendar for the Dominican order
    • fol. [1]r
    • Remarks
      The fragment covers the months May-December. The calendar contains several feasts that are specific to a Dominican context: Translation of St Peter (6 May), Translation of St Dominic (24 May); St Dominic (5 August) and its octave, St Edward the Confessor (13 October). The high grades accorded to the feast of St Dominic and the remembrance of the benefactors of the Dominicans on 5 September also strongly indicate that this is a Dominican calendar.

History

Provenance
The fragments were part of the collection of Jozef-Maria De Smet (1916-1996). They were acquired by Leuven University Library after De Smet's death in 1996.
Persons and Institutions Jozef-Maria De Smet (previous owner)

Host Volume

Remarks

The fragments were used as the cover of an unknown archival register, possibly connected to Walloon-Brabant. There are later-added annotations in French on fol. [4]v: "Registre de la […]ie et [...] / Regis[tre] de la [...]". On fol. 1r there are references to the town of Genappe: "De Genape le XXVIIe de janier 1502 pour par...tenir jeu d'un ...'; 'De Genape le XXVI de novvembre 1503 pour pa... Denys Schockarts'.
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