Book of hours

F-8gmo

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 326

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. 326
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 15th century
Script, Hands

Gothica hybrida libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 113 mm
Page Width 89 mm
Width of Written Area 58 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 58 mm
Number of Lines at least 7
Line Height 3 – 4 mm
Ruling No longer visible.
More about the Condition

The original height is 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 113 mm

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (strip)
Dimensions 34 x 152 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials, red rubrics, red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Book of Hours
    • fol. [2]v-[1]r

Host Volume

Title Hieronymus Osorius, <i>De justitia libri decem</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1572
Place of Origin/Publication Cologne
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, F 4466
Persons Hieronymus Osorius (author of host volume); Arnold Birckmann I (printer of host volume).
Remarks

The fragment was used in as quire guard.