Liturgical manuscript

F-acth

Antwerpen, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 2.9

General Information

Title Liturgical manuscript
Shelfmarks Antwerp, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 2.9
Material Parchment
Date of Origin s. XV
Script, Hands

Northern littera textualis libraria (s. XV). Descenders of the letter 'h' extend far beyond the baseline, ending with a pointy curl to the left.

General Remarks

Antwerp, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 2.8-2.9 are kept together in a map. Most likely remnants of the same manuscript.

Original Condition

Page Height 320 mm
Page Width 192 – 256 mm
Height of Written Area 218 – 220 mm
Width of Columns at least 48 mm
Number of Lines 29
Line Height 7 – 8 mm
Ruling Full ink ruling, prickings in inner margin
More about the Condition

Presumably, the dimension of the height is more or less intact: ca. 320 mm. The original width was estimated on the basis of an aspect ratio between 0.60 and 0.80.

Current Condition

Extent 1 loose strip (part of a leaf)
Dimensions 315-320 x 40-74 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Plain initials (red, blue), colour stroking (red)

Host Volume

Remarks

Host volume unknown. Presumably, the fragment functioned as spine lining.