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Breviary

Gospel readings (Gospels of St Luke)

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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 249 a-b

Elize Van Opstal, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023. (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 249 a-b
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 14th century
Script, Hands

One hand. Northern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 150 mm
Page Width at least 90 mm
Height of Written Area at least 100 mm
Number of Lines at least 16
Line Height 6 – 7 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

The original manuscript probably had 2 columns, based on the lay-out of the content of fol. [2]r. The original width 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 width is 90 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips
Dimensions 150 x 44 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials, red rubrics.

Content

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

      Gospel readings (Gospel of Luke)
    • fol. [1]r
    • Remarks

      Fol. [2]r contains a part of Luke 18, 9-10: "ad quosdam qu[i in se confi]debant tamquam i[usti et asper]nebantur ceter[os parabo]lam istam. Duo [homines as]cenderunt in te[mplum ut ora]rent unus Ph[arisaeus et alter] publicanus."

History

Remarks

Fragments were used as quire guards.
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