Breviary
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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0312
Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Breviary
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0312
Page/Folio Reference upper and lower flyleaves
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 12th century
Script, Hands
Large praegothica.
Original Condition
Page Height at least 215 mm
Page Width at least 273 mm
Height of Written Area at least 109 mm
Width of Written Area 210 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 95 – 100 mm
Number of Lines at least 11
Line Height 11 – 12 mm
Ruling Full blind-point ruling
Current Condition
Extent 2 leaves (trimmed)
Dimensions 215 x 273 mm
More about the Current Condition
Leaves were trimmed and bound; both flyleaves have suffered damage on its respective lower sides due to being used as a flyleaf. Both flyleaves were restored with adhesive tape at one point.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Large red initials with with interior reserved shapes and ornamental (foliate) penwork. Red rubrication.
Content
History
Provenance
Host volume was kept at St Martin's Abbey (Trier) from the 12th century onwards.
Host Volume
Title Gregorius I, <i>Homiliae XL in Evangelia</i>
Date of Origin/Publication Main text mid 9th century, with final section supplied in the 12th century.
Place of Origin/Publication Western Germany, possibly Trier
Shelfmark Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0312
Page/Folio Reference: fol. 1-132
Persons Gregorius I (author of host volume)
Remarks
Host volume contains later additions from the early 13th century: a copy of a letter by Baldwin IX, count of Flanders, to Adolf of Berg, archbishop of Cologne, about events in the Fourth Crusade (fol. 131r-132r) and an additional note (fol. 132v).
Bibliography
- Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 133-134.