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
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Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Breviary
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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
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Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 133-134.