Latin dictionary

F-b5vl

Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1184

General Information

Title Latin dictionary
Former Shelfmarks Fragm. 529
Material Paper
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin second quarter 15th century
Script, Hands

The fragment is written in a cursive script.

General Remarks

The paper has an watermark showing a heraldic shield with a post horn, topped by a lily, similar to watermarks found in the 1440s and 1450s in the Low Countries.

Original Condition

Page Height 197 mm
Page Width 139 mm
Height of Written Area 160 mm
Width of Written Area 102 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines 30
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Vertical ruling of the columns in brown ink.
Collation

Judging from the chain lines and watermark the original manuscript had an -4° folding format.

More about the Condition

The leaves as they currently are, are slightly because on most leaves part of the cognate leaf is preserved.

Current Condition

Extent 13 fol.
Dimensions ca. 200 x ca. 160 mm
More about the Current Condition

23 half leaves (upper or lower part) have been combined into 11 leaves and 1 half leaf (fol. 7). These 12 consecutive leaves probably formed the first half of a quire. There are also about a dozen very small additional snippets.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

4-line plain initial in green (fol. 8v) signals the start of a new letter. 2-lin red initials signal when there is a change of the second letter in the word. Paraphs and colour stroking in red, lemmas underlined in red.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Latin dictionary
    • fol. 1r

History

Provenance

The fragment was bequested in 1962 by H. de Vocht. Each fragment has an ownership stamp of KUL in blue ink. In spring 2010, it was restored by studio Schrijen.

Host Volume

Remarks

The paper leaves were probably used for the padding of a book cover.