Breviary
F-btkn
Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 292 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. 292 a-b
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 14th century
Script, Hands
Northern gothica textualis formata.
Original Condition
Page Height 127 mm
Page Width 76 – 101 mm
Height of Written Area 87 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 17
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Full ink ruling
More about the Condition
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 lies between 76 and 101 mm.
Current Condition
Extent 2 strips
Dimensions 115-127 x 24-25 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Red rubrics, red colour stroking.
Content
Host Volume
Title Aonius Palearius, <i>Epistolarum lib. IIII. Orationes XII. De animorum immortalitate lib. III</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1564
Place of Origin/Publication Basel
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 976
Persons Aonius Palearius (author of host volume), Joannes Oporinus (printer of host volume).
Remarks
Fragments were used as quire guards in binding.