Breviary

F-btkn

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 292 a-b

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

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Breviary
    • fol. [1]r

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.