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Vincentius Bellovacensis, Speculum historiale

Book 10

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 458

Fergus Bovill, 2025 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

The digitisation and analysis of this fragment was generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

General Information

Title Vincentius Bellovacensis, Speculum historiale
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 458
Page/Folio Reference wrapper
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Southern Germany / Lake Constance area (?)
Date of Origin second half, 13th century

Original Condition

Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines at least 33
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling not visible
More about the Condition

Original sewing stations visible. 

Current Condition

Extent 2 partial bifolia
Dimensions 407 x 275 mm (together)
More about the Current Condition

Two bifolia trimmed and repurposed as a wrapper for the host volume. Only the column of text on each leaf closest to the gutter is intact. The dorse of the leaf is inaccessible. 

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The title of the volume has been written in black ink on the front cover: ‘Thomae LyreriSchwäbl[iche] Cronica 1486’.

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The parchment is worn and stained in places. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Paraphs in red ink. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Vincentius Bellovacensis
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Speculum historiale
    • Content Description

      Speculum historiale, Book 10

Host Volume

Title Thomas Lirer, Schwäbische Chronik. Attached: Gmünder Chronik (until 1462). Holzschnitte vom Meister des Ulmer Terenz.
Date of Origin/Publication 12 January 1486
Place of Origin/Publication Ulm
Shelfmark Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 458
Persons Konrad Dinckmut

Bibliography

  • On the host volume:

    Luginbühl, Marianne and Heinz Bothien. Meisterwerke des Frühen Buchdrucks: Die Inkunabel-Schätze der Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau aus den Klöstern von Ittingen, Fischingen und Kreuzlingen. Frauenfeld: Verlag Huber, 2011, p. 343. 

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