Rhazes, Liber divisionum

Liber I, Cap. 151-157

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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 341 a-c

Remarks by the Editor

Additional remarks by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Rhazes, <i>Liber divisionum</i>
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 341 a-c
Material Parchment
Place of Origin possibly Paris
Date of Origin second half 13th century-early 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 250 – 333 mm
Page Width 204 mm
Width of Written Area 133 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 62 – 64 mm
Number of Lines at least 19
Line Height 4 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

The original height 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 height lies between 250 and 333 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (trimmed in 3 parts)
Dimensions 104 x 204 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragment consists of one leaf trimmed into three fragments. Fragment A measures 60 x 98 mm, fragment B 70 x 103 mm, fragment C 72 x 204 mm.

One of the leaves (fol. [1]) consists of two separate fragments (fragm. A and B) that fit together.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials, alternately in red and blue ink; red rubrication.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Rhazes
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title <i>Liber divisionum</i>
    • Content Description

      Current fragments (fol. [1] and [2]) were part of the same leaf, but do not fit together.

      • Fol. [1]r, col. A: Liber I, Caput 151
      • Fol. [2]r, col. A: Liber I, Caput 152
      • Fol. [1]r, col. B: Liber I, Caput 152
      • Fol. [2]r, col. B: Liber I, Caput 153
      • Fol. [1]v, col. A: Liber I, Caput 153
      • Fol. [2]v, col. A: Liber I, Caput 154
      • Fol. [1]v, col. B: Liber I, Caput 155-156
      • Fol. [2]v, col. B: Liber I, Caput 157
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Rhazes, Diuisiones Rasis filij Zacharie. Viaticum Constantini monachi (Lyon: Vincent de Portonariis and Gilbert de Villiers, 1510) <https://books.google.be/books?id=MeB1C8BH-eAC>, fol. 64-66