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Mortuary roll for two monks of St Bavo's Abbey, Ghent

Rotulus Laurenti et Iohannis monachorum Sancti Bavonis Gandavensis

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Gent, Rijksarchief te Gent, Archief Sint-Baafs en bisdom Gent, rol nr. 98

Merel Waeyaert, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2021 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Mortuary roll for two monks of St Bavo's Abbey, Ghent
Shelfmarks Archief Sint-Baafs en bisdom Gent, nr. 98
Material Parchment
Place of Origin St Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium
Date of Origin 1336
Script, Hands

Gothic littera cursiva antiqua. Different hands.

General Remarks

Roll with frayed upper margin, and cut-off/trimmed lower margin. Faded initial. Four separate text blocks can be distinguished. The final text block is cut off, and the text is struck through.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 585 mm
Page Width 165 mm
Height of Written Area at least 520 mm
Width of Written Area 138 – 140 mm
Number of Columns 1
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling No rulings or prickings visible.

Current Condition

Extent 1 roll
Dimensions 585 x 165 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Historiated initial (faded), cadel.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Rotulus Laurenti et Iohannis monachorum Sancti Bavonis Gandavensis
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Dufour, Jean, Recueil des rouleaux des morts (VIIIe siècle-vers 1536) 2: 1181-1399 (Paris: de Boccard, 2006), p. 462-465, no. 249

Bibliography

  • Dufour, Jean, Recueil des rouleaux des morts (VIIIe siècle-vers 1536) 2: 1181-1399 (Paris: de Boccard, 2006), p. 462-465, no. 249

  • Dufour, Jean, Les rouleaux de morts (Turnhout: Brepols, 2009), p. 70-71, no. 49

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