Noted Breviary
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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG 210
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
Noted Breviary
Shelfmarks
Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG 210
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
Northern Germany
Date of Origin
second half, 13th century
Script, Hands
A Nothern Gothic Textualis written in a single hand in two aspects.
General Remarks
A closely-related bifolium and strip from the same manuscript are now Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 69.
Original Condition
Number of Columns
1
Number of Lines
16
Line Height
15 mm
Ruling
hardpoint
More about the Condition
Original sewing stations visible.
Current Condition
Extent
2 partial bifolia
Dimensions
270 x 388 mm
More about the Current Condition
Two bifolia detached, trimmed and repurposed as pastedowns in their host volume, from which they have now been removed.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Single-line penwork initials in red.
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Rubrics in red.
Staffless neumes above text.
Content
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Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Brevarium
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Content Description
Includes chants and texts for the week after Septuagesima (fragment 1 dorse, fragment 2 front), Sexagesima Sunday (fragment 2 dorse, fragment 1 front), and the first Sunday of Lent (fragment 1 front).
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History
Persons and Institutions
The host volume this fragment once covered almost certainly belonged to the nearby Kartause Ittingen outside of Frauenfeld, Switzerland. (See the entry for the in situ sister fragments.)
Host Volume
Title
Host volume unknown at the time of writing.
Other available descriptions
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Christian Meyer for Fragmentarium
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