Noted Breviary

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG 210

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. 

  • Musical Notation

    Staffless neumes above text. 

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Brevarium
      • 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).

      • Fragment 1 dorse

    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.