Epistolary

F-h380

Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek Solothurn, ZBS S I 853 A 6

General Information

Title Epistolary
Shelfmarks ZBS S I 853 A 9
Material Parchment

Original Condition

Page Height 295 – 305 mm
Page Width 180 – 200 mm
Height of Written Area 240 – 250 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 31
Line Height 7 – 10 mm

Current Condition

Extent 3 strips, 2 pieces
Dimensions 290 x 80 mm
More about the Current Condition

Both pieces and two strips were cut out of the same leaf (fol. 1). The third strip, while related, stems from another leaf of the same manuscript (fol. 2).

Content

  • Content Item
    • Content Description

      Contains scripture from the first Book of Maccabaeus for week 33 of the liturgical year.

      Fol. 1r contains 1 Macc 1.50-65 (Incipit: "Et iussit aedificari", excipit: "elegerunt magis")

      Fol. 1v contains 1 Macc 1.65-2.17 (Incipit: "[cibis] coinquinari", excipit: et ornatus filiis est")

      Fol. 2rv contains 1 Macc 3.5-37 (Incipit: "Et perse[cutus]", excipit: "sui anno")

History

Remarks

2 strips and both pieces were found during restoration of the binding of ‘ZBS B I 63’, 1 strip was found in the binding of ‘ZBS B I 69’ (see host volumes for details)

Host Volume

Title Gabriel super primo [in secundum-quartum librum] sententiarum; D. [Divi] Basilii Magni Caesariensis Episcopi eruditissima Opera: quorum catalogum in sequenti pagella deprehendes. Monodia Gregorii Nazianzeni
Date of Origin/Publication 1512; 1531
Place of Origin/Publication Basel; Coloniae
Shelfmark ZBS B I 63; ZBS B I 69
Remarks

ZBS B I 63 was restored in 1946, ZBS B I 69 was restored in 1962, both by G. Weissenbach