Book of hours

Little Office of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary (fol. [1]r)

F-hv6r

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 267

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Book of hours
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 267
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 15th century
Script, Hands

Gothica hybrida libraria.

Original Condition

Page Height 128 – 170 mm
Page Width 102 mm
Width of Written Area 68 – 69 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 68 – 69 mm
Number of Lines at least 7
Line Height 4 – 5 mm
Ruling Full ink 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 minimum height lies between 128 and 170 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 1 strip
Dimensions 30 x 103 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials with marginal extensions, pen-flourishing in red ink. Red rubrics.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Book of Hours
    • Content Description

      Oremus to the Little Office of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary (fol. [1]r).

    • fol. [1]v

History

Remarks

Fragment was used as a quire guard.