Book of hours
Little Office of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary (fol. [1]r)
F-hv6r
Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 267
Elize Van Opstal, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023. (Born Digital)
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](https://fragmentarium.ms:443/loris/F-hv6r/fol_1r.jp2/full/,150/0/default.jpg "fol. [1]v")
History
Remarks
Fragment was used as a quire guard.