Breviary

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Leuven, Rijksarchief te Leuven, Archief Sint-Leonarduskapittel te Zoutleeuw, nr. 1134

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks Leuven, Rijksarchief te Leuven, Archief Sint-Leonarduskapittel te Zoutleeuw, nr. 1134
Page/Folio Reference lower cover
Material Parchment
Date of Origin late 14th century - early 15th century
Script, Hands

Large northern gothica textualis formata.

General Remarks

Fragment was originally part of same manuscript as Leuven, Rijksarchief te Leuven, Archief Sint-Leonarduskapittel te Zoutleeuw, nr. 1133, lower cover (F-4zou on Fragmentarium) as well as Leuven, Rijksarchief te Leuven, Archief Sint-Leonarduskapittel te Zoutleeuw, nr. 1135, cover (F-qy8i on Fragmentarium).

Original Condition

Page Height at least 317 mm
Page Width 218 mm
Height of Written Area 228 – 232 mm
Width of Written Area 158 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 72 – 73 mm
Number of Lines 25
Line Height 9 – 10 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in inner margin.

There is not enough of this fragment preserved to state much about the original condition; this description is largely based on fragment F-4zou, which was part of the same manuscript.

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (strip, in situ)
Dimensions 317 x 80 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragment was originally part of a bifolium. Only one leaf with text is preserved; the text has been completely trimmed away from the other page.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red rubrication.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Breviary
    • lower cover r

History

Provenance

The original manuscript was possibly kept by the parish of St Leonard (Zoutleeuw) in the late 16th and early 17th century, as fragments from the manuscript were used in the binding of several different registers around this time.

Host Volume

Title Account book of the collegiate church of St Leonard, Zoutleeuw, for the years 1601-1604
Date of Origin/Publication 1601-1604
Place of Origin/Publication Zoutleeuw (parish of St Leonard)
Shelfmark Leuven, Rijksarchief te Leuven, Archief Sint-Leonarduskapittel te Zoutleeuw, nr. 1134
Remarks

Binding contains several more fragments, of both parchment manuscripts and paper prints.