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Glossed bible

Leviticus 27 (fol. [1]); Numbers 1-3 (fol. [2]-[3])

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/112

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Glossed bible
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/112
Former Shelfmarks Qb16
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata (main text and marginal gloss, two sizes); northern gothica textualis libraria (interlinear glosses).

Original Condition

Page Height at least 291 mm
Page Width 212 mm
Height of Written Area 240 mm
Width of Written Area 147 – 149 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 51 – 149 mm
Number of Lines 27 – 53
Line Height 4 – 9 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Running titles in upper margin, in alternately red and blue capital letters (fol. [2]).

Text is glossed, therefore the column size varies per line. Line size of main text is twice as large as that of the glosses.

Current Condition

Extent 3 leaves (trimmed)
Dimensions 291 x 212 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials, alternately in red and blue ink (fol. [2]). Paraphs, alternately in red and blue ink.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Glossed Bible
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [1]r: Leviticus 27:27-31.
      • Fol. [1]v: Leviticus 27:32-34.
      • Fol. [2]: Numbers 1:30 - 2:2.
      • Fol. [3]r: Numbers 3:22-27.
      • Fol. [3]v: Numbers 3:31-39.
    • fol. [1]r

History

Provenance

Fragments' host volume belonged to the collection of the Seminary of History of Ghent University.

Persons and Institutions Discovered by Georges Declercq, then-assistant to professor Adriaan Verhulst (Ghent University), in 1988. Transferred to Ghent University Library around the same time.

Host Volume

Title Tarif décimal; ou Réduction de la livre tournois de France, en francs, en argent de Brabant, et en argent de change
Date of Origin/Publication early 19th century
Place of Origin/Publication Brussels
Persons Adolphe Stapleaux (printer of host volume)
Remarks

Fragments served as book cover.

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