Noted ceremonial

F-krof

Gent, Rijksarchief te Gent, Varia D, nr. 3360/10/2

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Noted ceremonial
Shelfmarks Gent, Rijksarchief te Gent, Varia D, nr. 3360/10/2
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 392 mm
Page Width 260 mm
Height of Written Area at least 242 mm
Width of Written Area 167 – 171 mm
Width of Columns 167 – 171 mm
Number of Lines at least 9
Line Height 25 – 27 mm
Ruling Ink ruling
More about the Condition

The bifolium is very damaged, making it hard to determine the original size. The only visible ruling is a faint line on the right side of the right column on fol. [1]r.

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (trimmed)
Dimensions 392 x 283 mm
More about the Current Condition

Heavily damaged bifolium, vertically folded in half. Upper edge folded, right margin torn, left and lower margin cut. The parchment is dark to blackened, and the script is often illegible, both especially on fol. [1]v-[2]r.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Plain initials alternating in red and blue; line fillers alternating red and blue (fol. [2]v); rubrics in red.

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation on staves of four red lines, c-clefs.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Noted ceremonial
      • Content Description

        The fragment preserves the liturgy for the blessing of a baptismal font (fol. [1]r: 'tibi fons baptismatis parturit') as well as an Introit for the Mass on the baptism of Christ (fol. [1]v, Cantus Index ID g02767).

      • fol. [2]v-[1]r
      • Secondary Literature Cantus Index (http://cantusindex.org/)