Bible

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Oudenaarde, Stadsarchief Oudenaarde, Oud Archief stad Oudenaarde, nr. 877/H/10

General Information

Title Bible
Shelfmarks Oud Archief stad Oudenaarde, nr. 877/H/10
Page/Folio Reference flap
Material Parchment
Date of Origin s. XIII/2
Script, Hands

Small northern gothica textualis currens.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 277 mm
Page Width at least 166 mm
Height of Written Area at least 245 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns at least 63 mm
Number of Lines 45
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Leadpoint ruling. Prickings in the outer margin visible.
More about the Condition

The minimum page width was estimated on the basis of a minimum aspect ratio of 0.6.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (trimmed)
Dimensions 276 x 122 mm
More about the Current Condition

Only the outer column of the leaf has survived, together with the intercolumnar space and a small section of the inner column. 

Only the verso side is visible. The leaf is pasted onto the leather cover.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Parts of pen-flourished initials (red with blue penwork and blue with red penwork) can still be seen at the start of the second column.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title New Testament, Book of Acts
    • Content Description

      The fragment starts in the middle of Acts, 7, 9, and includes the text up to Acts, 7, 38. The first letter of most of the lines of the right-hand column can be discerned.  

    • flap

Host Volume

Title Register kept by the municipal officers 'oppervoogden', between 1567 and 1576.
Date of Origin/Publication 1576
Place of Origin/Publication Oudenaarde
Shelfmark Oud Archief stad Oudenaarde, nr. 877/H/10
Remarks

The leaf is pasted onto the lower leather cover, on the part that functions as the flap.