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Middle Dutch book of hours

F-l6r5

Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1667/001

Merel Waeyaert, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2021 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Middle Dutch book of hours
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1667/1
Former Shelfmarks BHSL.HS.1667/1
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis: most words/letters illegible, but the letters all seem to remain above the base line and are the typical angular shape, quite close together. 
General Remarks

The fragment has been heavily damaged. It is torn in several places and has been affected by water or glue. The text is mostly illegible, even under UV-light.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 80 mm
Page Width at least 64 mm
Line Height 4 – 5 mm
More about the Condition

The original page width was estimated on the basis of an aspect ratio between 0.60 and 0.80. Fragment too small for extrapolation to original condition.

Current Condition

Extent 1 strip
Dimensions 85 x 42 mm
More about the Current Condition

Includes (part of) inner margin.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

remains of colour stroking (red) or versals (red)

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Book of hours
    • fol. [1]r

History

Provenance

The fragment volume was bought by the Dutch collector and anqituarian Jacobus Johannes Nieuwenhuyzen (d. 1862).
Persons and Institutions Jacobus Johannes Nieuwenhuyzen (previous owner, d. 1862)
Remarks

This fragment was bound in a volume together different unrelated fragments of medieval and early modern manuscript fragments. The volume was disbound in 2022 and all the fragments are now stored separately. 

Bibliography

  • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 245.
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