Noted Breviary
F-liwf

The digitisation and analysis of this fragment was generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
General Information
A Northern Gothic Textualis written in a single hand.
Two closely-related bifolia from the same manuscript and now detached from their host volume are now Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG 210.
Original Condition
Line height: 15.11 mm/line (by photogrammetry)
Current Condition
The bifolium has been detached, trimmed and repurposed as a pastedown at the front of the host volume. It has subsequently been lifted and now functions as a flyleaf.
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A strip of parchment from the same parent manuscript has been pasted over a crack in the front board as part of repair efforts. Only the last letters on the lines are visible.
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The parchment is stained in places and shows evidence of wood worm damage.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
One-line red penwork initials.
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Rubrics in red.
Staffless neumes above text.
Content
- Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Breviary
- Content Description
Includes chants for Sexagesima Sunday.
History
Host Volume
Bibliography
On the host volume:
Luginbühl, Marianne and Heinz Bothien. Meisterwerke des Frühen Buchdrucks: Die Inkunabel-Schätze der Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau aus den Klöstern von Ittingen, Fischingen und Kreuzlingen. Frauenfeld: Verlag Huber, 2011, pp. 29-30.