Missal

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG 213

Remarks by the Editor

The digitisation and analysis of this fragment was generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. 

General Information

Title Missal
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG 213
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Germany
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

A Nothern Gothic Textualis written in a single hand. 

General Remarks

Text written in two sizes. 

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Below top line. 

Original Condition

Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines 28
Line Height 9 – 10 mm
Ruling in ink

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 317 x 190 mm
More about the Current Condition

A single leaf has been repurposed as a cover/wrapper for its host volume, from which it has subsequently been detached. The profile of the spine is still visible in the centre of the leaf. 

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The first image (outside) would have been the side of the leaf visible. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

One- and two-line penwork initials in blue and red. 

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Rubrics in red. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Missal

Host Volume

Title Psalterium
Date of Origin/Publication 1499
Place of Origin/Publication Augsburg
Shelfmark Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 626
Persons Erhard Ratdolt

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. 485-86.