Computus

Calculation of the date of Easter for the years 1498-1510 and 1511-1520; explanations about the payment of duties in leap years and in the years before leap years

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1269

General Information

Title Computus
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1269
Former Shelfmarks Fragm. 528
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Southern Low Countries
Date of Origin late 15th century
Script, Hands

Gothica hybrida libraria (table on fol. [1]r) and gothica cursiva currens (notes on fol. [1]r-v).

3 hands: one for the table on fol. [1]r; one for the Middle Dutch notes on fol. [1]r; one for the notes on fol. [1]v.

Original Condition

Page Height 215 mm
Page Width 157 mm
Ruling No ruling visible
More about the Condition

No regular layout; fol. [1]r contains a table and later-added notes, while fol. [1]v is empty save for a later-added note.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 215 x 157 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials, red colour stroking. Table lines in red ink.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin (table); Middle Dutch (additions)
    • Title Computus
    • Content Description

      Calculation of the date of Easter for the years 1498-1510 (fol. [1]r) and 1511-1520 (fol. [1]v).

    • fol. [1]r
  • Content Item
    • Text Language Middle Dutch
    • Title Explanations about the payment of duties in leap years and in the years before leap years
    • Content Description

      The duties are probably ecclesiatical duties, obsonium and cathedraticum, partly paid by the 'prior', partly by the parson, and partly by the author of the note ('Ic'). The cathedraticum is paid to the bishop of Liège, so the fragment is probably from a church or monastery in the diocese of Liège.

    • fol. [1]r