Hieronymus Stridonensis, Epistolae
Epistola 147
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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0246
Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Hieronymus Stridonensis, <i>Epistola 147</i>
Shelfmarks
Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0246
Page/Folio Reference
fol. 97-98
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
probably Southern France (Septimania)
Date of Origin
late 6th - early 7th century (ca. 580 - 620)
Script, Hands
Well-formed, regular semiuncialis. Minor corrections by a later hand.
General Remarks
Fragments from a late Merovingian manuscript.
Original Condition
Page Height
253 mm
Page Width
at least 170 mm
Height of Written Area
205 mm
Width of Written Area
at least 160 mm
Number of Columns
1
Width of Columns
at least 160 mm
Number of Lines
26
Line Height
7 – 8 mm
Ruling
Full blind-point ruling
Current Condition
Extent
2 leaves (trimmed, bound)
Dimensions
250 x 170 mm
More about the Current Condition
Outer margin of leaves slightly trimmed. Text has worn off on certain parts of fol. 97v and 98v.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
No decoration visible.
Content
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Content Item
- Persons Hieronymus Stridonensis
- Text Language Latin
- Title <i>Epistolae</i>
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Content Description
Epistola 147
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- Edition Patrologia latina, 22, col. 1195-1201
History
Provenance
Host volume was kept by the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter (Ghent) from the 12th century onwards.
Host Volume
Title
Aldhelmus Schireburnensis, <i>De virginitate</i>; Sedulius, <i>Carmen paschale</i>
Date of Origin/Publication
11th century
Place of Origin/Publication
Flanders (Ghent)
Shelfmark
Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0246
Page/Folio Reference:
fol. 1-95
Persons
Aldhelmus Schireburnensis (author of host volume); Sedulius (author of host volume)
Remarks
Volume contains another fragment: a leaf from a 10th-century missal (F-1te1 on Fragmentarium) serves as a flyleaf as well.
Bibliography
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Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 112-114.
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Wood, Ian, ‘The Problem of Late Merovingian Culture’, in Exzerpieren - Kompilieren - Tradieren : Transformationen Des Wissens Zwischen Spätantike Und Frühmittelalter, ed. by Stephan Dusil, Gerald Schwedler, and Raphael Schwitter, Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies, 64 (Zürich / Leuven: De Gruyter, 2016), p. 218.