Medical treatise

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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 308

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Unidentified medical treatise
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 308
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Small southern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 317 mm
Page Width at least 190 mm
Height of Written Area 267 mm
Number of Lines 61
Line Height 4 – 5 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

The original width is estimated with the procedure of J.P. Gumbert’s statistical research on page dimensions of manuscripts. He has shown that the ratio of height to width generally lies between 0.60 and 0.80. The estimated minimum width is 190 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 1 strip
Dimensions 317 X 59 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red rubrication.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Unidentified medical treatise
    • fol. [1]r

Host Volume

Title Emanuel van Meteren, <i>Historien der Nederlanden en haar naburen oorlogen tot het jaar 1612</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1652
Place of Origin/Publication Amsterdam
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, K 7370
Persons Emanuel van Meteren (author of host volume); Jan Jacobs Schipper (printer of host volume).
Remarks

Fragment was used in one of the bindings of Emanuel van Meteren, Historien der Nederlanden en haar naburen oorlogen tot het jaar 1612 printed by Jan Jacobs Schipper in Amsterdam in 1652 (Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, K 7370).