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Breviary

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, ALT FRG 87

Fergus Bovill, 2025 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, ALT FRG 87
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half, 12th century
Script, Hands

A late Caroline minuscule showing sings of transition written in a single hand. 

Original Condition

Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 12
Line Height 6 – 7 mm
Ruling not visible

Current Condition

Extent two parts of a partial bifolium
Dimensions 84 x 198 mm
More about the Current Condition

A single bifolium has been cut into two pieces and repurposed as comb fragments to reinforce the spine in the host volume, from which they have now been detached. 

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There is significant staining, wear and tear to the parchment. There is evidence of wood worm damage. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

One- and two-line penwork initials in red. 

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Rubrics in red. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Breviary

History

Persons and Institutions Previously in a volume owned by the Augustinian canons at Kreuzlingen.

Host Volume

Title Host volume unknown at the time of writing.
Shelfmark Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 617
Remarks

Two volumes are listed under the X 617 shelfmark in the catalogue below: Nicolaus Burtius, Bononia illustrata, 1494; and Nicolaus Burtius, Musarum nympharumque ac summorum deorum epitomata, 21 January 1498. It is not clear which volume the fragment originated from.

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. 108-09. 

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