Breviary

F-ox17

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 465

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks Fragm. 465
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

The fragment is written in a gothica semitextualis.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 45 mm
Page Width at least 75 mm
Width of Written Area at least 54 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns at least 25 mm
Number of Lines at least 9
Ruling Lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

The original height 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 height is 45 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (part)
Dimensions 27 x 151 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

The original document was illumanted. From that illumination the following aspects are preserved in the fragment: pen-flourished initails in red and blue and rubrics red.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Breviary
    • fol. [2]v-[1]r