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Liturgical manuscript

frisket sheet

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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 303

Elize Van Opstal, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2022. (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Antiphonal
Shelfmarks Fragm. 303
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands

The original writing can no longer be discerned.
General Remarks

The fragment was later used as a frisket sheet. No part of the original writing can be read, but the size of the fragment indicates that it was a liturgical manuscript, probably a gradual or antiphonal.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 319 mm
Page Width at least 191 mm
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 191 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (part)
Dimensions 319 x 65-83 mm

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Antiphonal or gradual
    • fol. [1]r
    • Remarks

      The size of the fragment indicates that it was a liturgical manuscript, probably a gradual or antiphonal.

Host Volume

Title Lexicon Graecolatinum
Date of Origin/Publication 1592
Place of Origin/Publication Geneva
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 871)
Persons The author of the host volume is Robertus Constantinus.
Remarks

The fragment was used in the binding of Lexicon Graecolatinum written by Robertus Constantinus (Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 871).
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