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Sequentiale?

Epiphania

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Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române, Fragm. Cod. Lat. 37

Adrian Papahagi, UBB Cluj (CODEX Centre), 2026 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Sequentiale?
Shelfmarks Fragm. Cod. Lat. 37
Former Shelfmarks B.7009
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Central Europe (Saxony?/Bohemia?)
Date of Origin 1451-1500
Script, Hands

One hand, Northern textualis. 

Original Condition

Page Height 450 – 480 mm
Page Width 320 – 340 mm
Height of Written Area 360 mm
Width of Written Area 220 – 230 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 220 – 230 mm
Number of Lines 6
Line Height 30 mm
Ruling red staves
More about the Condition

The fragment was cropped from the top of the text block. 

Current Condition

Extent top 1/2 of the written area
Dimensions 210 x 235 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragment was detached in January 2026, but it was not restored.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

  • Musical Notation

    Rhombic Gothic notation on four red staves.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Sequentiale?
      • Content Description

        [Epiphania]  

        (recto): [Sq. Festa Christi omnis christianitas celebret | Quae miris sunt modis ornata cunctisque ueneranda populis | Per omnitenentis]// aduentum atque uocacionem genciu[m | Ut] natus est Christus est stella magis uisa luc[ida | At illi] non cassam putantes tanti signi //[gloriam | Secum munera deferunt paruulo offerunt ut regi celi quem sidus praedicat | Atque aureo tumidi principis lectulo transito Christi presepe queritant | Hinc ira sevi Herodis feruida inuidi recens rectori genito Bethleem] (verso): // parvulos precipit ense crudeli [perdere | O Christe] quantum patris exercitum iuuenis [doctus ad bella] maxima populis praedicans colli//[gis sugens cum tantum miseris...]
      • Recto

    History

    Origin

    The rhombic notation may suggest a Bohemian origin. The host volume was printed in Leipzig. 
    Provenance

    Saxony/Bohemia? The host volume has the following ownership notes on the title page: "Ex libris <s.r. Andreae? W. Bogati? 1627>"; "Georgii Cunradi". In the 19th c. the host volume was in Blaj, Co. Alba, and belonged to "N. Moldovanu in Blasiu" (stamp, title page). Before 1948 the book belonged to the Central Library of Blaj ("Biblioteca Centrală Blaj", stamp on title page). 

    Host Volume

    Title Matthei Dresseri De Festis Diebus Christianorum, Judaeorum, & Ethnicorum: Liber, Quo origo, caussa (!), ritus & usus eorum exponitur, Lipsiae: Excudebat Nicolaus Ball, Impensis Iacobi Apelii, Bibliop., 1615 (USTC 2029824)
    Date of Origin/Publication 1615
    Shelfmark B.7009
    Remarks

    The book was not rebound after the fragment was extracted; it is currently being kept in a custom-made box. 
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