Unidentified Latin text

F-qycu

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 418 a-b

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Unidentified Latin text with glosses
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 418 a-b
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 13th century
Script, Hands

Nothern gothica textualis libraria (main text); small gothica semitextualis currens (glosses). Two hands.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 148 mm
Page Width at least 29 mm
Height of Written Area at least 86 mm
Width of Written Area at least 11 mm
Number of Lines at least 24
Line Height 3 – 4 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

It is difficult to state much about the original size of the manuscript due to the fragment having been heavily trimmed.

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips
Dimensions 148 x 29 mm
More about the Current Condition

Current fragment consists of two loose strips with attached adhesive tape. Fragment A measures 146 x 29 mm, fragment B measures 148 x 29 mm.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red colour stroking, red rubrication.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Unidentified Latin text
    • Content Description

      Probably a treatise on optics

    • fol. [1]r

Host Volume

Title Lucianus Samosatensis, <i>Dialogi aliquot</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1534
Place of Origin/Publication Basel
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Consciencebibliotheek, C 1878 [C2-529 e]
Persons Lucianus Samosatensis (author of host volume); Hieronymus Froben (printer of host volume)
Remarks

Fragments were used in the binding of Lucianus Samosatensis, Dialogi aliquot published by Hieronymus Froben in 1534 in Basel (Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 1878).