Biblia Sacra Vulgata

Matthew 26:38-45

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 759

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Biblia Sacra Vulgata
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 759
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 9th century
Script, Hands

A Caroline minuscule written by a single hand. 

Original Condition

Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 19
Line Height 9 – 10 mm
Ruling drypoint
More about the Condition

Two halves of single leaf (each half approximately 154 x 104 mm) from a Bible.

Current Condition

Extent 2 halves of the same leaf
Dimensions 154 x 104 mm (per fragment)
More about the Current Condition

The two parts of the leaf are used as front and rear flyleaves in the host volume. The front of the incunabulum contains the upper part of the leaf, the back, the lower. Given the width of the original page, the direction of reading is perpendicular to that of the host volume. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

No decoration. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Biblia Sacra Vulgata
    • Content Description

      Two halves of a single leaf with sections from Matthew:

      front pastedown - rear pastedown: Matthew 26:38-45: "...hic, et vigilate mecum: Et progressus...hominis tradetur in manus pecca-/-torum...".

    • front pastedown

History

Persons and Institutions The host volume belonged to the nearby Kartause Ittingen outside of Frauenfeld, Switzerland.

Host Volume

Title Johannes Gallensis, Summa de regimine vitae humanae seu margarita doctorum
Date of Origin/Publication 30 July 1496
Place of Origin/Publication Venice
Shelfmark Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 759
Persons Georgius Arrivabene
Remarks

15th-/16th-century white stamped leather binding over wooden boards typical of the Kartause Ittingen. 

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ISTC No.: ij00333000

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. 320-21.