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Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea

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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 428

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

General Information

Title Jacobus de Voragine, <i>Legenda Aurea</i>
Shelfmarks Fragm. 428
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

The fragment is written in a northern gothica textualis.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 253 mm
Page Width at least 152 mm
Number of Columns 2
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 253 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 1 strip
Dimensions 38 x 152 mm
More about the Current Condition

A horizontal strip with the text of the two columns, but not as wide as the original page.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

There is barely any decoration visible on the fragment other than some red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Jacobus de Voragine
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea
    • Content Description

      The fragment contains parts of chapter 124 on the life of St Augustin. The preserved text corresponds to the edition by Graesse, p. 551 (recto, col. 1: 'primum cognovi ... sicut ibidem'); p. 551-552 (recto, col. 2: '... exarsit ita quod ... sub quaedem ficu'); p. 552 (verso, col. 1: 'amisit. Quo circa ... quo aptior fieret fidei'); p. 553 (verso, col. 4: '-bus dulcedine mirabili ... enim in ecclesia.').
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Jacobi a Voragine Legenda aurea: vulgo historia lombardica dicta, ed. by Johann Georg Theodor Graesse, 3rd edition (Vratislaviae: apud Guilelmum Koebner, 1890).
    • Remarks

      The edition is digitally available on archive.org  

Host Volume

Title Opus poeticum de admirabili fallacia et astutia vulpeculae Reinikes libros quatuor
Date of Origin/Publication 1567
Place of Origin/Publication Frankfurt am Main
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 1533 [C2-534 h]
Persons Hartmann Schopper
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