Liber Ordinarius

Sanctorale

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 480 II

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Sacramentary
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 480 II
Page/Folio Reference front pastedown
Material Parchment
Place of Origin German speaking area
Script, Hands

A Northern Gothic textualis written by a single hand. 

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Below top line.

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Marginalia.

General Remarks

From the same parent manuscript as Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 480 I.

Original Condition

Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 16
Line Height 14 – 15 mm
Ruling in ink
More about the Condition

Line height: 14.38 (by digital photogrammetry)

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 323 x 217 mm
More about the Current Condition

A single leaf repurposed as a pastedown at the front of the host volume. The vast majority of the leaf's dorse is inaccessible, however, a small section of the top left-hand corner has become unstuck and the text overleaf can just been seen. 

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In very good, clean condition. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Simple one-line red, black, and blue penwork initials. 

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Rubrics in red. 

  • Musical Notation

    Staffless neumes above text.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Liber Ordinarius (?)
      • Content Description

        Texts and a chant for St Denis, Bishop of Paris (9 October). 

      • front pastedown

    History

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

    Host Volume

    Title Biblia latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillermi Britonis in omnes prologos s.Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering
    Date of Origin/Publication 31 July 1481
    Place of Origin/Publication Venice
    Shelfmark Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 480 II
    Persons Johann Herbort for Johann von Köln, Nicolas Jenson et Socii
    Remarks

    15th-century light-brown leather covers over wooden boards. 

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    ISTC No.: ib00611000

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    Two leaves from another liturgical manuscript are used as pastedowns at the front and back of volume III of the Bible: Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 480 III.

    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, p. 65.