Book of hours

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/151

General Information

Title Book of hours
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/151
Former Shelfmarks Qc26
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height 117 mm
Page Width 83 mm
Height of Written Area 83 mm
Width of Written Area 51 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 51 mm
Number of Lines 16
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Full ink ruling

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium (2 parts, trimmed)
Dimensions 117 x 128 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragm. A measures 58 x 127 mm, while fragm. B measures 57 x 128 mm. Both fragments were part of the same bifolium.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Gilded champ initials, blue pen-flourished plain initials in red ink, red rubrication.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Book of hours
    • Content Description

      Offices for the Compline (fol. [1]v-[2]r).

    • fol. [2]v-[1]r

Host Volume

Title Joannes Amos Comenius, <i>Ianua linguarum reserata aurea</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1613
Place of Origin/Publication Amsterdam, 1643
Shelfmark Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, BIB.BL.000518
Persons Joannes Amos Comenius (writer), Johannes Janssonius (printer of host volume)
Remarks

Fragments were used as spine lining.