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Old East Frisian compensation tariffs

F-u562

Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1667/004

Alexia Elise Kerkhof (Fryske Akademy) 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Old East Frisian compensation Tariffs
Shelfmarks Ghent University Library, BHSL.HS.1667/4, BHSL.HS. 1667/17
Former Shelfmarks Ghent University Library, BHSL.HS 1667
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Groningen Ommelanden
Date of Origin s. XV
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis. Double-compartment a is completely closed, resembling an 8. Second leg of the h is a descender, resting on the base line. Both slanted and straight ascender of d occur. Still some space between individual letters, e.g. separate double bs in 'ebbe'.
General Remarks

The strip is so narraow that there are hardly any complete words.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 92 mm
Page Width at least 55 mm
Height of Written Area at least 61 mm
Width of Written Area at least 18 mm
Width of Columns at least 18 mm
Number of Lines at least 11
Line Height 5 – 6 mm

Current Condition

Extent strip
Dimensions 92 x 18 mm
More about the Current Condition

cut-out fragment, no straight edges except bottom edge. This is possibly the original folio's bottom edge.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

colour stroking (red)

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Old Frisian
    • Title Old East Frisian Compensation Tariffs (Fon Hoffrethe, Fon dadel)
    • fol. [1]r

History

Provenance

Fragment volume was bought by Dutch collector and editor Jacobus Johannes Nieuwenhuyzen (d. 1862).
Persons and Institutions Jacobus Johannes Nieuwenhuyzen (previous owner, d. 1862)
Remarks

Fragment was bound in a volume alongside different unrelated fragments of medieval and early modern manuscript fragments. The volume was disbanded in 2022, with all fragments being stored separately from that year onwards. All fragments can be found in Ghent University Library under the shelfmark HS.1667.
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