Ritual
Rite for a funeral (fol. 74r-77v); rite for a wedding ceremony (fol. 78r-79v)
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Additional remarks by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.
General Information
- northern gothica textualis libraria (s. XVI)
- later additions (s. XVII) on fol. 74r and 79v (nr. 15.15), 75r (nr. 15.16) and 76r (nr. 15.17)
The three (unbound) bifolia are the inner, second and third bifolium of the same quire. These will therefore be described as a composite shelfmark: Antwerp, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 15.15-17 (Physical Reconstruction).
Original Condition
All pages contain 21 ruled lines, but writing has not been executed on all lines (number of written lines varies between 14 and 21).
Current Condition
The fragment consists of three loose bifolia. There is no text loss, despite the outer margins of fol. 75 and 78 being slightly trimmed.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Pen-flourished initials (brown, black) on fol. 75r. Plain initials (red, blue, brown), rubrics (red, blue), versals (red, blue). Line filler (red) on fol. 79r.
Square notation, with staves of four red lines (fol. 78r).
Content
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Content Item
- Text Language Latin (main); French (fol. 76r-77r)
- Title Ritual
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Content Description
- Fol. 74r-77v: Rite for a funeral (defective)
- Fol. 78r-79v: Rite for a wedding ceremony (defective)
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History
Host Volume
Fragments were presumably used as covers for fragment registers in the mid-17th century, as these contain inscriptions '1654' (on fol. 74r) and '1652' (on fol. 75r and 76r) are written in a seventeenth-century hand. On fol. 75r the name 'Adriaen Roecx' is written in a 17th-century hand; it can thus be assumed this Adriaen Roecx was the owner of the register for which the fragment served as cover. Another 17th-century note is found on fol. 76r but this mark is hardly legible due to the ink having faded.