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Pontius Provincialis, Summa dictaminis

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.3020/008

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Pontius Provincialis, <i>Summa dictaminis</i>
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.3020/8
Former Shelfmarks folder 8
Material Parchment
Date of Origin first half 14th century
Script, Hands

Small Nothern gothica textualis, multiple hands.
General Remarks

Pages originally followed each other.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 139 mm
Page Width at least 104 mm
Height of Written Area at least 93 mm
Width of Written Area at least 139 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 41 – 43 mm
Number of Lines at least 38
Line Height 3 – 4 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 2 leaves (trimmed)
Dimensions 139 x 104 mm
More about the Current Condition

Both leaves have been heavily trimmed. The text on both verso sides has largely faded due to their use as pastedowns.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red rubrication, red paraphs, red colour stroking, red line fillers.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Pontius Provincialis
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title <i>Summa dictaminis</i>
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [1]r: difficult to read.
      • Fol. [1]v:
        • Proverbia parentum ad filios (Proverbia of the parents to their children)
      • Fol. [2]r:
        • Proverbia nepotum ad avunculos (Proverbia of the nephews to the uncle)
        • Proverbia avunculi ad nepotem (Proverbia of the unclle to the nephews)
      • Fol. [2]v: difficult to read.
    • Edition Hallik, Sybille, Sententia und proverbium, Ordo. Studien zur Literatur und Gesellschaft des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, 9 (Cologne / Weimar / Vienna: Böhlau), 550-
    • Remarks

      Collection of conventional wisdoms and proverbs used for teaching grammar and rhetorics, presented as wisdoms shared between family members.

History

Provenance

Fragments were transferred to Ghent University Library in the middle of the 20th century.
Remarks

When the fragment arrived at Ghent University Library, it was bound in a volume alongside the other nine fragments under the shelfmark HS.3020. The fragments were later removed from this modern binding.

Host Volume

Remarks

Fragments were used as pastedowns in the binding of an unknown host volume.

Bibliography

  • Hallik, Sybille, Sententia und proverbium, Ordo. Studien zur Literatur und Gesellschaft des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, 9 (Cologne / Weimar / Vienna: Böhlau).
  • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), 280.
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