General Information
Title
Breviary
Shelfmarks
Leuven, Rijksarchief te Leuven, Archief Sint-Leonarduskapittel te Zoutleeuw, nr. 1133
Page/Folio Reference
lower cover
Material
Parchment
Date of Origin
late 14th century - early 15th century
Script, Hands
Large northern gothica textualis formata.
General Remarks
Fragment was originally part of same manuscript as Leuven, Rijksarchief te Leuven, Archief Sint-Leonarduskapittel te Zoutleeuw, nr. 1134, lower cover (F-i3zy on Fragmentarium).
Original Condition
Page Height
at least 249 mm
Page Width
218 mm
Height of Written Area
232 mm
Width of Written Area
158 mm
Number of Columns
2
Width of Columns
72 – 73 mm
Number of Lines
25
Line Height
9 – 10 mm
Ruling
Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition
Prickings visible in outer margin.
Current Condition
Extent
1 leaf (trimmed, in situ)
Dimensions
249 x 218 mm
More about the Current Condition
Most of the upper and lower margins is trimmed away; however, there is no text loss.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Pen-flourished plain initials with marginal extensions, alternately in blue and red ink (blue initials, red penwork) and red and purple ink (red initials, purple penwork). Red rubrication, red colour stroking.
Content
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Content Item
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Text Language
Latin
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Title
Breviary
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Content Description
- Lower cover r: prayers and psalms for the liturgical hours.
- Lower cover v: Readings from the Bible, Daniel 9:15-19 and John 8:21 (latter reading is defective).
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Host Volume
Title
Account book of the collegiate church of St Leonard, Zoutleeuw, for the years 1599-1601
Date of Origin/Publication
1599-1601
Place of Origin/Publication
Zoutleeuw (parish of St Leonard)
Shelfmark
Leuven, Rijksarchief te Leuven, Archief Sint-Leonarduskapittel te Zoutleeuw, nr. 1133
Remarks
Fragment serves as a back cover. The host volume contains another fragment (F-frnu on Fragmentarium): a fragment of Johannes Chrysostomus' Opus imperfectum. This fragment serves as a quire guard.