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Johannes Balbus, Catholicon – Fragment

Parchment · 1 partial leaf · 1301 – 1400 CE · Denmark? · 430 x 250 mm

F-485c

Odense, Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek, RARA K 256, Covers
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Scholarly descriptions
  • Holck, Jakob Povl, ‘Et Stykke Af En Middelalderlig Ordbog’. In Dansk Senmiddelalder, Reformationstid Og Renæssance: Spiritualitet, Materialitet Og Mennesker, 81–100. Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2023. , 81-100
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Curated Tags
Location: Denmark Topic: dictionary
Century
14th century
Text Language
Latin
Script Type
Gothic Script (generic)
Persons
Ianuensis, Ioannes (Author)
Meursius, Johannes, 1579-1639 (Previous Owner)
Moltke, Joachim, 1602-1664 (Printer of Host Volume)
Ælnoth (Author)
Places
Provenance: Denmark
Summary

This fragment is a leaf of a fourteenth century copy of Johannes Balbus' monumental work Summa grammaticalis quae vocatur Catholicon (Catholicon for short, completed 1286). The leaf is from the fifth and largest part of the work, an alphabetical dictionary, and contains lemmata beginning with the letter T. 

The fragment now forms the binding of two works historical works by Johannes Meursius, both printed in Copenhagen in 1631 and presumably bound together shortly after with locally available waste parchment.

Summary Author
Charlotte Epple, University of Southern Denmark, Odense
External Resources
↗ SDUB Catalogue entry of RARA K 256
↗ First title in host volume's Universal Short Title Catalogue entry (USTC 270784)
↗ Second title in host volume's Universal Short Title Catalogue entry (USTC 270800)
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