Noted Breviary – Fragment
Parchment · 1 partial bifolium + 1 strip · 1251 – 1300 CE · Northern Germany · 280 x 397 mmF-liwf
Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 69, Flyleaf
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Fergus Bovill, 2025
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Century
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Script Type
Liturgica
Persons
Johann Mentelin, Offizin, Strassburg
(Printer of Host Volume)
Kartause Ittingen
(Previous Owner)
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Origin:
Germany
Provenance:
Switzerland
Summary
A partial bifolium from a noted breviary from the second half of the 13th century, containing texts and chants for Sexagesima Sunday. Repurposed as a pastedown (now lifted) at the front on the incunabulum X 69, an edition of Astesanus de Ast's Summa de casibus conscientiae from 1473
An additional strip of parchment from the same parent manuscript has been pasted down to helo repair a split in the front wooden board.
Two closely-related bifolia from the same manuscript and now detached from their host volume are now Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG 210.
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Fergus Bovill (2025)
