Breviary – Fragment
Parchment · 1 partial leaf · 1251 – 1300 CE · Eastern France (?) · 142 x 92 mmF-mdki
Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 810 II, Back pastedown
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Fergus Bovill, 2025
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Liturgica
Persons
Johann Amerbach, Basel
(Printer of Host Volume)
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Origin:
France
Provenance:
Switzerland
Summary
A single leaf from a Breviary from the second half of the 13th century, containing texts from the sanctorale, including the opening of the Ferial Office for Wednesdays with a three-line penflourished initial. Repurposed as a pastedown at the back of the incunabulum X 810 II, an edition of Thomas a Kempis' Meditationes de vita et beneficiis Jesu Christi, sive Gratiarum actiones from before 1489.
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Fergus Bovill (2025)