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Johannes Balbus, Catholicon – Fragment
Parchment · 1 partial leaf · 1301 – 1400 CE · Denmark? · 430 x 250 mmF-485c
Odense, Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek, RARA K 256
Language
Latin
Latin
Reconstruction 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.
(Charlotte Epple, University of Southern Denmark, Odense)
Scholarly description(s)
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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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Johannes Balbus, Catholicon
Parchment · 1 partial leaf · 1301 – 1400 CE · Denmark? · 430 x 250 mmF-485c
Odense, Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek, RARA K 256
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Johannes Balbus, Catholicon – Fragment
Parchment · 1 partial leaf · 1301 – 1400 CE · Denmark? · 430 x 250 mmF-485c
Odense, Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek, RARA K 256
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Curated Tags: Location: Denmark
Topic: dictionary
Century
- 14th century
Text Language
- Latin
Script Type
- Gothic Script (generic)
Ælnoth
- Role: Author
- Authority Source: VIAF
- Biographical data:
Meursius, Johannes, 1579-1639
- Role: Previous Owner
- Authority Source: VIAF
- Biographical data:
Moltke, Joachim, 1602-1664
- Role: Printer of Host Volume
- Authority Source: VIAF
- Biographical data:
Denmark
- Role: Provenance
- Authority Source: Library of Congress
Johannes Balbus, Catholicon Lemma T
F-485c
Odense, Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek, RARA K 256
Label: Fragment
Johannes Balbus, Catholicon Lemma T
F-485c
Odense, Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek, RARA K 256
Label Normal Sequence Description Fragment and host volume Canvases
Johannes Balbus, Catholicon
Lemma T
F-485c
Odense, Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek, RARA K 256
Label: Additional images of host volume
