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Sanctorale part of a Breviary or Office Lectionary – Fragment

Parchment · 1 bifolium · 1170 – 1230 CE · France? · > 355mm x 500mm

F-l3df

Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Special Collections Glass Case Rack 888.8 GvYa

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Latin

Reconstruction Summary

Bifolium from an office lectionary (sanctorale), or from the lectionary part of a breviary. Early gothic script in black ink with red rubrics. Five initials in red ink and four in green, with three further green initials showing through from the fragment’s underside. The green initial introducing the Feast of Saint Stephen has pen flourishes in red ink. The black majuscules for responses and verses are rubricated. The text runs continuously from the verso of the first leaf to the recto of the second, suggesting that the bifolium sat at the top of its quire.

(Nicholas Thompson, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, 2026.)

Scholarly description(s)

Dr Nicholas Thompson (fragment description and transcription); Jo Birks (host volume and incunable description, fragment measurements and image management), University of Auckland / Waipapa Taumata Rau.
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Online Since
04/22/2026

Sanctorale part of a Breviary or Office Lectionary

Parchment · 1 bifolium · 1170 – 1230 CE · France? · > 355mm x 500mm

F-l3df

Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Special Collections Glass Case Rack 888.8 GvYa

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Sanctorale part of a Breviary or Office Lectionary (Fragment), Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Special Collections Glass Case Rack 888.8 GvYa, Spine cover (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-l3df)

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Online Since
04/22/2026

Sanctorale part of a Breviary or Office Lectionary – Fragment

Parchment · 1 bifolium · 1170 – 1230 CE · France? · > 355mm x 500mm

F-l3df

Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Special Collections Glass Case Rack 888.8 GvYa

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Sanctorale part of a Breviary or Office Lectionary Readings for the feasts of St Thomas the Apostle and St Stephen the Protomartyr

F-l3df

Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Special Collections Glass Case Rack 888.8 GvYa

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Label: in situ bifolium cover

Sanctorale part of a Breviary or Office Lectionary Readings for the feasts of St Thomas the Apostle and St Stephen the Protomartyr

F-l3df

Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Special Collections Glass Case Rack 888.8 GvYa

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Sanctorale part of a Breviary or Office Lectionary, Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Special Collections Glass Case Rack 888.8 GvYa