Medieval Manuscripts in Flemish Collections · Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-10050

Title

Saints' lives

Collection

Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Abdij der Norbertijnen van Averbode

Shelfmark

Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Abdij der Norbertijnen van Averbode, Archief, Sectie IV, hs. 98

Manuscript Category

religion

Document type

lectionary

Topic

saints

References

Other online data sources

Mirabile (manuscripts)

Bibliography

Kristeller, Paul Oskar, Iter Italicum: A Finding List of Uncatalogued or Incompletely Catalogued Humanistic Manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and Other Libraries (London: The Warburg Institute, 1983), III. (Alia Itinera I): Australia to Germany (p. 83; short catalogue entry)

Binding

UNIT ID

mmfc-10052

Leaf count

i + 19 + ii fol.

Dicta probatoria

secundo folio (fol. 2r) : qui longe lateque

final leaf (fol. 19r) : imploranus presidium

Endpapers

paper

Binding

Binding type

Cardboard boards

Cover material

Paper

Dimensions

h: 303 mm x w: 218 mm x d: 15 mm

Book block

UNIT ID

mmfc-10051

Page range

fol. 1-19

Form

Codex

Integrity

Defective: Missing a folio between fol. 12 and 13, and another between fol. 15 and 16. The first six leaves of the first quire have quire signatures b1 through b6, and the second has quire signatures c1 through c5, suggesting that there was originally a quire "a".

Language

Latin (main)

Quire markings

Catchwords, Quire signatures

Origin

Date

15th century (Diana Goodwin)

Support

Material

Paper

Number of leaves

Foliation

Modern foliation

Page dimensions

h: 300 mm x w: 213 mm (fol. 8r)

Leaf thickness

fol. 1, 12 leaves (2.36 mm)

fol. 1, 12 leaves (2.49 mm)

Watermarks

Reference leaf

fol. i (front flyleaf)

Description

A gondolier sitting in a gondola, wearing a hat and holding a pole, facing a lion rampant in the front of the gondola, holding a sword and fasces. 118 mm wide x 104 mm high

Reference leaf

fol. 14r

Description

Figure of the Pope seated on his throne in profile, holding a key. 33 mm x 60 mm

Dating

ca. 1451

Reference

Briquet 7546

Online reference

https://memoryofpaper.eu/briquet/?refnr=7546

Layout

Section 1

fol. 1r-17v (fol. 4r)

Columns

Lines

Layout formula

| T | | T |

Ruling

Frame ruling, Lead-point ruling

Prickings

no prickings visible in outer margin

Text dimensions

h: 220 mm x w: 150 mm

Margins

Top margin: 30 mm, inner margin: 25 mm

Intercolumnar space

12 mm

Section 2

fol. 18r-19v (fol. 19r)

Columns

Lines

Layout formula

| T | | T |

Ruling

Frame ruling, Lead-point ruling

Prickings

no prickings visible in outer margin

Text dimensions

h: 227 mm x w: 150 mm

Margins

Top margin: 24 mm, inner margin: 27 mm

Intercolumnar space

15 mm

Writing

Script

Gothica semihybrida

Decoration

Type

plain initials, initials with interior reserved shapes, paraphs, colour stroking, rubrics red

1. Guilelmus de Tocco, Life of Saint Thomas Aquinas

UNIT ID

mmfc-50829

Page range

fol. 1r-14v

Title

Guilelmus de Tocco, Life of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Vita S. Thome Aquinatis

Contributors

Guilelmus de Tocco (author)

Language

Latin (main)

2. Ludovicus de Valleoleti, Vita Alberti Magni

UNIT ID

mmfc-50830

Page range

fol. 15r-17v (defective)

Title

Ludovicus de Valleoleti, Vita Alberti Magni

Brevis historia de vita et doctrina Alberti Magni

Contributors

Ludovicus de Valleoleti (author)

Language

Latin (main)

Notes

Textual content

Folio 17v ends with the catchword "causa", but a new text begins on the following folio. As these two folios form the central bifolio of the quire, this suggests that the original middle folios are missing, containing the rest of the text.

3. The discovery and translation of the body of Saint Catherine

UNIT ID

mmfc-50831

Page range

fol. 18r-19v

Title

The discovery and translation of the body of Saint Catherine

Language

Latin (main)