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Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-14395

Title

Account of the events in the city of Ghent in 1539

Collection

Gent, Rijksarchief

Shelfmark

Gent, Rijksarchief, fonds Gent, nr. 437

Former shelfmarks

Brussel, Algemeen Rijksarchief, Manuscrits divers, nr. 1437

Manuscript Category

history

Document type

library book / reference book

Binding

UNIT ID

mmfc-14394

Binding

Binding type

Limp binding

Date

Original binding

Cover material

Parchment

Dimensions

h: 310 mm x w: 215 mm

Cover title

Journal des trauaile de la ville de Gand (Handwritten label, 17th century - 18th century)

R. GENT / GENT / 0437 (Printed label)

Fragments present in binding

Yes

Quire guard

UNIT ID

mmfc-53436

Page range

First quire

Form

Sheet / single page

Integrity

Fragment

Language

Latin (main)

Origin

Date

second half 13th century - second half 14th century (Roos in't Velt)

Evidence

Script

Support

Material

Parchment

Fragment dimensions

h: 298 mm x w: 31 mm

Layout

Section 1

fol. [1]r-[2]v (fol. [1]r-[2]v)

Columns

Ruling

Full ruling, Lead-point ruling

Text dimensions

h: 2 mm x w: 65 mm

Margins

Top margin: 17 mm, inner margin: 40 45 mm

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)

Number of hands

Description of hands

Main text made by 1 hand; corrections to text made by different hand

Decoration

Type

paraphs

References

Other online data sources

1. Priscianus Caesariensis, Institutiones Grammaticae

UNIT ID

mmfc-53438

Page range

(defective)

Title

Priscianus Caesariensis, Institutiones Grammaticae

Institutiones

Contributors

Priscianus Caesariensis (author)

Language

Latin (main)

Book block

UNIT ID

mmfc-14393

Page range

fol. 1-79

Integrity

Complete

Language

French (main)

Origin

Date

Describes events in 1539. Later copy. (Roos in't Velt)

Evidence

Script type and mentioned events.

Place

Ghent, Flanders (county), Southern Low Countries (Roos in't Velt)

Evidence

Explicit mention of place in text.

Support

Material

Paper

Number of leaves

Foliation

Medieval foliation, Modern foliation

Page dimensions

h: 298 mm x w: 211 mm

Leave thickness

(14 mm)

Watermarks

Reference leaf

fol. 2

Description

Gothic letter 'P' consisting in two lines

Dating

Early sixteenth century.

Writing

Script

Humanistica cursiva

2. Account of the events in the city of Ghent in 1539

UNIT ID

mmfc-53440

Title

Account of the events in the city of Ghent in 1539

Language

French (main)

Notes

Textual content

Text considers events between 12-08-1539 and 18-10-1539.

Quire guard

UNIT ID

mmfc-53437

Page range

Second quire

Form

Sheet / single page

Integrity

Fragment

Language

Latin (main)

Origin

Date

second half 13th century - second half 14th century (Roos in't Velt)

Evidence

Script

Support

Material

Parchment

Fragment dimensions

h: 296 mm x w: 34 mm

Layout

Section 1

fol. [1]r-[2]v (fol. [1]r-[2]v)

Columns

Ruling

Full ruling, Lead-point ruling

Prickings

no prickings visible in outer margin

Text dimensions

h: 3 mm x w: 65 mm

Paratextual features

marginal glosses

Number of hands

Description of hands

Main text made by 1 hand; corrections, marginal glosses and paraphs made by different hand

Decoration

Type

paraphs

References

Other online data sources

3. Priscianus Caesariensis, Institutiones Grammaticae

UNIT ID

mmfc-53439

Page range

(defective)

Title

Priscianus Caesariensis, Institutiones Grammaticae

Institutiones

Contributors

Priscianus Caesariensis (author)

Language

Latin (main)