Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0178

Guido de Columna, Historia Troiana; Pseudo-Aristoteles, Problemata

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-23150

Title

Guido de Columna, Historia Troiana; Pseudo-Aristoteles, Problemata

Collection

Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent

Shelfmark

Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0178

Manuscript Category

history

Document type

library book / reference book

References

Online catalogue record

Aleph (UGent)

Digital reproduction

UGent IIIF Viewer

IIIF Manifest

https://adore.ugent.be/IIIF/manifests/archive.ugent.be:52C72D5C-E4E8-11E7-B3DF-35B26DE4309A

Other online data sources

Mirabile (manuscripts)

Bibliography

De Saint-Genois, Jules, Catalogue méthodique et raisonné des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de la ville et de l’université de Gand (Gent: Annoot-Braeckman, 1849) (no. 25; short catalogue entry) https://lib.ugent.be/catalog/rug01:000019613
Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017) (p. 77; catalogue entry)

Binding

UNIT ID

mmfc-23146

Leaf count

162 fol.

Binding

Binding type

Wooden boards

Date

Medieval binding

Cover material

Leather

Decoration

Blind tooling, Bosses, Clasps

Cover title

[...]ysis Troiana / Problemata Aristotelis (Handwritten title on cover, 15th century)

Description

Blind-tooled white leather binding over wooden boards, 15th century; marks of bosses and closing straps.

Fragments present in binding

Yes

Upper and lower pastedowns

UNIT ID

mmfc-23147

Integrity

Fragment

Language

Latin (main)

Document type

charter

Origin

Date
15th century

Support

Material

Parchment
Paper

Number of leaves

1

Page dimensions

h: 300 mm x w: 215 mm

1. Recycled charters issued by bishops (fragments)

UNIT ID

mmfc-53716

Page range

(defective)

Title

Recycled charters issued by bishops (fragments)

Language

Latin (main)

Notes

General
Upper pastedown is a fragment of a fifteenth-century charter, issued by either bishop of Eichstätt Johannes von Heideck (1415-1429) or Johannes von Eych (1445-1464).
General
Lower pastedown is a fragment of a fifteenth-century charter mentioning the bishop of Passau Leonard von Laiming (1423-1451).

Book block 1

UNIT ID

mmfc-23148

Page range

fol. 2r-89r

Integrity

Unknown

Language

Latin (main)

Quires

Regular quires (6 bifolia per quire)

Document type

library book / reference book

Origin

Date
second half 14th century
Place
Germany (A. Derolez)
Evidence
Derolez 2017, p. 77

Support

Material

Paper

Number of leaves

87

Foliation

Modern foliation

Page dimensions

h: 300 mm x w: 215 mm

Layout

Section 1
fol. 2r-89r
Columns
2
Layout formula
| T | | T |
Ruling
Frame ruling, Ink ruling

Writing

Script

Gothica cursiva (Gothica cursiva libraria)
Gothica semihybrida (Gothica semihybrida libraria)

Description of hands

Gothica cursiva libraria (on fol. 1, a replacement leaf from the fifteenth century); gothica semihybrida libraria for main text.

Decoration

Type

plain initials

Description

Decoration not executed (one red plain initial, fol. 1r).

2. Guido de Columna, Historia Troiana

UNIT ID

mmfc-53717

Page range

fol. 2r-89r

Title

Guido de Columna, Historia Troiana

Historia destructionis Troiae

Contributors

Guido de Columnis (author)

Language

Latin (main)

Book block 2

UNIT ID

mmfc-23149

Page range

fol. 91-162

Integrity

Unknown

Language

Latin (main)

Quires

Regular quires (6 bifolia per quire)

Document type

library book / reference book

Origin

Date
second half 14th century
Alternative localisation
Germany (A. Derolez)
Evidence
Derolez 2017, p. 77.

Support

Material

Paper

Number of leaves

72

Foliation

Modern foliation

Page dimensions

h: 300 mm x w: 215 mm

Layout

Section
Layout formula
| T | | T |
Ruling
Frame ruling, Ink ruling

Writing

Script

Gothica cursiva antiquior (Gothica cursiva antiquior libraria)
Gothica cursiva antiquior (Gothica cursiva antiquior currens)
Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis libraria)

Description of hands

Gothica cursiva antiquior libraria or currens, several hands. Northern gothica textualis used for text headings.

Decoration

Type

no initials

Description

No decoration executed.

3. Pseudo-Aristoteles, Problemata, Latin translation by Bartholomaeus de Messana

UNIT ID

mmfc-53718

Page range

fol. 91r-157v

Title

Pseudo-Aristoteles, Problemata, Latin translation by Bartholomaeus de Messana

Problemata

Contributors

Bartholomaeus de Messina (translator)
Pseudo-Aristoteles (author)

Language

Latin (main)
Manuscript description
  1. Binding
    1. Upper and lower pastedowns
      1. 1. Recycled charters issued by bishops (fragments)
    2. Book block 1
      1. 2. Guido de Columna, Historia Troiana
    3. Book block 2
      1. 3. Pseudo-Aristoteles, Problemata, Latin translation by Bartholomaeus de Messana