Fragment no. 16 - Bischoff Manuscript Collection

Fragment no. 16 - Bischoff Manuscript Collection

Melbourne, Mon. Uni. Ms. Bischoff frag. 016

2 columns. Written Area: 42 x 180mm including gutter. Column Width: left 74mm, right 77mm. Number of Lines: 10. Line Height: 4.2mm. Rubrication. Some bookworm damage. Gothica Textualis.

Content: Breviary. The recto (column 2) has the heading for 3rd Nocturn while the verso has the heading for 2nd Vespers (column 1). Have Colker's notes.

Place of Origin: Germany

From the Monash Rare Books collection of over one hundred fragments of medieval manuscripts and early printed books from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries that had belonged to the world-renowned authority on medieval palaeography (the study of handwriting), Professor Bernhard Bischoff (1906-1991).

Latin

Physical Size: Bottom fragment of 1 piece of parchment (224 x 56mm) glued to a piece of white paper (225 x 58mm), which is glued to a piece of brown paper (282 x 100mm).

Out of copyright