1 parchment sheet (half a bifolium) ; 265 x 163 mm
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Trimmed severely on all sides, which was used as a pastedown in a bookbinding (visible are some traces of glue on recto, green offset marks from the brass fittings for the clamps of the bookbinding, as well as significant damage to the surface on recto from removing the...
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Purchased through Erik Kwakkel in July 2006 from the collection of Herman Mulder (Hombeek, Belgium), who bought it from Antiquariaat Hermione, Maastricht, the Netherlands, on May 31, 1994. It may previously have belonged to a batch of fragments from the collection of J.J. Timmers, which was sold by Hermione in the early 1990s (see P.F.J. Obbema, 'A fifteenth-century calendar as a folding sheet', in Quaerendo 24 (1994), p.297).
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
fragments (object portions), legal documents, and manuscripts (documents)
Identification, description, transcription of fol. 1va83-1vb83, textual notes for fol. 1va83-1vb83, and bibliography by Angela Kaneen, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), December 2018, is available here:...
The material of which these manuscripts were made was often from calf- or sheepskin. The term "vellum" was used interchangeably with "parchment" although, contrary to modern usage, it suggested a coarser skin. -- Description from donor
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
fragments (object portions) and manuscripts (documents)
Green heraldic seal. and Written on vellum in brown ink, in a large well-written Romanesque hand, undated, c.1201. The fine green heraldic seal is attached by a striped linen cord and shows on the obverse three leopards passant and the legend "Sigill: Huberti: de:...
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Donated in 1989 by Bruce and Dorothy Brown, who purchased it from Maggs Bros., London.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
seals (marks), charters, manuscripts (documents), legal documents, and coats of arms
Archival Item Identifier:
Accession Number: 1989-069; Item: 2
Fonds Title:
Bruce and Dorothy Brown collection
Fonds Identifier:
SC017
Is Referenced By:
Archival finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/bruce-and-dorothy-brown-collectionBoyarin, Adrienne Williams, Ravana Eagleheart, James Kendrick, Lynnea Ness, and Merridy Peters. "Medieval Manuscripts and Fragments at the University of Victoria: An Early Grant of Hubert de Burgh, Constantine the African's Translation of Isaac Israeli, and a Mendicant Breviary between Italy and Croatia." Florilegium 33 (2016): 193-232. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/11170
Date Digitized:
2012-02-23
Technical Note:
Metadata by KD. Updated May 2024 by KD. RBMS CVRMC used in keyword field.
13 lines on vellum in an attractive large hand, indented at the foot. Very slightly browned and rubbed in places; a handsome document in good clear condition. -- description from Vendor Catalogue (Maggs Catalogue)
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Donated by Bruce and Dorothy Brown.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
manuscripts (documents), legal documents, grants, land grants, charters, and signatures (names)
Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.27 and Call Number: KJA1527 A3R46 1561
Extent:
1 leaf ; 255 x 165 mm
Geographic Coverage:
Southern Germany
Coordinates:
51.5, 10.5
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Rubrics and red initials (2-lines high) throughout. A four-line littera notabilior in red, blue, and green marks the beginning of the Common of an Apostle., Parchment., Dimensions of front cover: 16.5 x 10.5 cm., and Though the leaf wraps around the boards, paper...
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
missals, manuscripts (documents), and fragments (object portions)
Victoria, University of Victoria Libraries, binding fragmentKJA1527 A3R46 1561Noted Missal Leaf (in situ)Southern Germany? s. XIV?[col. a][[presta quesumus ut et conueni-]][[enter]] hec agere. et remedi-[[u]]m sepitu(r)um ualeamus-[[a]]d qui(er)e. P(er) co(mmunio)....
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight TTI at 600 DPI tiff (1/12; 263; bent5; camera 1100) by PD. Metadata by KD.
Choir Breviary (Franciscan Use) and other texts including the Ordinationes (Franciscan Ceremonial), Indutus planeta (Order of the Private Mass), Franciscan Liturgical Statutes from Metz, 1254, Benedictions
Subject:
Breviaries, Manuscripts, Medieval, Franciscans, Catholic Church, Musical notation, and Liturgies
Shelf Mark: Ms.Lat.7 and Call Number: BX2049 F7C46 1260
Extent:
225 folios; parchment; 265 x 185 mm
Geographic Coverage:
Italy--Italy, Central and Northern Italy
Coordinates:
45.20543,8.96233 and 42.83829,12.24145
Additional Physical Characteristics:
"Bound in Italy in the fifteenth century in substantial beveled wooden boards extending beyond the book block covered with blind-stamped brown leather, with an outer border of palmettes, framing a large rectangular center panel with four rope-interlace diamonds...
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Purchased by University of Victoria in 2017 from Les Enluminures.
Transcription and textual notes* for fols. 2r-7v (liturgical calendar) by Emma Usselman and Kira Razzo, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), December 2018, is available here:...
Technical Note:
Scanned on TTI/Betterlight 7-17 Oct 2019 (PD). Metadata by KD.
Folio with old 17th-century foliation 31-62, modern foliation in pencil, on paper with the exception of one leaf of reused medieval parchment (36). Paper quality and size inconsistent, some watermarks visible. Bound in plain modern boards. A few leaves stained and fraying...
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Purchased by Bruce and Dorothy Brown from Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, July 1992.
Catalogue and preliminary identification of watermarks by Natasha O'Reilly, with the assistance of Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Boyarin, December 2016, available here:...
Description and transcription (and preliminary identification of text) by Jaeden Langlois, as part of coursework for a Manuscript Studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (English), December 2016, available here:...
Technical Note:
Scanned on TTI/Betterlight by PD. 600dpi TIFF; 1/15; 283; bent5; camera 900. Metadata by KD.
Call Number: PQ1647 M87 07 1576 and Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.28
Extent:
2 leaves ; 170 x 120 mm
Geographic Coverage:
Italy
Coordinates:
42.83333, 12.83333
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Southern textualis script., Parchment binding (underwrapper)., Dimensions of front cover: 16 x 10.5 cm., Original leaves were likely 30 lines per column, ca. 195 x 225 mm., and Standard breviary rubrication. Littera notibiliores are red with decorative line work in blue...
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
breviaries, manuscripts (documents), and fragments (object portions)
Victoria, University of Victoria Libraries, binding fragmentsCall no. PQ1647 M87 07 1576 (in situ)Franciscan Breviary, 2 cut leavesItaly s. XIVThis transcription provides a reconstruction of the partial leaves, used as binding waste in a sixteenth-century book (Muret,...
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight TTI at 600 DPI tiff(1/15; 263; bent5; camera 1100) by PD. Metadata by KD.
Call Number: BR65 G54 1320 and Shelf Mark: Ms.Lat.6
Extent:
98 folios; poor-quality parchment; 16 x 12 x 2 cm
Geographic Coverage:
Italy--Italy, Central
Coordinates:
42.83829,12.24145
Additional Physical Characteristics:
"Bound in nineteenth-century half parchment over pasteboard, with a smooth spine bearing a brown leather label with gilt stamped inscription, “S. GREG. / DIALOG. / CODEX / SEC. XV,” similar identification on front parchment flyleaf, mostly effaced, slight staining,...
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Purchased by University of Victoria in 2017 from Les Enluminures.
Transcription* by Jonathan Harmsworth and Asha Stewart, December 2018: fols. 1r-2rb9 and textual notes for fols. 1r-2rb9 and by Sarah Adam, December 2018: summary description, transcription of fols. 21r-23v, textual notes for fols. 21r-23v, paleography/script guide, and...
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/20;303;copy 4 stops; camera height 500)Item scanned in acrylic cradle and mylar used to hold pages down during scans. Work completed 21-23 Oct 2019 - PD. Metadata by KD.