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  • 1. Qur'an with part of Surat al-Qamar, Fragment

    Alternative Title:
    MS Leaf on Vellum from a Qur'an, North Africa
    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Medieval and Qurʼan
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    ara
    Date Created:
    900s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: MS Victoria 1992-037-1
    Extent:
    1 leaf ; 22.5 x 16.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    North Africa
    Coordinates:
    32.95337, 9.97559
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Written In Dark Brown Kufic Script, Vowels In Red Dots. Text: Surah 54, vv. 17-32 [from Maggs Bros. export license] Mounted between two pieces of cardboard, using paper hinges. Clear plastic in cut-out of top piece of cardboard allows viewing. Leaf has several holes plus...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection, officially transferred to the University of Victoria on June 27th, 1996. Earlier provenance: Acquired through Maggs Bros. Rare Books, London, April 1992, who gave as the ultimate origin of the fragment ‘North Africa’.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents) and fragments (object portions)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1992-037, Item: 1
    Fonds Title:
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC017
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ms-victoria-1992-037-1.phpFragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-35elArchival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/bruce-and-dorothy-brown-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2012-02-23
    Transcript:
    Description and Transcription by Sohrab Mosahebi as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin, June 2022 available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/assets/docs/mosahebi_quran_and_shahnameh.pdf
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • 2. Text from Psalms

    Alternative Title:
    Bible. Psalms, CXVIII, 64-72. and Text from Psalm 118, verses 64-72.
    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Medieval, Bible. Psalms, History, Bible. Psalms, CXX-CXXXIV, Bible, Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1175? to 1200?
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.24 and Call Number: ND3358 P7T59
    Extent:
    1 leaf (text on both sides) ; vellum ; 260 x 170 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Italy and Northern Italy
    Coordinates:
    45.20543, 8.96233 and 42.83333, 12.83333
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    Purchased from Phillip J Pirages
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    illuminated manuscripts, psalters (books), fragments (object portions), and manuscripts (documents)
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php
    Date Digitized:
    2018-09-28
    Transcript:
    Main text transcribed below in Latin with English translation following. Glosses and interlineation not translated.118:63 [final words only] ...custodientium mandata tua. [... keep your commandments].118:64 -- Misericordia tua Domine plena est terra: iustificationes tuas...
    Technical Note:
    300 dpi jpeg. Metadata by KD.

  • 3. Aristotle, De caelo, Fragment

    Alternative Title:
    Aristotle, De caelo (On the Heavens), trans. Gerard of Cremona
    Subject:
    Cosmology, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and De caelo (Aristotle)
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187 and Aristotle
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1200s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.5
    Extent:
    1 leaf ; 180 x 160 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    France
    Coordinates:
    46, 2
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Description by Martha Thompson (2016):Codicology:A single leaf of parchment, cut into two pieces. Edges have been trimmed, and leaf shows discoloration from previous use as a pastedown in a later binding. Other physical damage includes creasing in the lower half of leaf,...
    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).
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents) and fragments (object portions)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2006-023, Item: 5
    Fonds Title:
    Medieval Studies collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC070
    Is Referenced By:
    Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collectionSpecial Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/fragm-lat-5.phpFragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-4kmv
    Date Digitized:
    2020-02-27
    Transcript:
    Description and transcription of main text completed by Martha Thompson, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2016 available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/fragm.lat.5.pdf
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; height 700) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • 4. Commentary on the Psalms, Fragment

    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Medieval and Bible. Psalms
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1200s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.1
    Extent:
    Sheet of parchment (half a bifolium); 210 x 155 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Was used as a wrapper around a thin booklet, as is shown by the vertical fold and stitch marks halfway the page, damage along all sides and at the four corners (from use as a wrapper); some ink smutches from later additions; pricking and ruling visible (plummet);...
    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 Garcia, Mechelen, on November 2, 2001.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    fragments (object portions) and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    2006-023, Item 1
    Fonds Title:
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC070
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php. Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2012-02-23
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • 5. Corpus Iuris Civilis, Fragment

    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Medieval
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1200s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.2
    Extent:
    Two sheets of parchment from the same manuscript (parts of different bifolia); 166 x 110 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Hair implant visible on fragment 1, verso; glosses in all four margins, in the shape of 'brackets' (textus inclusus type); the glosses are by a different hand (littera textualis, 1250-1300); traces of ruling (plummet?); no pricking visible; faint traces of running...
    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 De Oude Borze, Antwerp, on December 12, 2003. The notation 'Lova: antho: 1579' on fragment 2 (upper margin) may indicate that the book in which these fragments were pasted was in the sixteenth century owned by one Anton of Leuven.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    fragments (object portions) and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    2006-023, Item 2
    Fonds Title:
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC070
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php. Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2012-02-23
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • 6. De Proprietatibus Rerum (On the Properties of Things)

    Alternative Title:
    Barthomoleus Anglicus, De Proprietatibus Rerum;Liber Propriet manuscript
    Subject:
    Encyclopedias and dictionaries, De proprietatibus rerum (Bartholomaeus, Anglicus), and Manuscripts, Medieval
    Creator:
    Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1200s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Lat.1
    Extent:
    83 leaves ; binding 15.5 x 21.5 cm ; pages 14.5 x 20.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Binding : 19th Century, red-brown leather; abbreviated title (Liber Propriet manuscript) printed on upper spine. Typeface: handwritten, gothic script, on vellum with a small hand.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    13th Century (originally French, but prior to 19th century, unknown); Charles W. G.Howard (Castle Howard Library); Alan G. Thomas; M. R. Andrew; University of Victoria. More information about the provenance can be found here: http://spcoll.library.uvic.ca/Digit/bart/commentary/cod_provenance.htm
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    1984-061
    Fonds Title:
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC070
    Is Referenced By:
    Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/bartholomaeus-anglicus-manuscriptSpecial Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized:
    2014-11-07
    Transcript:
    Transcription of MS.Lat.1's medieval index was completed by Drew Beard, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), December 2016, available here:...
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • 7. Folium from a Medieval Bible, Fragment

    Subject:
    Bible and Manuscripts, Medieval
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1200s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.7
    Extent:
    1 page ; 139 x 89 mm (98 x 60 mm)
    Geographic Coverage:
    France--Paris
    Coordinates:
    48.85341, 2.3488
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Vellum. and Latin text in Gothic script (littera minscula gothica textualis rotunda media); ruled in plummet for two columns of writing; double bounding-lines for title and top line of writing-frame; corrected by same hand. Decoration consists in the following: a single...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents) and fragments (object portions)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1994-013, Item: 4
    Fonds Title:
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC070
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php. Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2022-08-03
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI 600 DPI TIFF -- initially at camera height 1100 but felt scans lacked detail. lowered camera to 800. (1/20; 253; copy4) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • 8. Leaf from a Bible, Fragment

    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Medieval and Bible
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1200s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.6
    Extent:
    1 leaf; vellum; 255 x 170 mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    France--Paris
    Coordinates:
    48.85341, 2.3488
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    With pricking for line ruling; guides for headings and running-titles in silverpoint; apparatus in blue and red; text highlighted in red.
    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)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    1992-045, Item 1
    Fonds Title:
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC070
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php. Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2012-02-23
    Transcript:
    Transcription of recto by Adrianne Jenks and Jin Hong, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015, is available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/fragm-lat-6.pdf
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • 9. Liber dietarium universalium et particularium, Fragment

    Subject:
    Manuscripts, Medieval and Medicinal plants
    Creator:
    Constantine, the African, approximately 1020-1087
    Contributor:
    Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1200s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.4
    Extent:
    1 sheet ; parchment (half a bifolium) ; 255 x 150 (170 x 115) mm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Parchment sheet (half a bifolium) that has been trimmed on one of the long sides, probably because it was cut out of a book (see irregular edge on the left side of the initial 'L' for 'Lactuce'); used as a wrapper around a booklet of modest proportions...
    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 Moon Beams, Maastricht, the Netherlands, on May 31, 1994.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents) and fragments (object portions)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    2006-023, Item 4
    Fonds Title:
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC070
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php. Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2012-02-23
    Transcript:
    Introduction, description, and transcription by James Kendrick completed in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts, University of Victoria, Department of English, November 2016, available here:...
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • 10. Method de precher, Fragment

    Alternative Title:
    Nouvelles observations sur les différentes méthodes de prêcher : avec un recueil de tous les prédicateurs qui ont prêché l'avent & le carême devant Leur Majestés Louis XIV & Louis XV, qui ne se trouve nulle part. and Antiphonal (Fragment)
    Subject:
    Music--Manuscripts, Bookbinding, Manuscript fragments, and Parchment
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    1200s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: BV4213 A55 1757
    Extent:
    1 cover ; 17 x 10 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Bound in vellum music manuscript fragment; spine label has title: Method de precher. and Script type: Northern Textualis. Liturgica: Antiphonar. Very worn parchment, discoloured to a dark brown, serves a outer cover of binding boards and spine. Missing letters on left...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    sheet music, manuscripts (documents), fragments (object portions), and covers (gathered matter components)
    Is Referenced By:
    Fragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-zd30
    Date Digitized:
    2024-03
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/15;246;copy4 stops tone; camera height 1000) by PD. Metadata by KD.