Fourteen narrow strips of vellum from a breviary., 14th century.

File

Identifier: Adv.MS.84.1.20

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Scope and Contents

Only three pairs of fragments are contiguous and at least four bifolia have been cut up to provide these strips; (one fragment which is blank on both sides cannot be located). The breviary appears to have been of a rather plain nature, there being no illumination and no stave visible in the fragments. The text is written in double columns, and some initials and rubrics in red may be discerned.

Dates

Creation: 14th century.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (14 pieces (1 blank).)

Language of Materials

From the Series: Multiple languages

Additional Description

Related Materials

The fragments were recovered from the bindings of three manuscripts in which they had been used to reinforce insecure gatherings. The manuscripts, acquired by Sir James Balfour in 1630 and bound or rebound for him circa 1640, were:

a copy of `Historia Romana` by Paulus Diaconus and `Index commentariorum G. Julii Caesaris` by Raimundus Marlianus (now Adv.MS.18.3.10);

`Vitae Caesarum` by Suetonius (now Adv.MS.18.3.11); and,

a collection of four 15th-century manuscripts and an incunable (now Adv.MS.18.4.8).