Latin-Swedish glossary (Catholicon, fragment)

Sweden, 15th century, first half

Parchment

i, 2, i' leaves

295 × 205 mm

Latin, Old Swedish

1 (ff. 1r–2v) Latin-Swedish glossary (Catholicon, fragment)

Incipit: papias dicit sic

Explicit: in estate jordin aer sprungin

Edition: Collijn (1913), pp. 282–289.

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, f. SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 295 × 205 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–2

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 295 × 205 mm

Foliation

No foliation.

Condition

Textblock

Parchement darkened and heavily stained affecting legibility. Pages trimmed.

Layout

Columns: 3

Written lines: 42

Written area: 260 × 175 mm

Note: The leaves are trimmed, the width of the written surface was orignally probably around 180-185 mm.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Gothic cursive.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Upper left corner, National Library book label with current signum.

Textblock

(f. 1r) Top of page, in brown ink by an early modern hand, two lines of illegible text in Swedish; bottom page, in black ink by an early modern hand (written over the main text ): ‘Upland 1567 N^o 18.’; below, in pencil: ‘18’.

(f. 2r) Top of page, in brown ink by an early modern hand (written upside down): two illegible words in Swedish.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink, captials touched in red.

Binding

Description:

Modern binding. White leather and marbled paper over cardboard. LCO, stamped in gold: ‘FORNSVENSK BEARBETNING AF CATHOLICON 1400-TALETS F.H.’, ‘A 133’.

Binding dimensions: 310 × 215 × 5 mm

Contemporary: No

History

Origin

Sweden, 15th century, first half.

Provenance

Early origin and provenance unknown. The fragment was used as a wrapper for accounts in the archive of the royal chancery (Kammararkivet). The date written on f. 1r indicates that the fragment had been there since the 16th century.