Creative re-use of the Decretum Gratiani and its gloss (Universität Halle (inaktiv), If 4148 I) #fragmentology nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv…

Birds are migrating this #fragmentfriday...into this #chant manuscript! German clefs, square notes, possible rhythmic indications, intricate decoration, this guy has it all. fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-pl…

Heavily damaged leaf from a finely executed MS of Galen's De locis affectis, book 3, in the Latin translation by Constantine the African. (Universität Halle (inaktiv), AB 54947) #fragmentology nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv…

What is peeking out from the binding of a 16th-c Lyon imprint that is on sale today? Fragment from a nicely annotated MS of Alexander of VillaDei's Doctrinale. #fragmentology

Recycled MS leaf, coloured black by the binder. The original text still shows the name of "Heydwigim reginam". The 14th-c Polish queen was named after the saint of her day of birth, 16 October: saint Hedwig of Silesia (Universität Halle (inaktiv), Ung VI 45) #fragmentology nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv…

Jean Dufour spent his academic career studying and editing all the known mortuary rolls from the European Middle Ages. He was not aware of this one, which we discovered in an uncatalogued part of the collection of Ghent University Library. fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-skg1 #fragmentology

Otro de esos magníficos pergaminos reutilizados como encuadernaciones. "Ejecutoria ganada en la Real Audiencia de Galicia contra los vecinos de Quinzares..." (1628). Archivo Histórico Nacional, CLERO-SECULAR_REGULAR,L.8647 Archivos Estatales #paleografia Fragmentarium

Book cover made from a MS leaf of Philippus de Monte Calerio's Sermones quadragesimales. The sermons were composed around 1330, so this must be a copy from the author's life time or very close to it. (UB Basel, UBH Aleph D IX 13) #fragmentology e-rara.ch/bau_1/content/…

this chant page Houghton Library is not for #StLuke but it has an ox who seems quite nonplussed by squiggly neumes #fragmentfriday fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-hd68

A 1522 Giunta Lyon imprint was auctioned earlier this week. Estimate 150-300 €. But look at the gorgeous pastedowns that the buyer got as a bonus for the 1100 € (excl. costs) that they paid! #fragmentology

Paper leaves from a MS of a commentary on Alexander of VillaDei's Doctrinale, used as pastedowns (Universität Halle (inaktiv), AB 56224) #fragmentology nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv…

An unexpected stowaway found in an illuminated legder from the archives of the abbey of Maagendaal (Oplinter): two snippets from an incunable or post-incunable edition of 'Der sielen troest', with the Middle Dutch version of the bestseller Amicus et Amelius. #fragmentology

I identified this fragment (AM 241 III α fol) this morning: a fragment of the ‘In Natalicio Sancti Olaui Regis et Martyris’ beginning with the (partial) response for the seventh lesson at first vespers. Best feeling ever!

Well-worn strips from a MS of Lactantius in a fine 14th-c hand with pretty rubrics (SUB Göttingen @[email protected], App. dipl. 10 E XIII 2-3) #fragmentology monasterium.net/mom/DE-GAUnivG…

Leaf from a beautifully glossed Bible MS (Book of Revelation) recycled as a cover (Universität Halle (inaktiv), 79 L 1044) #fragmentology nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv…

Frammento di manoscritti in scrittura beneventana, XI secolo, già noto e registrato in BMB, usato come guardie posteriori di un incunabolo. Ambrogio, Commento al Vangelo di Luca 🔍✏️📖

Publication day! In an Archive of Fragments: The Loud Silences of Cod. Sang. 1394, my paper on manuscripts, digital fragmentations, and forgotten stories is out. Let me know if you don't have access and need a copy! muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

More damaged Lactantius for you to enjoy (SUB Göttingen @[email protected], App. dipl. 10 E XIV 14) #fragmentology monasterium.net/mom/DE-GAUnivG…

A milestone for MMFC: 1600 fragments from Flemish collections published on Fragmentarium and available to scholars worldwide. #fragmentology fragmentarium.ms/search?sQueryS…

what is the oldest #chant fragment on Fragmentarium ? this page was probably written in 8th c. Ireland, but has 11th c. German-style neumes. to top off its multinational story, it has been in France since at least the 19th c. #fragmentfriday fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-km…