{"id":586,"date":"2012-08-31T09:43:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T09:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.stefanschleifer.com\/codex\/?p=586"},"modified":"2013-03-28T10:15:07","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T10:15:07","slug":"what-does-the-geraardsbergen-manuscript-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"What does the Geraardsbergen manuscript look like?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Brussels<\/a>

Brussels – KBR – 837-45, front cover (by courtesy of KBR Brussels)<\/p><\/div>\n

Some facts and figures about the Geraardsbergen manuscript<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The binding:<\/span><\/p>\n

The present-day binding contains a composite manuscript (?<\/a>), (i.e.\u00a0two manuscripts, or codicological units (?<\/a>)). Both units in this binding have been copied by the same scribe (?<\/a>): the first unit contains two chronicles, and the second unit is the actual Geraardsbergen manuscript<\/em>. We do not know when the two units were brought together, but the codex probably existed as a single book by the late Middle Ages. (see\u00a0Story 4<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Brussels<\/a>

Brussels – KBR – 837-45, side view (by courtesy of KBR Brussels)<\/p><\/div>\n

The measurements<\/span>:<\/p>\n

The paper leaves\/folia of the Geraardsbergen manuscript<\/em> measure 28.7 x 21.2 cm (almost present-day A4 size). The remaining 81 leaves (or 162 pages) are numbered from 103 to 183, and are divided over\u00a0six gatherings (?<\/a>) of\u00a0four bifolia (or eight leaves) (?<\/a>).\u00a0The manuscript is incomplete, because\u00a0between folia 110 and 111\u00a0three leaves are missing; for unknown reasons they have been cut out. It is possible that one (or more) gathering(s) are missing from the end of the codex, as the final\u00a0text\u00a0<\/a>ends unfinished at the bottom of the last leaf.<\/p>\n

The layout and the script<\/span>:<\/p>\n

The text is written in\u00a0one column of 28 lines per page in a stylized cursive script (?<\/a>) in brown ink. The decoration <\/a>in the manuscript is scarce: red ink has only been used to enter a paragraph mark in the margins to indicate the beginning of a new (part of the) text, or to highlight the first letter of a line. Some simple red decorative lines have been used to fill the blank space at the end of a prose text. The rubrics\u00a0<\/strong>(?<\/a>) are not in red, but written in the same brown ink as the texts. The lack of colour in the pages gives the manuscript a sober appearance. It was not meant to impress some important patron<\/a>, but may have been intended for personal use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some facts and figures about the Geraardsbergen manuscript. The binding: The present-day binding contains a composite manuscript (?), (i.e.\u00a0two manuscripts, or codicological units (?)). Both units in this binding have been copied by the same scribe (?): the first unit … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2919,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}