what is the oldest #chant fragment on @FragmentariumMS ? 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 https://t.co/5d3jk3fVCM

A milestone for MMFC: 1600 fragments from Flemish collections published on Fragmentarium and available to scholars worldwide. #fragmentology https://t.co/hoWLDeFp9U

More damaged Lactantius for you to enjoy (@subugoe, App. dipl. 10 E XIV 14) #fragmentology https://t.co/lh6izT8VDD

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 🔍✏️📖

Leaf from a beautifully glossed Bible MS (Book of Revelation) recycled as a cover (@UniHalle, 79 L 1044) #fragmentology https://t.co/bub4IvNChs

Well-worn strips from a MS of Lactantius in a fine 14th-c hand with pretty rubrics (@subugoe, App. dipl. 10 E XIII 2-3) #fragmentology https://t.co/DQmpa2Chie

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!

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

Paper leaves from a MS of a commentary on Alexander of VillaDei's Doctrinale, used as pastedowns (@UniHalle, AB 56224) #fragmentology https://t.co/cKoz7gyyhm

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. (@UBBasel, UBH Aleph D IX 13) #fragmentology https://t.co/mvfN6fuySb

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

this chant page @HoughtonLib is not for #StLuke but it has an ox who seems quite nonplussed by squiggly neumes #fragmentfriday https://t.co/1v0svVdXJ2

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. https://t.co/UUdy4phhD9 #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 @ArchivosEst #paleografia @FragmentariumMS

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 (@UniHalle, Ung VI 45) #fragmentology https://t.co/xZzrJbamea

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

Heavily damaged leaf from a finely executed MS of Galen's De locis affectis, book 3, in the Latin translation by Constantine the African. (@UniHalle, AB 54947) #fragmentology https://t.co/qGsCwg8sec

Birds are migrating this #fragmentfriday...into this #chant manuscript! German clefs, square notes, possible rhythmic indications, intricate decoration, this guy has it all. https://t.co/Z1r6CEdXt1

Creative re-use of the Decretum Gratiani and its gloss (@UniHalle, If 4148 I) #fragmentology https://t.co/kfpWaCr18d