(January: ff. 8r-18r; February: ff. 18r-25v; March: ff. 25v-35v; April: ff. 36r-45r; May: ff. 45r-56r; June: ff. 56r-67v; July: ff. 68r-80r; August: ff. 80r-90v; September: ff. 90v-102v; October: ff. 102v-114v; November: ff. 114v-129r; December: ff. 129v-140v.)
Parchment.
19 quires: I: 7(ff. 1-7); II:8 (ff. 8-15); III: 8 (ff. 16-23); IV: 8 (ff. 24-32, f. 28 is added); V: 8 (ff. 33-40); VI: 9 (ff. 41-49, f. 49 is added); VII: 8 (ff. 50-57); VIII: 2 (ff. 58-59); IX: 8 (ff. 60-67); X: 10 (ff. 68-77, ff. 71 and 77 are added); XI: 8 (ff. 78-85); XII: 8 (ff. 86-93); XIII: 8 (ff. 94-101); XIV: 8 (ff. 102-109); XV: 8 (ff. 110-117); XVI: 8 (ff. 118-125); XVII: 8 (ff. 126-133); XVIII: 7 (ff. 134-140); XIX: 2 (ff. 141-142). There are quire signatures, roman numbers in pencil in the lower left corner of the first recto leaf of each quire, from the second quire and onwards, reflecting an earlier stage of the manuscript in that the first quire is numbered 0 and the last is un-numbered. Quire nr 8 (ff. 58-59) is numbered VIa.
Layout varies but mainly one central column with 22 lines per page. Hard point ruling.
Three main hands, one for each section of the book; hand 1, late 13th century: ff. 1r-7v; hand 2: ff. 8r-140v, early 12th century, protogothic book script; hand 3, late 12th century: ff. 141r-142v. This hand resembles the hand that wrote marginal notes on the inauguration of altars in the main section of the book, see ff. 67v, 76r, 90v. Many hands have added the entries in the calendar proper and the notes in the margins.
The original 12th century portion of the manuscript contains twelve illuminated KL-monograms, the first of which is considerably larger, and the added 14th century part (ff. 1r-7v) is furnished with 25 pen flourished two-line initials alternating in pale blue and red with flourishes in opposite colour. Some of the simpler initials are adorned with leaf decoration (e.g. ff.
Detailed description:
Style: The grand KL-monograms with their intricate and highly organically rendered foliage is not coherent with any manuscript decoration known to have been executed in Scandinavia. Ewert Wrangel (Lunds domkyrkas konsthistoria, 1923, pp. 103-110) suggests a south German or Bohemian origin, but without any convincing comparisons, while in a foot note he refers to his friend Wilhelm Köhler, who suggests a northern French origin. Exceptionally close affinities are in fact found in the north east of France. The scriptoria of Corbie, Metz and Reims all present plausible places of origin with a tendency towards Metz on hagiographical grounds, or Reims for ecclesiogeographical reasons (see Origin).
Half binding of parchment, Sweden, Lund 20th century; preserved sewing contemporary with the manuscript. Size: 312 x 210 x 82 mm.
Half binding of parchment with blue, red and yellow marbled paper over millboards. Hollow back. Two library labels at the back; one of gilt parchment from former binding and the other of blind-tooled paper. Former edge trimming preserved. Plain single flyleaves and pastedowns of paper. All along sewing on five double white leather thongs. The manuscript is kept in a parchment and paper drop front box.
There are 99 small fragments (shelfmark: Fragment 93), strips of parchment used to support the quires. They were taken out of the ms. in 1985 in view of a major restauration of the ms., never carried out.
The manuscript is foliated by the modern cataloguer in the upper right corner of the recto page.
There are marginal notes pertaining to the first eight months of the year, in one hand from the early 15th century. The notes give editorial directions like "non scribatur" or "summarie habetur in alio libro et sic scribendum est, non hic est V kl. Mart.", or "scribatur ut in alio libro". Langebek presumed that this "other book", referred to is the so called Liber daticus recentior (Copenhagen, Kungliga Bibliteket, Gl. kgl. Saml. Nr. 845). Weeke is not convinced and instead hypothesizes another contemporary necrology, now lost.
The manuscript is in poor condition.
Metz, early 12th century, in use in Lund from c. 1140. Mainly due to the Lundensian nature of the secondary text, and the mentioning of St Canute, St Olaf, St Ansgar and St Rimbert in the Martyrology, this manuscript has been considered a local product. The peculiarities in the Martyrology, with several names of bishops from Metz, have been noted earlier, but explained with an unreflected copying of a French prototype. However, the original disposition of the Martyrology has never allowed for neither the long nor the short vita of St Canute (f.
There is a note in the lower margin of f. Hunc Antiquitatum Ecclesiasticarum librum a Praeposito b. mem. Nomarchiae Wepmanhogensis et Pastore Ecclesi. Kielstrupensis, Mag. Michaele Arenkilo, sibi ante multos annos donatum, Bibliothecae publicae Academiae Carolinae in sui memoriam bona intentione dicavit. Londini S. Goth. die XXII Octob. A. MDCCIX. Jonas Linnerius, S. Theol. in Acad. Car. Prof. Pr. et past. Eccles. Cathedr.
Arenkil died in 1698. It is unknown where the book was between the beginning of the 15th century, when it was no longer used, and the 17th century when it came into the property of Arenkil. It was seemingly not in the Cathedral when in 1578 Magnus Matthiae wrote his
A. 1709 d. 22 Oct.in the same hand as the note, probably Linnerius'.
In 1709 the book entered the University Library. On the front pastedown two notes in ink: 142 blad
and Gammal sign. Bibl. Ms. H. L. a) fol. 10
and a glued slip with a note in the hand of August Palm: Liber daticus Lundensis vetustior. Från 1140-talet till 1410-talet
. In the lower margin of f. 1r: E recentioribus Bibliothecis No. 1
.
Microfilm placed in the Microfilm collection of the manuscript department.
Photographic copy, "Fotosamlingen", in the reference room of the manuscript department.