Fragments Collection (page 3)

Missal (Fragment)
Fragment from a Missal, parchment. A double leaf that has been cut in half horizontally so the bottom of each folio is missing. Date: Mid 15th Century

Medical Text (Pietro D'Abano?) (Fragment)
Six folios from a medical text, parchment. The text has yet to be positively identified but has been suggested as Pietro D'Abano's adaptation of the Universal Canons of Johannes Mesue

Justinian's Codex, Book VI. XXXXI (Fragments)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is from Book VI.XXXXI. Comprised of main body text and a marginal gloss with an additional minute gloss

Justinian's Codex, Book V. XXXVIII (Fragment)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is from Book VI. XXXVIII De Uerborum Et Rerum Significatione 4.1

Justinian's Codex, Book IIII. XX (Fragment)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is taken from Book IIII.XX De Testibus 20. Comprised of a main body text and a marginal gloss with additional minute gloss

Breviary (Fragment)
Two leaves, probably from a breviary, parchment. The leaves are from the same work but do not appear to be consecutive. Main body text in two columns in a Gothic textualis rotunda in dark brown ink

Justinian's Codex, Book III. XVIII (Fragment)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is taken from Book III.XVIII, De Probationis 7. Main body text with a marginal gloss and additional minute gloss

Philosophical Treatise (Fragment)
Half of a leaf, paper. Text in black in three columns in a cursive documentary script. It is heavily abbreviated but appears to be a philosophical text. The top half of the leaf is missing

Euripides Medea (Fragment)
Minute fragment from Euripides Medea, v.1057-1062, parchment. From a codex, main body text in brown in a rounded unical hand

Biblical Commentary (Fragment)
Fragment of a leaf from a religious text, probably a biblical commentary, parchment. Contains a commentary on and text from Romans

Justinian Digesta, Books V and VI (Fragment)
Bifolium from a copy of Justinian's Pandects, or Digesta Justiniani Augusti, parchment. Containing part of the end of Book V (De Judiciis) and the beginning of Book VI (De Rei Vindicatione)

Gospel of St Mark: Summaries of Chapters (Fragment)
Fragment of a leaf, parchment, with text from the Capitula to the Gospel according to Mark. Date: Late 7th Century

Hebrew Manuscript Fragments
Two folios, parchment, probably from the same manuscript but not necessarily consecutive. Text is from the Book of Genesis, beginning at Chapter 7, verse 18 on f.1, and ends at Chapter 48 on f.2

Unidentified Fragments
Three fragments from an unidentified text

List?
Single folio, paper, with numbered paragraphs on the recto, possibly an itemised list. Blank on the verso. Text in a German cursive in brown ink, no line rulings. Date: 15th Century

Financial Records?
Manuscript records on paper, possibly financial or legal records. Probably originally pages from a volume or volumes, they have been cut into regularly sized rectangles

Der Sachsenspiegel (Fragment)
Fragment of a copy of Der Sachsenspiegel or Sassen Speyghel, which is a compendium of German law notable for having been written in Middle Low German (rather than Latin) in about 1220

Unidentified Fragment
Fragment of a leaf of a manuscript, parchment. Text in Middle German(?). The text block has wide margins above, beneath and to the left-hand side but the leaf has been cut down the right-hand side

Gebetbuch (Fragment)
Five leaves from a prayer book (Gebetbuch) in Middle Dutch, parchment. Consists of one bifolium and three loose leaves, probably consecutive

Lotze Manuscript (Fragment)
Two manuscript leaves from Rudolph Hermann Lotze's Metaphysik, written and corrected in the same hand. Corrections are made in ink and red pencil. On paper

Leven Van Jesus (Fragment)
Leaf from a manuscript of Leven Van Jesus (Life of Christ), parchment. The text is a verse in Middle Dutch based on Matthew 26:2-5 and 14-16, Matthew 27, and Luke 12:9-15. Date: 14th Century

Charter (Fragment)
Fragment of a charter, parchment, apparently recording the sale of a house by (-) Wingartman and his wife in the neighbourhood of Trier in the year (13-)

Charter (Fragments)
Charter recording a mortgage for a house, cut into two pieces for use as book binding material. On parchment. Text in dark brown-black ink in a gothic cursive hand

List of Names (Fragment)
Parchment leaf. A namenregister comprising a list of names in two columns, mostly men but including a few women. It has been suggested that it is perhaps a list of those who have subscribed to a

Virginal, or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Fragment)
Fragment of a bifolium from the Virginal or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Dietrich's First Departure), parchment. An epic poem from the Dietrich cycle

Von Eschenbach, Willehalm (Fragment)
Fragment of a copy of Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Willehalm, parchment. The text is a poem in rhyming couplets. The item has been photographed as a whole

Diary
Leaf from a diary, paper. Dated December (1644) to February 1645. Has a foolscap (jester's head) watermark. Date: 1644 - 1645

Inventory
Sheet of paper, possibly the endpaper from a book, with a handwritten list or inventory in French dated 16 February 1605. With pieces of the binding thread attached in the gutter

John Gower, Confessio Amantis (Fragments)
Four leaves (2 bifolia) from an illuminated manuscript copy of Gower's Confessio Amantis, parchment. The text is the B version and is part of Book V

Roman roofing system using tegulas and imbrices
Roman Villa of Cambre. 2nd-4th centuries AD. Typical Roman roofing system using tegulas and imbrices. Archaeological Museum of Cambre. Province of La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2021

Caricature of George Graves in Maggie at the Oxford Date: 1920

Cover design, Fragments magazine, Cenotaph Monument
Cover design, Fragments magazine, The Glorious Dead, Gratitude from 1920, Cenotaph Monument. Date: 1920

Cartoon, The Stage Door of the Future
Women's suffrage cartoon, The Stage Door of the Future, with stage door Johnnies waiting for women MPs to emerge from the House of Commons. Date: 1920

Vera Lennox, actress Date: 1920

Tapestry fragments from a tapestry depicting The Seven Sacraments, made in Tournai, Belgium, 1450-75 (wool & silk)
3576201 Tapestry fragments from a tapestry depicting The Seven Sacraments, made in Tournai, Belgium, 1450-75 (wool & silk) by Belgian School, (15th century); 198.1x386 cm; Burrell Collection

Tapestry fragment depicting the Resurrection of Christ, from Nuremberg, c. 1440 (wool & linen)
3576047 Tapestry fragment depicting the Resurrection of Christ, from Nuremberg, c.1440 (wool & linen) by German School, (15th century); 91.4x59.6 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Tapestry fragment depicting Three Prophets, from Franconia (wool)
3576045 Tapestry fragment depicting Three Prophets, from Franconia (wool) by German School, (15th century); 63.5x124.4 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

The Triumph of Christianity, in the Room of Constantine, Raphael Rooms, c. 1585 (fresco)
SBL426308 The Triumph of Christianity, in the Room of Constantine, Raphael Rooms, c.1585 (fresco) by Laureti, Tommaso (c.1530-1602); Vatican Museums and Galleries

The king and a god hunting a lion (stone)
899838 The king and a god hunting a lion (stone) by Syrian School (9th Century); Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara, Turkey; (add.info.: Le Roi et un dieu a la chasse au lion)

Fragments from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066
6340006 Fragments from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066 by Villain (19th century); (add.info.: Fragments from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066)

Art grec: fragment de puteal de marbre decore de creatures de l entourage de Dionysos, 50-25 avant JC
5974591 Art grec: fragment de puteal de marbre decore de creatures de l entourage de Dionysos, 50-25 avant JC by Greek School, (1st century BC); Palazzo Ducale & Museo, Mantua, Lombardy

Fragments of a Colossal statue of Constantine, from the Basilica of Maxentium
1630038 Fragments of a Colossal statue of Constantine, from the Basilica of Maxentium by Roman; Palazzo dei Conservatori, Musei Capitolini, Rome; (add.info.: Rome, Capitolines Museums)

Frieze fragment (limestone & schist)
1216378 Frieze fragment (limestone & schist) by Iraqi School; 26x26.5x2.2 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Iraq Fragment of a large inlaid panel)

Wall Painting, Restoration Drawing from Reassembled Fragments, c. 1940

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Mosaic fish tile fragments, c. 1st century BC - 1st century AD (glass) (see also 619149)
619150 Mosaic fish tile fragments, c.1st century BC - 1st century AD (glass) (see also 619149) by Roman; Private Collection; (add.info)

Painted bricks from the N. W. Palace at Nimroud [Calah], 1849 (lithograph)
3899816 Painted bricks from the N.W. Palace at Nimroud [Calah], 1849 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From The monuments of Nineveh)

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In a world filled with fragments, the past whispers its stories through time. Old Bill kneels in front of the Cenotaph in Whitehall, his weathered hands tracing the fragmented memories etched into stone. Each crack and crevice holds a piece of history, reminding us of sacrifices made. Across continents, another fragment emerges from the depths of antiquity - a Dead Sea scroll fragment dating back to the 1st century AD. Its delicate parchment unravels secrets lost to time, offering glimpses into ancient civilizations and their beliefs. But they can not confined to scrolls alone; they manifest in various forms. An Antiphonal Incunable Fragment carries melodies that once echoed through grand cathedrals, while a Gradual Fragment reveals snippets of sacred chants sung during religious ceremonies. Incunabula continue to unveil their fragmented beauty as we encounter Noted Breviary and Sacramentary Fragments. These remnants transport us back to an era when books were meticulously crafted by hand and adorned with intricate illustrations. Within these pages lies yet another treasure – a Noted Hymnal Fragment – where notes dance across faded lines like musical whispers from centuries ago. And amidst it all, we stumble upon more Noted Breviary and Missal Fragments that offer fleeting glimpses into prayers uttered by faithful souls long gone. Even bindings bear witness to fragments' allure; Paper and Parchment Binding Fragments hold within them tales untold - stories hidden between layers of protective covers meant for preservation but now revealing only tantalizing clues about what was once contained within. And so it goes on - an endless cycle of discovery as each fragment unveils just enough to leave us yearning for more. Like an incomplete puzzle waiting patiently for missing pieces, these fragments remind us that history is never fully complete or comprehensible. Yet even in their incompleteness, they possess an undeniable power - stirring our imagination and connecting us to the past in ways that only fragments can.