Legendarium

Description

Title: Legendarium
Published / Created: [between 1150 and 1199]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on Parchment of a Legendarium, containing Passio sancta Polycarpi, Acta Sanctorum Ian., Agones martyrum mensis Ianuarii libro primo contenti, Miraculum sancti Polycarpi, Liber in Gloria martyrum, Vita sanctae Balthildis, Vita sancti Iuliani Cenomannensis, Vita sanctae Paulae, Vita sancti Iohannis Chrysostomi
Description: Script: copied by a single hand in Praegothica.
Decoration: The first line or word of a text after the initial is written in Uncialis. 1-, 2-, or 3-lined plain intiails in red or blue, some with interior reserved shapes or primitive penwork. Large early flourished initials in brown, red and blue on ff. 115v (8 lines), 117v (7 lines), 119r (7 lines), 122r (7 lines), 127v (7 lines).
In Latin.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. ii (paper) + 14 + ii (paper) : 525 x 385 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Christian legends
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Christian legends
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Legendarium. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.