Martyrology of Usuard

Description

Title: Martyrology of Usuard
Creator: Usuard, -876 or 877
Published / Created: [ca. 1200-1299]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript, in several hands, of the Martyrology of Usuard, with a tabulated martyrology arranged according to the calendar, with numerous added obituary notices for St. Nicholas, Beauvais
Description: In Latin.
Script: main text in early gothic. Additional obituaries in a variety of book and cursive scripts.
Decoration: rubricated.
Binding: later medieval brown leather over beveled boards; some damage to upper board where a chain has been removed.
Provenance: Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal (Sotheby's London sale, 2013 July 2, lot 51) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
Extent: 158 l. : 263 x 175 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval France 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
France
Beauvais.
Beauvais (France)
Subject (Name): Usuard, -876 or 877.
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France)
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Martyrologies
Necrologies
Subjects: Usuard, -876 or 877
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Martyrologies > Early works to 1800
Necrologies > France > Beauvais
Beauvais (France)
France > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Martyrology of Usuard. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.