Passionary (fragment).

Description

Title: Passionary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1075 and 1100]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a passionary, including excerpts from the Passion of the Four Crowned Martyrs; the Passion of St. Theodore; the Life of St. Eugenius; and the Passion of St. Mennas
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule; corrections added in a lighter ink; accents added y a later hand.
Decoration: 1-line initials in a mixed form of uncial and rustic in brown ink; rubrics in red majuscules; on f. 1v, an 11-line initial "T," in the "early geometric style" of central and northern Italy in the late 11th and early 12th centuries; on f. 2v, a large initial has been cut out.
Extent: ff. 2 : 470 x 305 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: Parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Passionary (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.