Homiliary (fragment).

Description

Title: Homiliary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1100 and 1110]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing among others: Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 196; Ambrose, Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam; Gregory the Great, Homiliae xl in evangelia
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: two 7-line initials in yellow on a square ground, colored with blue, red, dark red, and green and decorated with white interlacing foliage; 2-line initials at the beginning of lessons in red square capitals; 1-line initials in brown uncials; rubrics written in red uncials with rustic capital "D"; first words of the homily and the first initial of the biblical text are written in brown uncials with rustic capital "D" filled with red; punctuated with punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Provenance: Fragments were used as outer wrappers for another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 455 x 316 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 12th 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 (Name): Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397.
Pseudo-Augustine.
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Sermons
Subjects: Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397
Pseudo-Augustine
Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Sermons
Italy > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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