Hymnal (fragment).

Description

Title: Hymnal (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1040 and 1060]
Publication Place: Münster-Schwarzach or Lambach
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a hymnal including among others: Bede, Carmen 6; Ambrose, hymn 12; anonymous hymns
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in an elegant Caroline minuscule in the same style and presumably in the same scriptorium as Beinecke MS 481.39 as well as several other fragments still at Lambach.
Decoration: 2-line initials written in orange uncials; rubrics written in orange rustic capitals; the first 1 to 4 words of each hymn are written in brown rustic capitals; there is space for neumes in the outer margin but they have not been added; punctuated with punctus.
Provenance: This fragment is closely related to other fragments still in Lambach, numbers 1, 2, and 4. This fragment is also closely related to Beinecke MS 481.39 as well as other still-bound fragments at Lambach, like the pastedowns of Lambach Ccl 314.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 283 x 212 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 11th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Austria 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 (Name): Catholic Church
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397.
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Hymns, Latin
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Hymns, Latin
Germany > 11th century
Austria > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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