Noted Breviary (fragment).

Description

Title: Noted Breviary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1200 and 1250]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing among others: Christmas (25 December); St. Stephen (26 December).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 2- to 4-line initials in red; 1-line initials at the beginning of responses are in thick brown ink, sometimes highlighted in red; smaller 1-line initials at the beginnings of antiphons, psalms, and verses are in brown, highlighted in red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; chants have interlinear neumes; another hand has added interlinear hufnagel neumes over several lessons.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 265 x 248 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 13th 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
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Breviaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Breviaries
Germany > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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