Office for the Virgin Mary, Canticles (Breviary or Psalter) (fragment).

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Title: Office for the Virgin Mary, Canticles (Breviary or Psalter) (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1150 and 1199]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Office for the Virgin Mary, Canticle from a breviary or a psalter
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in two sizes of late Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: 1- to 3-line initials alternate red and green square capitals with round "E"; 1-line initials of chants written in brown rustic capitals frequently dotted with red or green; rubrics written in red and green minuscule with uncial "M"; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Provenance: The bifolium was once used as a pastedown in the binding of another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 184 x 146 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 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): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Breviaries
Psalters
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Breviaries
Psalters
Germany > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Office for the Virgin Mary, Canticles (Breviary or Psalter) (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.