Breviary (fragment).

Description

Title: Breviary (fragment).
Published / Created: [12--]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a breviary containing, among others, the following texts: Sts. Tiburtius and Valerian (14 April); Sts. Soter and Caius (22 April); St. George (23 April); St. Mark (25 April); St. Cletus (26 April); St. Vitalis (28 April); Pope Urban I (25 May); Pope John I (27 May); St. Barnabas (11 June); St. Paul (30 June); and Sts. Processus and Martinian (2 July).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 1- to 5- line initials in red; other 1-line initials in black highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; liturgical directions in brown minuscule, sometimes underlined with red; Psalm incipits underlined with red; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Provenance: The bifolia were used in the bindings of another volume; Bifolium 1/4 was the outside wrapper.
Extent: ff. 1-4 : 228 x 157 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: Breviary (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.