Breviary (fragment).

Description

Title: Breviary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1300 and 1350].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a breviary containing: Sts. Philip and James (1 May); Invention of the Cross (3 May); Sts. Gervase and Protase (19 June); Vigil of John the Baptist (23 June); and John the Baptist (24 June).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 2- to 7-line initials alternate red with blue penwork and blue with red penwork; 1-line initials in red or in black highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus.
Provenance: The bifolium was used as a wrapper for another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 170 x 139 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 14th 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 > 14th 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.