Prayers for the Dead (Rituale?) (fragment).

Description

Title: Prayers for the Dead (Rituale?) (fragment).
Published / Created: [13--].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of prayers for the dead, possibly from a rituale
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in large gothic script (littera textualis formata).
Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials are in black with black penwork, some filled with red; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus flexus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; line fillers in black; line divider on fol. 2r is in the shape of a square with four compartments like a coat of arms; one of the compartments contains the picture of a face.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 190 x 137 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
Prayers
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Prayers
Germany > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Prayers for the Dead (Rituale?) (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.