Missal (fragment).

Description

Title: Missal (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1450].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing the Vigil of Pentecost
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis), with a slightly smaller script for the chants than for the lessons.
Decoration: two 10-line lesson initials "I" in red, one decorated with a face, set apart from the text; 1-, 2-, and 4-line initials are in red; other 1-line initials are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics in red in the same script as the text; foliation in red; punctuated with the punctus and the comma; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Provenance: The fragment was used as a pastedown in a binding.
Extent: ff. 1 : 310 x 250 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval
Missals
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
Missals
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Missals
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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