Breviary (fragment).

Description

Title: Breviary (fragment).
Published / Created: [14--].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a breviary containing: The Passion of St. Ursula and St. Ursula (21 October).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis libraria with simple form of "a").
Decoration: 1- and 2-line initials alternate red and blue; other initials are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; there is no punctuation; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Provenance: These leaves, when they formed a bifolium, were used as wrappers for another volume; the center of the bifolium, which would have covered the spine of the volume is now missing.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 195 x 117 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th 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 > 15th 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.