Homiliary (fragment).

Description

Title: Homiliary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 800 and 833].
Publication Place: Southeastern Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing: Sermon on Fasting and Almsgiving for Quadragesima based on Augustine, Sermon 210; Sermon on Fasting and Almsgiving for Quadragesima based on Caesarius, Sermo 199
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in pre-Caroline minuscule, dated by Bernhard Bischoff to the first third of the ninth century and attributed to southeastern Germany.
Decoration: 1-line initials are in brown uncials, with rustic capital "E"; punctuated with the punctus, punctus versus, and punctus elevatus.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 145 x 121 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 9th 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
Homiliaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Homiliaries
Germany > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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