Lectionary (fragment).

Description

Title: Lectionary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 875 and 899].
Publication Place: Freising, Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary containing: portions of John 2; Exodus 32; and John 7.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in late Caroline minuscule, which Bischoff has dated to the third quarter of the ninth century and attributed to Freising.
Decoration: 4-line initials at the beginning of lessons are written in red square capitals; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; the first three words of each lesson are written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Provenance: The fragment was once used as a pastedown in another volume; according to Bischoff the fragment is related either a lectionary fragment preserved at Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 29303/11 or to a similar fragment preserved as the back pastedown in Munich Clm 6406.
Extent: ff. 1 : 208 x 166 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
Lectionaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Lectionaries
Germany > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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