Lectionary (fragment).

Description

Title: Lectionary (fragment).
Published / Created: [11--].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary containing portions of 2 Kings 2-3.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in late Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials at the beginning of lessons are written in red uncials; 1-line initials are written in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Provenance: The fragment was used in the binding of another volume; there is an undeciphered inscription on the recto in a fifteenth-century cursive gothic hand.
Extent: ff. 1 : 340 x 157 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 12th 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 > 12th 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.