Homiliary (fragment).

Description

Title: Homiliary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1190 and 1210].
Publication Place: Southern Germany or Austria
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing portions of Gregory the Great's Homiliae xl in evangelia and Pseudo-Origen's Homily I.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in early gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 3-line initial "I" and 2-line round "E" are in red; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; the first letter "M" of the Bible lesson on fol. 1r is in red; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Provenance: The bifolium was used as a wrapper of another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 277 x 215 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 12th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 13th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Austria 12th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Austria 13th 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 > 12th century
Germany > 13th century
Austria > 12th century
Austria > 13th 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.