Sacramentary (fragment).

Description

Title: Sacramentary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1200 and 1250].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a sacramentary containing: Mass for an unidentified saint and companions; St. Emmeram (22 September); Sts. Cosmas and Damian (27 September); Archangel Michael (29 September); St. Jerome (30 September); Sts. Simon and Jude (28 October); Vigil of All Saints (31 October); All Saints (1 November); and St. Caesarius (1 November).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in early gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of each Mass and 1-line initials for other prayers are in red; rubrics are written in in red in the same script as the text, with occasional use of uncial or rustic capital forms; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Provenance: The fragment was used as the wrapper for a copy of Abraham Gorlaeus's Dactyliotheca.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 225 x 210 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 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
Sacramentaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Sacramentaries
Germany > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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