Lessons for the Mass (from a Lectionary or Missal) (fragment).

Description

Title: Lessons for the Mass (from a Lectionary or Missal) (fragment).
Published / Created: [12--].
Publication Place: Switzerland (?)
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of lessons from the Mass, from a lectionary or missal, including among others: Anthony (13 June); Sts. Gervase and Protase (24 June); Vigil of St. John the Baptist (23 June); Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul (28 June); and Octave of the Apostles
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: the words "In illo tempore" begin with a 7- to 8-line initial "I" in blue with red penwork; the initials of the lessons are 1-line red or blue initials decorated with blue or red penwork; 1-line initials within lessons are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation and accents are in the same ink as the text; there are symbols similar to neumes above some of the text, perhaps aids for reading aloud.
Provenance: The fragment was used as a wrap-around binding for a book belonging to one "Iohannes Ienatschius notarius" whose name is written on fol. 2v.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 190 x 206 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

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

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Citation: Lessons for the Mass (from a Lectionary or a Missal) (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.