Breviary (fragment).

Description

Title: Breviary (fragment).
Published / Created: [14--].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a breviary containing St. Andrew (30 November).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in a hybrid gothic script (littera textualis with frequent but not consistent use of cursive forms of d, b, l, and t; s and f do not descend below the base line).
Decoration: 1-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in red; other 1-line initials are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; liturgical directions are written in brown and are underlined in red; punctuated with the punctus and virgule.
Provenance: The fragment was used as the wrapper of another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 149 x 111 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th 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
Breviaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Breviaries
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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