Homiliary (fragment).

Description

Title: Homiliary (fragment).
Creator: Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?, author
Published / Created: [between 1100 and 1110].
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Paul the Deacon's Homiliary
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: 7-line initial "L" is in red, the horizontal stroke decorated with two round balls; 1-line initials are brown uncials; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text, but in a larger module; punctuated with the punctus.
Provenance: The fragment was used as a wrapper to keep notarial documents; it bears the dates "1529 usque 1534"; gift of the Yale University Library Associates; purchased from Kraus in 1948.
Extent: ff. 1 : 493 x 330 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 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
Homiliaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Homiliaries
Italy > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Paul the Deacon, Homiliary (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.