Offices of St. Martha, St. Monica and other saints

Description

Title: Offices of St. Martha, St. Monica and other saints
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Northern Italy (Milan?)
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Offices of Saints Martha and Monica, each with 9 Lessons and the Homily by Haymo Halberstadiensis; Hymns; Antiphons
Description: In Latin.
Script: copied by one hand in large but somewhat uneven Southern Gothica Textualis Formata (Rotunda) under Humanistic influence (uncial and half-uncial d). The orthography is very defective.
Headings in red; alternately red and blue versals in the text; 2-line plain initials alternately red and blue; 2-line flourished initials in liquid gold with red penwork on ff. 2r, 16v and 19r. A 7-line initial of the same type and in the same colours at the beginning of the text.
Binding: 17th century (?), Italian. The quires are sewn without cords directly into the pasteboard cover, which itself is covered with blind-tooled goatskin. Marks of two pairs of ties.
Provenance: Belonged to (and was made for) the convent of Augustinian nuns of St. Martha in Milan. Purchased from the Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper Fund in Memory of Lathrop Colgate Harper Litt. D.
Extent: ff. ii + 20 + ii : 190 x 140 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Martha, Saint.
Monica, Saint, d. 387.
Augustinians.
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Antiphons (Music).
Hymns
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Martha, Saint
Monica, Saint, d. 387
Augustinians
Catholic Church > Liturgy
Antiphons (Music).
Hymns
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Offices of St. Martha, St. Monica and Other Saints. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.