Homiliary

Description

Title: Homiliary
Published / Created: [between 1100 and 1125]
Publication Place: Northern Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of a collection of homilies. Written as part (ff. 154-177) of a codex intended for recitation: a series of accents added in a contemporary hand act as an aid for pronunciation
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written by a single scribe in a late caroline minuscule.
Plain initials, 2-line, in red and/or brown. Headings in red. Instructions for rubricator and guide letters.
Binding: Twentieth century. Half bound in black goatskin with black cloth sides and gold tooling on the spine, including: "Omelie" and "MS. Saec. XI".
Provenance: Purchased in 1956 from Arthur Rau of Paris by L. C. Witten, who sold it in 1958 to Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. iii + 24 + iii : 321 x 232 (240 x 165) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Latin

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Marston MS 172
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Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Homiliaries
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Homiliaries
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Homiliary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.