Epistolary

Description

Title: Epistolary
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Germany (?)
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on one leaf of parchment (soft, furry; trimmed) of 1) Apoc. 21.4-5: Epistle for last Sunday after Pentecost (?). 2) Beginning of Proper of the Saints, with Epistle for St. Andrew (30 Nov.); Rom. 10.10-15.
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written in bold, well spaced, and slightly rounded gothic bookhand.
Red hufnagel neumes scattered over the text for the subdeacon who reads the Epistle at Mass. On recto, space of 12 lines (140 mm.) left blank between arts. 1 and 2, perhaps for a miniature. 5-line initial in red, ending in pen and ink flourishes. On verso, illuminated initial C, 11-line, of poor quality, on brownish-red ground within rectangular frame of bright orange, green, and blue. Initial in white with bands of gold and silver; two gold-bordered medallions with white-blue centers, resembling jewels or mirrors. Initial encloses full-length figure of St. Andrew holding cross of his martyrdom. Text initials touched with red.
Provenance: Gift of Millicent Todd Bingham in 1969 to Yale University; removed from the collection of Historical Manuscripts of the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale Univeristy in 1970 and transferred to the Beinecke Library.
Extent: f. 1 : 330 x 250 (245 x 175) 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
Epistolaries
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Epistolaries
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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