Manuscript, in several hands, of the Martyrology of Usuard, with a tabulated martyrology arranged according to the calendar, with numerous added obituary notices for St. Nicholas, Beauvais
Description:
In Latin., Script: main text in early gothic. Additional obituaries in a variety of book and cursive scripts., Decoration: rubricated., and Binding: later medieval brown leather over beveled boards; some damage to upper board where a chain has been removed.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, Beauvais., and Beauvais (France)
Subject (Name):
Usuard, -876 or 877. and Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Martyrologies, and Necrologies
Manuscript on parchment, in several hands, containing the Usuard Martyrology, with many added marginal obituary notices of Beauvais Cathedral from the twelfth through the early fourteenth centuries
Description:
In Latin., Rubricated., Decoration: Rubricated. Four large ornamental initials in red penwork, including scrollwork, geometric knotwork and animal masks., Endleaves reused from other manuscripts and contain notes and pen trials. Last endleaf contains polyphonic music on a five-line stave., and Binding: white leather over beveled boards. Spine title in a later hand: Martyrolog. d'alia Obituarium...
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., France, Beauvais., and Beauvais (France)
Subject (Name):
Usuard, -876 or 877. and Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Martyrologies, and Necrologies