Breviary, pars aestivalis, use of Carmelites

Description

Title: Breviary, pars aestivalis, use of Carmelites
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1410]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (with parchment conjugate leaves at beginning and end of quires; calendar on parchment) of a Carmelite breviary
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written primarily by a single scribe in an informal, but careful, gothic script. Numerous additions by contemporary and later writers.
Plain initials and KL monograms, 6- to 1-line, in red. Rubrics throughout. Paragraph marks, underlining, and initial strokes in red. The verso of the final folio bears the partially erased image of a large decorative initial, in green, over which the later text was written.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Head and fore-edge gilt, with tawed, pink markers on the fore-edge. Bound by William Matthews, a leading American binder (second half of the 19th century) in a dark brown goatskin Jansenist binding (plain outside with gold-tooled doublures).
Provenance: Bequeathed to Yale by John W. Sterling (1844-1918).
Extent: ff. ii + 260 + ii : 143 x 100 (90 x 63) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Carmelites.
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Breviaries
Manuscripts, Medieval
Monastic and religious life
Subjects: Carmelites
Catholic Church > Liturgy
Breviaries
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Monastic and religious life
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Breviary, Pars Aestivalis, Use of Carmelites. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.