Lives of Sts. Agapitus, Iustina and Secundus

Description

Title: Lives of Sts. Agapitus, Iustina and Secundus
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1500]
Publication Place: Italy (Gubbio?),
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of 1) Passio S. Agapiti. 2) Passio S. Iustinae. 3) Passio S. Secundi. Followed by poems in praise of St. Secundus and a note on his translation from Gubbio to Pergola.
Description: Artt. 1-2 have headings and explicit formulas in red but are otherwise undecorated. On f. 1r there is space for a 4-5-line initial, on f. 3r for a 4-line initial. Art. 3 opens with a 3-line decorated initial in black and orange, with penwork extensions in the left margin, and all majuscules in this part have red stroking.
Binding: Twentieth century. Blue and yellow marbled paper over pasteboard. Paper endleaves.
Script: The main part is copied by two hands: A (artt. 1-2), writing a careful Humanistica Textualis; B copied art. 3 in Southern Gothica Semitextualis; the first two pages of this section (ff. 5v-6r) are very faded and worn and are probably palimpsest.
Extent: ff. i + 8 + i : parchment ; 280 x 195 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Format: text
Genre: Annotations
Manuscripts
Marginalia
Material: parchment
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Gubbio (Italy)
Subject (Topic): Christian hagiography
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Lives of Sts. Agapitus, Iustina and Secundus. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Orbis Record: 9868724
Object ID (OID): 10932377
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/MS772.pdf