Conversio Sanctae Justinae (from a Homiliary?) (fragment).

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Title: Conversio Sanctae Justinae (from a Homiliary?) (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1050 and 1099]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Conversio Sanctae Justinae
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: only six lines of the homily initials "I" are preserved; the shaft of the letter is half red and half yellow on a geometric ground of blue and pale purple, with vine-stem decoration in red; 1-line initials are in brown uncials with occasional rustic capital forms (D, Q, M) and enlarged minuscule forms (n); punctuated with the punctus and the punctus interrogativus.
Provenance: This fragment was used as a wrapper for another volume.
Extent: ff. 1 : 295 x 270 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 11th 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
Manuscripts, Medieval
Saints
Lives and legends
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Saints > Lives and legends
Italy > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Conversio Sanctae Justinae (from a Homiliary?) (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.