Homiliary (fragment).

Description

Title: Homiliary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1090 and 1099]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing Maximus Taurinensis, Sermon 48; Conversio Sanctae Justinae virginis et Sancti Cypriani episcopi
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: only the upper eight lines of the homily initial "I" are preserved; the initial is yellow on a red, blue, purple, and green ground; 1-line initials are a mixture of brown rustic capitals and uncial forms with the occasional use of an enlarged minuscule "e"; rubric in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation and diacritical marks in same ink as text.
Provenance: The fragment was used as a pastedown in the binding of a volume.
Extent: ff. 1 : 322 x 247 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
Sermons
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Sermons
Italy > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Homiliary (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.