Noted Missal (Sequentiary and Sacramentary) (fragment).

Description

Title: Noted Missal (Sequentiary and Sacramentary) (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1200 and 1250].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted missal containing among other texts: St. Matthias (24 February); St. Benedict (21 March); Annunciation (25 March); Ash Wednesday; Common of the Apostles; Dedication of a church; and Mary
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in early gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 4-line initial "D" for the Annunciation is outlined in red with an interlace pattern and filled with blue and red on a square ground outlined with red; 3- to 6-line initials for other feasts and for hymns in red with red penwork; 1-line initials of prayers and of hymn verses are in red; other 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals traced with red; rubrics in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; the alleluia and prosula hymn following the "Gaude maria templum" has interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style.
Provenance: Bifolia 1/4 and 2/3 were glued to each other and formed a flyleaf in another volume; bifolia 5/8 and 6/7 were also formerly glued to each other and formed a single flyleaf in another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-8 : 208 x 124 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 13th 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
Missals
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Missals
Germany > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Noted Missal (Sequentiary and Sacramentary) (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.