Hymnal (fragment).

Description

Title: Hymnal (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1450].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a hymnal containing portions of five hymns on: St. Martin (11 November); St. Elizabeth (19 Novembers); St. Catharine of Alexandria (25 November); St. Andrew (30 November); and St. Nicholas (6 December).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata).
Decoration: 2-line initials at the beginning of hymns alternate red and blue; first letter following these initials is a brown capital highlighted with red; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses alternate red and blue; rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Provenance: The fragment was used as a wrapper of another volume; fragment contains an ownership inscription in a sixteenth-century cursive hand.
Extent: ff. 1 : 341 x 233 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th 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
Hymnals
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Hymnals
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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