South German Homiliary (fragment).

Description

Title: South German Homiliary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 825 and 850].
Publication Place: Southern Germany or Northern Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a south German homiliary containing Homily II.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule, which Bischoff has dated to the second quarter of the ninth century.
Decoration: the text is divided by paragraphs into short sense units, each beginning with a 1-line uncial in red that is set apart from the text; rubrics in red uncials; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus versus.
Provenance: Other leaves from this manuscript are preserved as Beinecke MS 484.2 (1 leaf), Lambach, Stiftsbibliothek, Fragment 8/1-8 (14 leaves), and in the bindings of Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, s.n. 3620 (1 leaf and binding strips), s.n. 3622 (binding strips), and in the binding of a manuscript illustrated in Holter (1957), pl. 185, and given the shelfmark Ccl 480.
Extent: ff. 1 : 210 x 105 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 9th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 9th 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
Homiliaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Homiliaries
Germany > 9th century
Italy > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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