Lectionary or Missal (fragment).

Description

Title: Lectionary or Missal (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1200 and 1210].
Publication Place: Southern Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary or missal containing portions of the biblical books of Wisdom, Hebrews, Proverbs, and the Apocalypse
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Beneventan script.
Decoration: 3- and 4-line initials are written on the inner vertical bounding line; one of them is a plain red square capital "I"; the others are brown square capitals filled with red foliate ornamentation; 1-line initials are brown, highlighted with red; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus versus.
Provenance: The fragment was used as a wrapper for another volume; it is possible that this leaf is the one listed by E.A. Lowe in "A New List of Beneventan Manuscripts," in Collectanea Vaticana in honorem Anselmi M. Card.
Extent: ff. 1 : 157 x 211 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

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

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