Liber Constitutionem Sororum O.P. (fragment).

Description

Title: Liber Constitutionem Sororum O.P. (fragment).
Creator: Humbert of Romans
Published / Created: [between 1290 and 1299].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Humbert of Romans' Liber Constitutionem Sororum O.P., a guidebook for Dominican nuns
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 3-line initials at the beginning of chapters are in red with red ornamentation; 1-line initials in the capitula list are in red; other 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; paragraph marks in red are occasionally used in the margins to mark the beginning of a new lesson; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 214 x 158 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
Dominicans.
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Dominicans
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Humbert of Romans, Liber Constitutionem Sororum O.P. (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.