South German Homiliary (fragment).

Description

Title: South German Homiliary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 825 and 850].
Publication Place: Southern Germany (?)
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a copy of the South German Homiliary containing parts of Homily II.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule, which Bischoff (on the basis of his inspection of other leaves of the same manuscript) dated to the second quarter of the ninth century.
Decoration: the homily on fol. 1v begins with a 3-line initial "T" outlined in orange and filled and surrounded with brown; 1-line initials are in orange uncials and are set apart from the text between the double vertical bounding lines; punctuated with the punctus and punctus versus.
Provenance: Gift of Thomas E. Marston; purchased from Kraus in 1948; the leaf was earlier in the possession of E. von Scherling (Leiden); other leaves from this manuscript are preserved in Beinecke MS 482.4 (1 leaf) and elsewhere (see full description).
Extent: ff. 1 : 214 x 154 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 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
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.