Passionary (Passio S. Cassiani) (fragment).

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Title: Passionary (Passio S. Cassiani) (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 990 and 1010].
Publication Place: Southern Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a passionary containing two lives of St. Cassian
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Beneventan script.
Decoration: the Prudentius life is written in poetic stanzas; six-line decorated initial is outlined in brown; 1-line initials are brown uncials; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus versus.
Provenance: According to V. Brown, another leaf from this manuscript is preserved in Sweet Briar (Virginia) College Library, MS 2; the Beinecke fragment was used as the wrapper of another volume; gift of the Yale University Library Associates; purchased from Kraus in 1948; the leaf was earlier sold by E. von Scherling (Leiden).
Extent: ff. 1 : 413 x 308 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 10th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 11th 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
Prudentius, 348-
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Passionaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Passionaries
Prudentius, 348-
Italy > 10th century
Italy > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Passionary (Passio S. Cassiani). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.