Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, containing the conclusion of the blessing for Easter Day; the entire blessing for the following Monday and Tuesday; and the beginning of the blessing for the Wednesday after Easter.
Description:
Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red ink., From the collection of Guglielmo Libri; Phillipps MS 29721; from the collection of Brian S. Cron. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 18 lines., and Script: Anglo-Saxon miniscule.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Early works to 1800., Cron, Brian S.--Ownership., Libri, Guillaume,--1803-1869--Ownership., and Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Benedictionals--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Double columns on single page., Manuscript fragment on parchment., Page numbers have been added in pencil using original fold., and Pages 4 and 1 have a partial illustration.
Subject (Name):
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De republica, Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Somnium Scipionis, Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius. Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis, and Porphyry, ca. 234-ca. 305