Breviary of the Franciscan order

Published/Created:

France
between 1275 and 1325

Physical Description:

ff. i + v + 542 + ii + i : parchment ; 122 x 93 (85 x 67) mm.

Related Links:

https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms646.htm

Notes:

Manuscript on parchment, missing at least 2 leaves. Parchment flyleaves foliated consecutive with text 1-549. Binding too fragile for collation. Written by several scribes in gothic bookhand.
15th-century prayers and liturgical notes added on the flyleaves. Ornate initials in red, blue, and violet.
Binding: Damaged 18th-century brown leather over pasteboards, recovered in paper. Red leather gilt label on spine reading: Breviarum Manuscriptum.
Breviary of the Franciscan Order. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cropped, with some loss of text.

Topics:

Breviaries
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven

Topics:

Franciscans

Language:

Latin

Genre:

Decorated initials
Manuscripts, Medieval
Rubrics

Format:

Mixed Material

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.

Call Number:

Beinecke MS 646

Orbis Record:

9615790

Orbis Barcode:

39002092697961

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1387201

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

9998927

PID:

digcoll:3692197