Lectionary (fragment).

Description

Title: Lectionary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1240 and 1260].
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a lectionary containing readings from Luke 1 and 3 and John 1.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: one 4-line and two 3-line initials are in red, decorated with blue penwork; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are in brown uncials highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation and accents in the same ink as the text; there are three signs that occur over syllables of words, one similar to a backwards "3", one similar to a squarish backwards "C", and the third a virgule; perhaps theese are pitch or accent marks or some other type of aid for reading aloud.
Provenance: The fragment was used as a flyleaf in the binding of another volume.
Extent: ff. 1 : 304 x 240 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 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
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Lectionaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Lectionaries
Italy > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Lectionary (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.