Books+ Search Results
Benedictional (fragment)
Title
Benedictional (fragment)
Created
[England], [between 920 and 940]
Physical Description
1 l.: parchment ; 270 x 160 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Layout: single column of 18 lines.
Script: Anglo-Saxon minuscule.
Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red ink.
In Latin.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Guglielmo Libri. Phillipps MS 29721. Formerly owned by Brian S. Cron. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
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.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 11, 2014
References
A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graff, 2010, pp. 421-437.
Benedictional (Fragment) (Takamiya MS 89). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Benedictional (Fragment) (Takamiya MS 89). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 10th century.
Bookmark As
Citation
