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Martyrology of Usuard
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Title
Martyrology of Usuard.
Created
France, [ca. 1175-1225].
Physical Description
182 l. : parchment ; 235 x185mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Rubricated.
Decoration: Rubricated. Four large ornamental initials in red penwork, including scrollwork, geometric knotwork and animal masks.
Endleaves reused from other manuscripts and contain notes and pen trials. Last endleaf contains polyphonic music on a five-line stave.
Binding: white leather over beveled boards. Spine title in a later hand: Martyrolog. d'alia Obituarium...
In Latin.
Provenance
Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal (Sotheby's London sale, 2013 July 2, lot 51) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment, in several hands, containing the Usuard Martyrology, with many added marginal obituary notices of Beauvais Cathedral from the twelfth through the early fourteenth centuries.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 21, 2013
References
Martyrology of Usuard. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Martyrology of Usuard. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - France - 12th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - France - 13th century.
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