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Prayer book (fragment)
Title
Prayer book (fragment).
Production
Germany, approximately 1300-1399.
Physical Description
1 leaf (incomplete) : parchment ; 185 mm x 220 mm
Language
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
Notes
Formerly used in a book cover; verso damaged and only partly legible.
Script: gothica textualis semi-quadrata.
Layout: Original was 2 columns, unknown number of lines.
Decoration: rubricated.
In Middle High German.
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's (London sale, 2018 July 3, lot 42) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2018.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the upper part of a bifolium leaf from a prayerbook in Middle High German.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 23, 2020
References
Prayer Book (Fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Prayer Book (Fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Prayerbooks - Germany - 14th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - Germany - 14th century.
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