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Homiliary
Title
Homiliary.
Created
Northern Italy, [between 1100 and 1125]
Physical Description
ff. iii + 24 + iii : parchment ; 321 x 232 (240 x 165) mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: Written by a single scribe in a late caroline minuscule.
Plain initials, 2-line, in red and/or brown. Headings in red. Instructions for rubricator and guide letters.
Binding: Twentieth century. Half bound in black goatskin with black cloth sides and gold tooling on the spine, including: "Omelie" and "MS. Saec. XI".
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Purchased in 1956 from Arthur Rau of Paris by L. C. Witten, who sold it in 1958 to Thomas E. Marston.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment of a collection of homilies. Written as part (ff. 154-177) of a codex intended for recitation: a series of accents added in a contemporary hand act as an aid for pronunciation
Publications
Faye and Bond, p. 83, no. 172.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 01, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 172.
Homiliary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Homiliary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Italy - 12th century.
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