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Breviary

Title
Breviary.
Created
Italy, 1478.
Physical Description
ff. iii + 6 + 360 + iii : parchment ; 150 x 105 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: Copied by one hand in small Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria under Humanistic influence (frequent use of Half-Uncial d), highly abbreviated.
Heightening of the majuscules in yellow; headings in red. 1-line plain initials alternately in red and blue, with guide-letters, in the text (art. 2); 2-line plain initials alternately in red and blue, with guide-letters, placed half way in the text-block, except in col. a of the verso pages, where they are placed entirely in the margin. Running titles in red on most pages.
Badly mutilated with missing folios.
Binding: ca. 1900 (before 1912) by P. Verburg in the workshop of Douglas Cockerell and in the style of the latter's bindings. Blind-tooled brown morocco over cardboard, with braided leather ties (defective) attached to the front cover and metal catchpins; hinges and back rubbed. Gilt edges.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Presented Dec. 1978 by James C. Cook, Yale 1947E, in memory of Mildred E. Cook, Sidney A. Cook, 1915 and Albert S. Cook, 1889 Hon.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment. Includes a calendar for Augustinian hermits.
Publications
Shailor, "Acquisitions", p. 97.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 03, 2010
References
Breviary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Breviary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Italy - 15th century.
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