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Missal (fragment)
Title
Missal (fragment).
Created
Germany, [between 1450 and 1499].
Physical Description
ff. 1 : parchment ; 241 x 211 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis formata), with a larger script for the lessons and prayers and a smaller script for the chants.
Decoration: The 2-line initial beginning the Mass of Feria III is a blue uncial; the 8-line initial "I" beginning the lesson is red; 1-line initials are uncials in red or black highlighted with red; rubrics written in red; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; the foliation is written in red roman numerals in the center of the upper margin of the recto.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Robert G. Babcock, Lisa Fagin Davis, and Philip G. Rusche.
Provenance
The fragment was used as the wrapper of another volume.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing a variety of feriae from the third week of Quadragesima.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 24, 2016
References
Missal (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Missal (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Germany - 15th century.
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