[Lectionary].

Author
Catholic Church [Browse]
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Italy, between 1050 and 1099]
Description
246 leaves : parchment ; 270 x 200 mm.

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Special Collections - William H. Scheide Library 14.3 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    Incomplete Ms. lectionary. Begins fol. 1 line 5 with rubric "Lectio beati Pauli apostoli ad Hebreos" (VII, 23) for Feast of the Holy Innocents. Ends fol. 246v with rubric: "Lectio secumdum Mattheum" (Matt. XXIV, 43) for the Feast of several martyrs.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Decoration: 4 initials embellished with white vine interlace against red background and one with penwork ornament.
    • Origin: Written in central Italy in the late 11th century.
    Binding note
    Ca. 1825. English Russia Leather.
    Language note
    Latin.
    Contents
    fol. 1r-246v: [rubr.] Lectio beati Pauli apostoli ad Hebreos; [rubr.] Lectio secumdum Mattheum (Matt. XXIV, 43).
    Provenance
    Sold (ca. 1824) by Thorpe to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 2306); his sale (London, 1899, no. 811) to B. Quaritch.
    References
    De Ricci, p. 2123, no. 14
    Cite as
    Scheide Library, Princeton University. M 14.
    Place name(s)
    Italy.
    OCLC
    54747885
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