2 options
Breviary leaf, ca. 1150.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 591 Folder 30
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts.
- Catholic Church.
- Liturgics.
- Breviaries.
- Gregorian chants--Manuscripts.
- Gregorian chants.
- Breviaries--Specimens.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- fragments (object portions)
- Gregorian chants
- Manuscripts, Latin.
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Specimens.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Phillip J. Pirages (McMinnville, Or.), cat. 57 (2009), no. 61
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 309 x 220 mm
- Contained In:
- Manuscript Fragment Collection. Folder 30
- Place of Publication:
- ca. 1150.
- Language Note:
- Latin.
- Summary:
- Leaf from a breviary containing readings and chants for the liturgical season following Easter. The readings include Acts 14.14-21 and 16.16-24, Romans 9.9 and 9.11, John 16.16, and the beginning of a lesson from a homily of Bede and responsory chants are interspersed with the readings. Written in Germany, the chant is written in Hufnagelschrift neumes on 4-line staves with some lines ruled in red. The text is written in a Protogothic script. Rubrics and 2-line initials in red, faded. The leaf is somewhat trimmed and marked with folds from use in a binding.
- OCLC:
- 419529158
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.