Breviary leaf, ca. 1150.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Catholic Church.

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