Breviary leaf, ca. 1150

Name:

Catholic Church

Date:

1150

Description:

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.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Phillip J. Pirages (McMinnville, Or.), cat. 57 (2009), no. 61

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts; Catholic Church; Liturgics; Breviaries; Gregorian chants -- Manuscripts; Gregorian chants; Breviaries -- Specimens

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Fragments (object portions); Gregorian chants; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; Specimens; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 309 x 220 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 591 Folder 30

Collection:

Manuscript Fragment Collection