• [Lectionary].

Extent:
  • 246 leaves : parchment ; 270 x 200 mm.
Date:
  • 1050-1099
Language:
Author:
  • Catholic Church
Abstract:
  • 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.
Contents:
  • fol. 1r-246v: [rubr.] Lectio beati Pauli apostoli ad Hebreos; [rubr.] Lectio secumdum Mattheum (Matt. XXIV, 43).
Description:
  • 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.
Provenance:
  • Sold (ca. 1824) by Thorpe to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 2306); his sale (London, 1899, no. 811) to B. Quaritch.
Former owner:
  • Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
Contributor:
  • Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Scheide 14.
References:
  • De Ricci, p. 2123, no. 14
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