Item Summary

Incomplete 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.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Lectionary].
Call Number
14.3
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc7d279503g
Publisher
[Italy], [between 1050 and 1099]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1050-1099
Format
Manuscript
Extent
246 leaves : parchment ; 270 x 200 mm.
Provenance
Sold (ca. 1824) by Thorpe to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 2306); his sale (London, 1899, no. 811) to B. Quaritch.
Source Acquisition
Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936; 2014.
References
De Ricci, p. 2123, no. 14
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. ii (later paper) + 246 + i (later paper) ; foliation in ink.
Layout: 22 lines per page.
Decoration: 4 initials embellished with white vine interlace against red background and one with penwork ornament. 3- to 6-line red initials throughout.
Origin: Written in central Italy in the late 11th century.
Binding Note
Later binding. Circa 1825, English. Red russia leather binding. Blind-tooling on spine with gold-tooled title.

Discovery Information

Subject
Catholic Church—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
506

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/59b6e1f5-c07d-4e15-8d7c-188c04871cad/manifest