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Office lectionary : manuscript, [not after 1174]

Title
Office lectionary : manuscript, [not after 1174]

Alternative Title: Lectionarium officii
Creator / Contributor
Catholic Church
Place of Origin
Italy
Date
1174
Language
Latin
Description
Extent: 233 leaves, bound : vellum ; 39 cm.
print
Subjects
Abbazia di Morimondo
Abstract
Proper lections for individual saints' days, beginning with St. Stephen (ff. 1r-4v) and ending with St. Thomas (163r-165r) -- lections for the feasts of apostles, martyrs, confessors, virgins (165r-227r) -- catalogue of the library of the abbey of Morimondo (227v).
Genre
Library catalogues-Italy-12th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval-Italy-1100-1150.
Manuscripts, Medieval-Italy-1150-1200.
Rules (layout features)
Tabs.
Catalogs
Notes
Written in a spiky gothic book-hand in black ink in 2 columns, with ornamental initials of various sizes in red or occasionally green. Each saint's day begins with a larger initial in red and blue.
Bound in 18th-cent. brown sheepskin.
In a tray case, 42 cm.
MS Typ 223. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version.
Series
Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University

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